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equilibrium
Olta Myslimi ECON 200
➢A competitive market is in equilibrium when
price has moved to a level at which the
quantity of a good or service demanded
equals the quantity of that good or service
Demand, supplied.
Supply and ➢The price at which this takes place is the
equilibrium price, also referred to as the
Equilibrium market-clearing price.
➢The quantity of the good or service bought
and sold at that price is the equilibrium
quantity.
Finding the
Equilibrium Price
and Quantity
price?
1. Why do all sales In any market where the buyers and sellers
and purchases in a have both been around for some time, sales
market take place and purchases tend to converge at a
generally uniform price, so we can safely talk
at the same price? about the market price.