MICROECONOMICS Unit 3. Market Arrangement that allows buyers and sellers to exchange things ...

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MICROECONOMICS Unit 3

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MICROECONOMICS

Unit 3

Demand

Amount of a good desired at a given price in a specific time

Graphing

The price is always located on the vertical axis and quantity is always located on the horizontal axis.

Numbers increase as they move away from the origin.

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Q

Elasticity

How sensitive a product is to a change in price Elastic – very responsive Inelastic – not responsive

Elasticity Graphed

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Q

ED

ID

Calculating Elasticity

Run over Rise% Quantity% Price

PRACTICE (< > = 1) Price of Gasoline up from $3.50 to $3.60 while

quantity demanded down from 6000 gallons to 5900 gallons.

Price of candy down from $3.00 to $2.50 while quantity demanded up from 30 bags to 40 bags.

Quantity of Senior Sweats down from 305 to 300 sets while price up from $30 to $35.

Changes in Demand

Changes in the Determinants of Demand cause changes in Demand at every Price Determinants of Demand

Income Attitude Substitute Complement

http://nbr.com/2013/04/05/bright-ideas-getting-to-the-point/

Increase in Demand

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D

Q

D2

Effects of Determinants

Increase Demand Get a raise Popular advertisement No substitute choices New products to go with the original

Decrease in Demand

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Q

DD2

Effects of Demand

Decrease Demand Lose your job Fad not popular anymore New competitor in the market Complement not available anymore

Critical Thinking

Income Attitude Substitute Complement

Price

D = curve shifts left or right

Qd = movement is on the curve

Exit Slip

Use the blank half sheet of paper to make up a scenario in which demand will change over time. Name the product Describe the change in the market State which determinant changed Graph the changes on demand

Don’t forget to put you name on the paper Due at the end of the period