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1. Demand.
2. Supply.
3. Market Equilibrium.
4. Shocking the Equilibrium.
5. Effects of Government
Interventions.
6. When to Use the Supply-and-
Demand Model.
3.30
D2
D1
14.30
If p = 0, then
Demand curve for pork, D1 Q = 286
4.30
3.30
2.30
Q = 286−20p
20p = 286 - Q
p = 14.30 − 0.05Q
Δp = p2 − p1
= (14.30 − 0.05Q2) − (14.30 − 0.05Q1)
= –0.05(Q2 − Q1)
= –0.05ΔQ.
3.30
causes a movement
along the curve….
quantity supplied….
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Figure 2.4 A Shift of a Supply
Curve
p, $ per kg A $0.25 increase in the
price of hogs….. shifts the supply curve
to the left
S2
S1
3.30
Q = S(p, ph)
Q = 178 + 40p−60ph
Q = 88 + 40p.
Excess supply
Market equilibrium = 39
point!
S
3.95
e
3.30
2.65
Excess demand = 39
At a price below D
equilibrium…. is below the quantity
is below the quantity
supplied
demanded
p, $ per kg
beef shifts the demand outward
Which puts an
upward pressure in
the price to a new
e2
equilibrium.
S
3.50
3.30 D2
e1
D1
At the original price
Excess demand = 12 there is now an
excess demand….
p2 e2
D
Q2 Q1 Q, Tons of rice per year
e1
p1 = p–p1 Price ceiling
Qs Q1= Qd
which creates an
excess demand. Q, Gallons of gasoline per month
Excess demand
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Figure 2.10 Minimum Wage