Supply and Demand Model
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An Supply and Demand Model is an economic model used to determine the prices in a market.
- AKA: Supply and Demand.
- See: Exogenous Variable, Endogenous Variable, Supply (Economics), Economic Equilibrium, Demand, Microeconomics, Economic Model, Price Determination, Perfect Competition, Unit Price.
References
2015
- (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/supply_and_demand Retrieved:2015-3-4.
- In microeconomics, supply and demand is an economic model of price determination in a market. It concludes that in a competitive market, the unit price for a particular good will vary until it settles at a point where the quantity demanded by consumers (at current price) will equal the quantity supplied by producers (at current price), resulting in an economic equilibrium for price and quantity.
The four basic laws of supply and demand are:
- If demand increases (demand curve shifts to the right) and supply remains unchanged, a shortage occurs, leading to a higher equilibrium price.
- If demand decreases (demand curve shifts to the left) and supply remains unchanged, a surplus occurs, leading to a lower equilibrium price.
- If demand remains unchanged and supply increases (supply curve shifts to the right), a surplus occurs, leading to a lower equilibrium price.
- If demand remains unchanged and supply decreases (supply curve shifts to the left), a shortage occurs, leading to a higher equilibrium price.
- In microeconomics, supply and demand is an economic model of price determination in a market. It concludes that in a competitive market, the unit price for a particular good will vary until it settles at a point where the quantity demanded by consumers (at current price) will equal the quantity supplied by producers (at current price), resulting in an economic equilibrium for price and quantity.