ᴘᴇʀғᴇᴄᴛʟʏ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴇᴛɪᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴍᴀʀᴋᴇᴛs


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mechanism that produces coordination is interaction of
supply and demand

actions of buyers and sellers determine price

buyers and sellers respond in predictable ways

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                Market
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comprised of all buyers and sellers of a good or service

New York Stock Exchange, Chicago Mercantile Exchange
are highly organized

buyers come together, auctioneer set price

often markets are less formal

market for gas: seller-gas station, buyer-vehicle owner

highly competitive, no one buyer or seller determine price

perfectly competitive - service being bought and sold is highly
standardized, number of buyers and sellers is large


real world markets characterized by high competition

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               Demand

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amount buyers are willing and able to purchase

most important factor is good's price

law of demand - negative relationship between good'd price
and quantity demanded

result of cost-benefit analysis

demand schedule - table

demand curve - downward sloping line

quantity - horizontal axis, price - vertical axis

add 2 demand curves horizontally to find market demand

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   Shifts in Demand Curve

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new bike system - quantity gas demanded decline at every
price, cause market demand curve to shift to left

demand positively related to income

normal good - income fall, quantity demanded fall

inferior good - income rise, quantity demanded fall

substitutes - decline in price of one good, reduction in quantity
demanded of another

complements - decline in price of one good, increase in demand
of another good

change expect to occur in future also affect demand

market demand derived by adding demands of individuals

more consumers, demand increase

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                Supply

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amount sellers willing and able to produce

law of supply - positive relation between price and quantity supplied

supply curve - upward sloping

input price falls, quantity supplied increase, curve shift left

technology - change affect how businesses operate and 
quantity supplied

more sellers, more supplied quantity



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