How markets work Pt.1 Flashcards

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Rational decision making

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Decision making process based on people making choices that result in the optimal level of benefit/maximum level of utility for an individual

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Rational decision making assumptions

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1) Consumers aim to maximise utility
2) Firms aim to maximise profits

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Demand

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The amount of a product or service that customers are willing and able to pay for at a given price in a given time
- not effected by supply

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x and y axis of demand curve

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x: Quantity demanded
y: Price

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Movements along and shifts of demand curve

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Movements: change in price
Shifts: change in conditions of demand (factors) with exception of price, giffen and veblen goods and speculative demand

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Movements along demand curve

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Contraction (left): increase in price
Expansion (right): decrease in price
- A change in price doesn’t shift the demand curve, only moves it from one point to another

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Shifts of demand curve
SCEPTIC

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S ubstitute prices
C omplentary prices
E arnings
P opultation
T astes, preferences, ads
I nterest rate/ available credit
C onsumer confidence

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Causes of outward shift in demand (increase)

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  • Increasing disposable income (normal goods)
  • Decreasing disposable income (inferior goods)
  • Rising price of substitutes
  • Falling price of complements (cream for strawberries and cream)
  • Effective advertising
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Causes of inward shifts in demand (decrease)

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  • Change in consumer tastes/preferences
  • Rise in interest rates (goods bought on credit)
  • Potential fall in prices (consumers delay purchasing e.g. sales)
  • Rise in unemployment during recession
  • Appreciation of exchange rates (imports/substitutes cheaper)
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Derived demand

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Goods demanded because they are needed for the production of other goods
e.g. demand for steel driven by demand for cars

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Why the demand curve slopes downward

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Income effect:
- when price falls, the real income of the consumer rises
- increases purchasing power, allows more of that good to be bought
Substitution effect
- when price falls, it becomes cheaper relative to its substitutes
- consumers switch from more expensive substitutes
Diminishing marginal utility

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Diminishing marginal returns vs Diminishing marginal utility

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Returns focuses on how much of a certain factor of production should be used to make the product
Utility focuses on how much of a product a customer will use

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The Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility (satisfaction)

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Each extra unit of a good or service will eventually give less extra satisfaction
- consumers will be willing to pay less for more goods

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Elasticity

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Refers to how responsive something is to a change in a related factor
- Elastic: very responsive
- Inelastic: not very unresponsive

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Factors that effect elasticity

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Addictiveness
Necessity
Convenience

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Price Elasticity of Demand (PED)

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Measures the responsiveness of quantity demanded following a change in price

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Income Elasticity of Demand (YED)

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Measures the responsiveness of quantity demanded to change in real income

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Cross Elasticity of Demand (XED)

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Measures the responsiveness of quantity demanded for good A following a change in price of good B (related good)
- we make important distinction between substitute products and complementary goods and services

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Formulae to calculate PED

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%change in quantity / %change in price

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Formulae to calculate YED

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%change in quantity demanded / %change in income

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Formulae to calculate XED

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%change in quantity demanded of good X / %change in price of good Y

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Interpreting numerical values of PED

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Unitary/Unit elastic: exactly (-)1 i.e exactly proportionally responsive
Perfectly elastic: infinity
Relatively elastic: PED>1
Perfectly inelastic: 0
Relatively inelastic: PED<1

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Interpreting numerical values of YED

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Normal goods: positive but YED<1
(increased income leads to higher demand)
Luxury goods: positive YED>1
(increased income leads to a bigger percentage increase in demand e.g. sports cars)
Inferior goods: negative YED<0
(increased income leads to fall in demand e.g. cheap substitutes like supermarket coffee)

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Interpreting numerical values of XED

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Substitute goods (in competitive demand): positive XED
Complement goods (in joint demand):
negative XED
Unrelated goods:
XED of 0

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Normal goods
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Luxury goods
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Inferior goods
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Factors that effect PED
- Neccessity - Substitutes/competition - Convenience - Addictiveness - Cost of switching - Quality - Income proportion - Time - Peak - Loyalty
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Significance of elasticities of demand to firms and government in terms of
- imposition of indirect taxes and subsidies - changes in real income - changes in the prices of substitute and complementary goods
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Elasticity and Total Revenue relationship
The more elastic a product is, the lower the total revenue due to fall in demand
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Supply
The quantity of a good/service that a producer is willing and able to sell onto the market at a given price in a given time period
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Movements along and shifts of supply curve
Movements: change in price Shifts:
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Movements along supply curve
Contraction (left): decrease in price Expansion (right): increase in price
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Causes of outward shifts in supply (increase)
- Gov subsidies to cover some supply costs of firms - Fall in world price of imported components and raw materials - Reduction in the size of an indirect tax on producers - Improvement in labour productivity which lowers unit labour costs
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Causes of outward shifts in supply (increase)
- Gov subsidies to cover some supply costs of firms - Fall in world price of imported components and raw materials - Reduction in the size of an indirect tax on producers - Improvement in labour productivity which lowers unit labour costs
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Causes of outward shifts in supply (increase)
- Gov subsidies to cover some supply costs of firms - Fall in world price of imported components and raw materials - Reduction in the size of an indirect tax on producers - Improvement in labour productivity which lowers unit labour costs
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Price Elasticity of Supply
Measures the responsiveness of supply to a change in price
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PES formula
%change in quantity supplied / %change in price
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Interpreting numerical values of price elasticity
Perfectly elastic: infinity Relatively elastic: PES>1 Perfectly inelastic: 0 Relatively inelastic: PES<1
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Determinants of PES
C omplexity of production R aw materials I nventories M obility E xcess capacity S pan of time
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Short run vs Long run for PES
Producers of goods/ services typically find it easier to expand production in the long run rather than short run. - in the short run, it's costly/difficult to build a new factory, hire many new workers, or open new stores - over a few years, all of these things are possible.