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Supply and Demand
Question | Answer |
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What is the definition of demand? | The quantity of good that is desired by buyers. |
What is supply? | The total quantity of a good/service that the marketplace can offer. |
Define equilibrium price: | When suppliers are selling all the goods they have produced and consumers are getting all the goods they are demanding. |
Define ceteris paribus: | A state where no assumptions are made and all other factors remain constant. |
If a goods price is higher, what happens to demand? | It lowers. |
If prices rise for a given product or service rises, what happens to supply? | It increases. |
Which change will lead to a movement along the demand curve rather than a shift? | Change in price. |
What is an example of a factor that shifts demand? | Change in price of SUBSTITUTE good. |
What is an example of a factor that shifts supply? | Change in regulations like taxes and subsidies. |
Example- if prices at KFC rose, what would happen to McDonalds? (Shift of what and where?) | DEMAND will shift to the RIGHT |
Example- Weather is warmer, what will happen to the sale of fur coats? (Shift of what and which direction?) | DEMAND will shift to the LEFT |
Example- new import tax added to EU products, what will happen to Lidl products? (Shift of what and which direction?) | Supply will shift to the LEFT |
Example- Nissan purchase new technology to create cars, what will happen to supply and demand? (Shift of what and which direction?) | Supply will shift to the RIGHT |
Advertising is a factor that causes ____ to shift. (demand or supply) | Demand |
Change in resources is a factor that cause ____ to shift. (Demand or Supply) | Supply. |
Which of the following is NOT a factor of production: capital, price of product, enterprise, land, or labour? | Price of product |
If demand shifts to the right and supply remains constant, what will happen to price of product and quantity? | Both increase. |
If supply shifts to the left and demand remains constant, what would happen to price of product and quantity? | Price increases and quantity decreases. |
If supply shifts to the right and demand remains constant, what would happen to price of product and quantity? | Price decreases and quantity increases. |