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Module 6

  • Supply
    • The amount of a good or service people are willing to sell at a specific price.
  • Law of Supply
    • Directly proportional relationship between selling price and supply.
    • As the selling price increases, quantity increases.
  • Supply Curve
    • Upward sloping from left to right.
      • Price is on the y-axis.
      • Quantity is on the x-axis.
    • A movement on the supply curve is a result of a change in selling price.
  • Factors that shift the supply curve (twigs):
    • T: Technology
      • Increase in technology results in an increase in supply.
    • W: Weather, catastrophe, force of nature
      • Increase in catastrophic events results in a decrease in supply.
    • I: Input costs for producer (cost of production)
      • Increase in production costs results in a decrease in supply.
    • G: Government regulation (cost of production)
      • Increase in government regulation results in a decrease in supply.
    • S: Number of sellers
      • Increase in competition results in an increase in supply.
    • These essentially mirror the PPC
  • Quantity Supply vs Supply
    • Quantity supply changes as a result of a change in selling price. 
  • Input
    • Any good or service that is used to produce another good or service.
  • Supply Schedule
    • Tabular representation.
  • MCP
    • Market Clearing Price
    • Where the demand and supply curve meet.