ECO 320 EXAM 1 REVIEW 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Demand - ANSWER-Willingness to pay (marginal benefit)
Supply - ANSWER-Willingess to sell (marginal cost)
Demand shifters - ANSWER-Price of related goods (complements / substitutes),
income (normal goods / inferior goods), number of consumers, tastes,
expectations
Supply shifters - ANSWER-Price of related goods in production, input prices,
number of suppliers, technology, expectations
Normal goods - ANSWER-as income increases, demand increases
Inferior goods - ANSWER-as income increases, demand decreases
Problem of price ceiling - ANSWER-creates shortage, inefficient allocation of the
good, creates black markets
If we expect shortages - ANSWER-form lines, lottery
Arbitrage - ANSWER-buying in one market (low) selling in another market (high)
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Demand - ANSWER-Willingness to pay (marginal benefit)
Supply - ANSWER-Willingess to sell (marginal cost)
Demand shifters - ANSWER-Price of related goods (complements / substitutes),
income (normal goods / inferior goods), number of consumers, tastes,
expectations
Supply shifters - ANSWER-Price of related goods in production, input prices,
number of suppliers, technology, expectations
Normal goods - ANSWER-as income increases, demand increases
Inferior goods - ANSWER-as income increases, demand decreases
Problem of price ceiling - ANSWER-creates shortage, inefficient allocation of the
good, creates black markets
If we expect shortages - ANSWER-form lines, lottery
Arbitrage - ANSWER-buying in one market (low) selling in another market (high)
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