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Demand and Supply

What is Demand and Supply?

Demand refers to as the quantity of a good or service that consumers demand

depends on price and other factors such as consumer’s incomes and the price 

of related goods.

Supply refers to as the quantity of a good or service that firm supply depends 

on price and other factors such as the cost of inputs firms use to produce the 

good or service.


Demand
 
Consumer decide how much of a good or service to buy on the basis of its 

price and many other factors, including their own taste, information, price 

of other goods, income and government actions.


1.1  The Demand Curve 

A demand curve illustrates the quantity demanded at each potential price 

while holding the other purchasing influences constant.

The amount of a good that consumers are willing to buy at a given price, 

holding constant the other factors that influences purchases, is the quantity 

demanded. The quantity demanded of a good or service can exceed the 

quantity actually sold.

For-example; As a promotion, a local market might sell DVDs for $1 each 

today only. At low price, you might want to buy 25 DVDs, but because the 

store run outof a stock, you can buy only 10 DVDs. Even though you only 

purchase 10 of the 25, the quantity you demand is the quantity you want.


1.2 The Law of Demand

The law of demand describes the relationship between the price of a good 

goes up, fewer people are willing to buy it.or service and the quantity 

demanded by consumers, assuming all other factors remain constant.

When the price of a good or service decreases, the quantity demanded for 

that good or service increases, and when the price of a good or service 

increases, the quantity demanded decreases.

In other words, there is an inverse or negative relationship between price 

and quantity demanded. This means that as the price of a product or service 

goes down, more people are willing and able to purchase it, and as the price 


Effect of price on the Quantity Demanded

Consumers demand more of a good the lower its price, holding constant tastes, 

the price of other goods, and other factors that influence the amount they 

consume.

According to the Law of Demand, demand curves slope downward. A 

downward-sloping demand curve illustrates that consumers demand a larger 

quantity of this good when its price is lowered and a smaller quantity when its 

price is raised.

For-example; if the price of apples falls from $2 to $1.5, the consumers want 

to buy increase.

These changes in the quantity demanded in response to change in price are 

movements along the demand curve.


Effects of other factors on Demand

The effect of a change in a demand in a factor that affects demand other 

than product price. A change in any factor other than the price of a good 

itself cause a shift of the demand curve rather than a movement along the 

demand curve.


A Shift of the Demand Curve



Interpretation


This graphical representation shows the demand curve for apples shift to the

right from D1 to D2 as the price of tomatoes, a substitute, increase by 55c 

per ib. At price $2 per Ib, the quantity of apples demanded goes from 80 

million Ibs on D1, before the increase in the price of tomatoes, 93 million 

Ibs on D2, after the increase.

Similarly, consumers tend to buy more apples as their incomes rise. Thus, if 

the income rises, the demand curve for apples shift to right , indicating 

consumers demanding more apples at any given price.


Supply

Firm determine how much of a good to supply based on the price of that good 

and other factors, including the costs of production and government rules and 

regulations.

Production costs influence how much firms want to charge for a product. A 

company is willing to supply more as its cost drops, all else the same. If the 

firm’s cost exceeds what it can earn from selling the good, firm sells nothing.

Government rules and regulations have an effect on how much firms want to 

sell or have the right to sell. Taxes and many government regulations such as 

those covering   pollution, sanitation, and health insurance alter the costs of 

production.


1.1  The Supply Curve

A Supply Curve shows the quantity supplied at each possible price, holding 

constant the other factors that influence firm’s supply decisions.

The amount of a good that firms want to sell at a given price, holding constant 

other factors that influence firms’ supply decisions such as costs and govern-

ment actions.

For-example;

If the price of apples is $1 per pound, producers will supply 100 pounds 

of apples.

If the price of apples increases to $2 per pound, producers will supply 200 

pounds of apples.

If the price further increases to $3 per pound, producers will supply 300 

pounds of apples.

The supply curve shows how the quantity supplied changes as the price 

changes. If other factors affecting supply (such as production costs or 

technology) remain constant, this supply curve shows the behavior of apple 

producers in this market.


1.2  The Law of Supply
 
The law of supply describes the relationship between the price of a good 

the quantity supplied by producers decreases.

or service and the quantity supplied by producers all other factors remain

constant.

When the price of a good or service increases, the quantity supplied by

producers also increases, and when the price of a good or service decreases, 


Effects of Price on Supply

We illustrate how price effects the quantity supplied using the supply curve 

for apples. The supply curve is upward slopping. An increase in the price 

of apples causes a movement along the supply curve, so more apples are 

supplied.

There is no law of supply that requires the market supply curve have a 

particular slope, in spite of the fact that the Law of Demand requires the 

demand curve to slope downward. The market supply curve can be 

vertical, horizontal, upward sloping, or downward sloping. Many supply 

curves slope upward, such as the one for apples. Along such supply curves, 

more firms are willing to sell at higher prices while keeping costs and 

governmental restrictions constant.


Effects of other variables on supply

A change in a relevant variable other than the good’s own price causes 

the entire supply curve to shift.




                                                                                                                         

Interpretation

The graphical approach shows a 55c per Ib increase in the price of 

fertilizer which is used to produce apples, cause the supply curve for 

apples to shift left from S1 to S2. At the price of apples at $2 per Ib, 

the quantity supplied falls from 80 on S1 to 69 on S2. When the price 

of apples changes, the changes in the quantity supplied reflects a

movement along the supply curve. When costs, government rules, 

other variables that affects supply change, the entire supply curve.



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