Chapter 3
Supply and Demand
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Chapter Objectives
• Define and explain demand in a product
or service market
• Define and explain supply
• Determine the equilibrium point in the
market for a specific good, given data on
supply and demand at different price
levels
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Chapter Objectives
• Understand what causes shifts in demand
and supply
• Understand how price ceilings cause
shortages
• Understand how price floors cause
surpluses
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Demand
• The schedule of quantities of a good or
service that people are willing and able to
buy at different prices
– Sometimes a schedule is also called a table
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Hypothetical Daily Demand for Coach Seats on Round
Trip Weekly Flights between Denver and Chicago
Table 1
$500
Price QD
450
$500
1,000
400
450
3,000
350
400
7,000
300
350
12,000
250
300
19,000
200
250
30,000
150
200
45,000
150
57,000
100
67,000
D
100
50
10
20 30 40 50 60
Quantity (in thousands)
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Hypothetical Daily Demand for Coach Seats on Round
Trip Weekly Flights between Denver and Chicago
Table 1
$500
Price QD
450
$500
1,000
400
450
3,000
350
400
7,000
300
350
12,000
250
300
19,000
200
250
30,000
150
200
45,000
150
57,000
100
67,000
D
100
50
10
20 30 40 50 60
Quantity (in thousands)
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Hypothetical Daily Demand for Coach Seats on Round
Trip Weekly Flights between Denver and Chicago
Table 1
$500
Price QD
450
$500
1,000
400
450
3,000
350
400
7,000
300
350
12,000
250
300
19,000
200
250
30,000
150
200
45,000
150
57,000
100
67,000
D
100
50
10
20 30 40 50 60
Quantity (in thousands)
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Hypothetical Daily Demand for Coach Seats on Round
Trip Weekly Flights between Denver and Chicago
Table 1
$500
Price QD
450
$500
1,000
400
450
3,000
350
400
7,000
300
350
12,000
250
300
19,000
200
250
30,000
150
200
45,000
150
57,000
100
67,000
D
100
50
10
20 30 40 50 60
Quantity (in thousands)
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Hypothetical Daily Demand for Coach Seats on Round
Trip Weekly Flights between Denver and Chicago
Table 1
$500
Price QD
450
$500
1,000
400
450
3,000
350
400
7,000
300
350
12,000
250
300
19,000
200
250
30,000
150
200
45,000
150
57,000
100
67,000
D
100
50
10
20 30 40 50 60
Quantity (in thousands)
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Hypothetical Daily Demand for Coach Seats on Round
Trip Weekly Flights between Denver and Chicago
Table 1
$500
Price QD
450
$500
1,000
400
450
3,000
350
400
7,000
300
350
12,000
250
300
19,000
200
250
30,000
150
200
45,000
150
57,000
100
67,000
D
100
50
10
20 30 40 50 60
Quantity (in thousands)
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Hypothetical Daily Demand for Coach Seats on Round
Trip Weekly Flights between Denver and Chicago
Table 1
$500
Price QD
450
$500
1,000
400
450
3,000
350
400
7,000
300
350
12,000
250
300
19,000
200
250
30,000
150
200
45,000
150
57,000
100
67,000
D
100
50
10
20 30 40 50 60
Quantity (in thousands)
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Hypothetical Daily Demand for Coach Seats on Round
Trip Weekly Flights between Denver and Chicago
Table 1
$500
Price QD
450
$500
1,000
400
450
3,000
350
400
7,000
300
350
12,000
250
300
19,000
200
250
30,000
150
200
45,000
150
57,000
100
67,000
D
100
50
10
20 30 40 50 60
Quantity (in thousands)
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Hypothetical Daily Demand for Coach Seats on Round
Trip Weekly Flights between Denver and Chicago
Table 1
$500
Price QD
450
$500
1,000
400
450
3,000
350
400
7,000
300
350
12,000
250
300
19,000
200
250
30,000
150
200
45,000
150
57,000
100
67,000
D
100
50
10
20 30 40 50 60
Quantity (in thousands)
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Hypothetical Daily Demand for Coach Seats on Round
Trip Weekly Flights between Denver and Chicago
Table 1
$500
Price QD
450
$500
1,000
400
450
3,000
350
400
7,000
300
350
12,000
250
300
19,000
200
250
30,000
150
200
45,000
150
57,000
100
67,000
D
100
50
10
20 30 40 50 60
Quantity (in thousands)
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Hypothetical Daily Demand for Coach Seats on Round
