Unit 1: Economics and Globalization

Lesson 3b: Supply

Outcomes - What you should learn

TOPICS

Supply

- Define
- Draw
- Describe
- Determinants

OUTCOMES

define supply (note: it has a DIFFERENT DEFINITION in economics)

be able to correctly draw and label a supply graph

if the price of pizza goes up why does the supply not change?

why do economists employ the ceteris paribus assumption when creating a supply curve?

what is the law of supply?

why is the supply curve upward sloping (two explanations)

list the non-price determinants of supply (Pe, Pog, Pres, Tech, Taxes, Nprod) and understand how they affect the supply schedule and curve. This is VERY IMPORTANT. BE ABLE TO DO THIS! See the 3a/3b/3c yellow pages.

explain the difference between the a "change in the quantity supplied" and a "change in supply"

what is an increase in supply and a decrease in supply and show how they affect the supply schedule and the supply curve

what is "market supply"?

Read the following and answer these questions:

Which determinant has changed?

Will it affect S or D of gasoline?

Will the S or D of gasoline increase or decrease? Shift to the right or to the left?

"According to the Lundberg Survey, the average price for regular gasoline dropped 3.99 cents over the three weeks up to July 11 to $3.6699 per gallon. . . . Lundberg explained that the average gasoline price continues to decrease because refiners, enjoying the lower crude oil prices in the market, are passing down the savings to the consumers. "

From: http://www.techtimes.com/articles/10378/20140714/average-price-of-gasoline-in-u-s-drops-four-cents-now-at-3-67-a-gallon.htm

 

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