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Summary Economics: A Southern African Context, 3e - EKN110 - Chapter 5

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These notes are an in-depth summary of Chapter 5 from the textbook: Economics: A Southern African Context, 3e. These notes explain the very important concept of demand and supply in economics. Many diagrams are included to show the changes in demand and supply. Consumer and Producer surplus is also explained in these notes as well as government set prices .

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, Markets


markets buyers (demanders) and sellers (suppliers) together
=
place where come




·
markets can be local national international


personal (face-to-face contact between buyer and seller
markets be
can
(buyer online
·


faceless + seller never see each other -

ording
Informal (vendor on S treet
a corner)




Demand


Demand schedule/curve of
showing willing
·


the amounts that
= a various a product consumers are

series of possible prices specific period of
to purchase ,
at a
during a time




·
A demand schedule = Demand in table form showing the amounts of a product a consumer


buys at diff prices




Law of Demand


E




The principle that
,
with other
things equal ,
an increase in a
products product's price
will reduce the quantity of it demanded and conversely for a decrease in price

↳
-
as price falls -
>
quantity demanded increases
other-things -
equal - we assume price = only
demand
factor
influencing
-
as price rises
> quantity demanded falls

- ↳ * exception *

·
Giffen Goods (staple foods)

Why is price & quantity demanded inversly related ?
The demand increases when price increases


The law of demand is common sense




2 Each buyer of a product will derive less satisfaction Because of dimishing marginal utility ,
consumers

consumed will only buy if falls
from each successive unit of the product D more
price .




3 Because of the income + substitution effect




income effect : a lower price increases the
purchasing power of a buyers income (they can buy more than before


substitution effect : a lower
price gives buyers the incentive to substitute what is now a less expensive product for
,



similar products that are now
relatively more expensive
.

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J. van Rensburg, Campbell McConnell, Stanley Brue, Sean Flynn EBOOK: Economics: A Southern African Context, 3e
Publisher: 2021 ISBN: 9781526848734 Edition: Unknown

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