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Supply

What (definition) :
- Supply comes from the behavior of sellers
- The supply function is the relation between the quantity (Q) of a good
that producers plan to bring to the market and the price (P) of the good

How :
- It decides the price and the quantity : as the price rises, so does the
supply
- Represented graphically by a supply curve.
- Equation : P=aQ+b
(slope a>0, intercept b>0)

Note : When the market price = b, the supply is 0

What for (applications) :


- In microeconomics we are concerned with the interaction of supply and
demand
- Of particular significance is the point of intersection. At this point the
market is in equilibrium
- The corresponding price (P0) and quantity (Q0) are called the
equilibrium price and quantity
Examples :

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