trip Weekly Flights between Denver and Chicago
Table 1
$500
Price QD
450
$500
1,000
400
450
3,000
350
400
7,000
300
350
12,000
250
300
19,000
200
250
30,000
150
200
45,000
150
57,000
100
67,000
D
100
50
10
20 30 40 50 60
Quantity (in thousands)
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Table 1 is the Demand
Schedule
Table 1
Figure 1 is the Graph of the
Demand Schedule
Price QD
450
$500
1,000
400
450
3,000
350
400
7,000
300
350
12,000
250
300
19,000
200
250
30,000
150
200
45,000
150
57,000
100
67,000
Figure 1
$500
100
50
The line is the
Demand Curve
10
20 30 40 50 60
Quantity (in thousands)
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Quantity Demanded is a point
on the Demand Curve
Price and Quantity Demanded
are inversely related
Table 1
Price QD
450
$500
1,000
400
450
3,000
350
400
7,000
300
350
12,000
250
300
19,000
200
250
30,000
150
200
45,000
150
57,000
100
67,000
Figure 1
$500
D
100
50
10
20 30 40 50 60
Quantity (in thousands)
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Remember, Demand is the
entire schedule or the entire
curve
Table 1
Quantity Demanded is a point
on the Demand Curve
Price QD
450
$500
1,000
400
450
3,000
350
400
7,000
300
350
12,000
250
300
19,000
200
250
30,000
150
200
45,000
150
57,000
100
67,000
Figure 1
$500
D
100
50
10
20 30 40 50 60
Quantity (in thousands)
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Supply
• Is the “schedule” of quantities of a good
or service that people are willing to sell at
various prices
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Supply is the entire schedule
or the entire curve
Price QS
$500 62,000
$450 59,000
$400 54,000
$350 48,000
$300 40,000
$250 30,000
$200
16,000 $150
7,000 $100
2,000
S
$500
450
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
10
20 30 40 50 60
Quantity (in thousands)
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Quantity Supplied is a point on
the curve
Price QS
$500 62,000
$450 59,000
$400 54,000
$350 48,000
$300 40,000
$250 30,000
$200
16,000 $150
7,000 $100
2,000
S
$500
450
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
10
20 30 40 50 60
Quantity (in thousands)
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Demand and Supply Curves
Price QS QD
$500 62,000 1,000
$450 59,000
3,000 $400 54,000
7,000 $350 48,000
12,000 $300 40,000
19,000 $250 30,000
30,000 $200 16,000
45,000 $150 7,000
57,000 $100 2,000
67,000
450
400
350
300
250
200
150
D
100
50
10
Equilibrium price
is the price where
QD = QS
S
$500
20 30 40 50
60
Quantity (in thousands)
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We can find equilibrium price
and quantity by seeing where the
supply and demand curves cross
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Demand and Supply Curves
Surpluses and Shortages
Price QS QD
$500 62,000 1,000
$450 59,000
3,000 $400 54,000
7,000 $350 48,000
12,000 $300 40,000
19,000 $250 30,000
30,000 $200 16,000
45,000 $150 7,000
57,000 $100 2,000
67,000
450
54,0007,000 = 44,000
400
350
300
250
200
150
D
100
50
10
Equilibrium price = EP
Market price = MP
S
$500
20 30 40 50
60
Quantity (in thousands)
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MP > EP there is a surplus
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Demand and Supply Curves
Surpluses and Shortages
Price QS QD
$500 62,000 1,000
$450 59,000
3,000 $400 54,000
7,000 $350 48,000
12,000 $300 40,000
19,000 $250 30,000
30,000 $200 16,000
45,000 $150 7,000
57,000 $100 2,000
67,000
450
54,0007,000 = 44,000
400
350
300
250
200
150
D
100
50
10
Equilibrium price = EP
Market price = MP
S
$500
20 30 40 50
60
Quantity (in thousands)
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A surplus would force sellers to
lower their prices. Eventually,
prices would fall back to the
equilibrium price
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Demand and Supply Curves
Surpluses and Shortages
Price QS QD
$500 62,000 1,000
$450 59,000
3,000 $400 54,000
7,000 $350 48,000
12,000 $300 40,000
19,000 $250 30,000
30,000 $200 16,000
45,000 $150 7,000
57,000 $100 2,000
67,000
450
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
57,0007,000 = 44,000
D
50
10
Equilibrium price = EP
Market price = MP
S
$500
20 30 40 50
60
Quantity (in thousands)
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MP < EP here is a shortage
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