The Slope of the Aggregate Demand Curve Science, Tech, Math ›Social Sciences The Slope of the Aggregate Demand Curve Share Flipboard Email Print Upper Cut Images/Upper Cut Images/Getty Imagesby Jodi Beggs Updated March 31, 2017Students learn in microeconomics that the demand curve for a good, which shows the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity of the good that consumers demand- i.e. are willing, ready, and able to purchase- has a negative slope. This negative slope reflects the observation that people demand more of almost all goods when they gets cheaper and vice versa. (This is known as the law of demand. )What Is the Aggregate Demand Curve in Macroeconomics? In contrast, the aggregate demand curve used in macroeconomics shows the relationship between the overall (i.e. average) price level in an economy, usually represented by the GDP Deflator, and the total amount of all goods demanded in an economy. (Note that "goods" in this context technically refers to both goods and services. )Specifically, the aggregate demand curve shows real GDP, which, in equilibrium, represents both total output and total income in an economy, on its horizontal axis. (Technically, in the context of aggregate demand, the Y on the horizontal axis represents aggregate expenditure .) As it turns out, the aggregate demand curve also slopes downwards, giving a similar negative relationship between price and quantity that exists with the demand curve for a single good. The reason that the aggregate demand curve has a negative slope, however, is quite different. In a lot of cases, people consume less of a particular good when its price increases because they have an incentive to substitute away to other goods that have become relatively less expensive as a result of the price increase. On an aggregate level, however, this is somewhat difficult to do- though not totally impossible, since consumers can substitute away to imported goods in some situations. Therefore, the aggregate demand curve must slope downwards for different reasons. In fact, there are three reasons why the aggregate demand curve exhibits this pattern: the wealth effect, the interest-rate effect, and the exchange-rate effect. The Wealth Effect When the overall price level in an economy decreases, consumers' purchasing power increases, since every dollar they have goes further than it used to. On a practical level, this increase in purchasing power is similar to an increase in wealth, so it shouldn't be surprising that an increase in purchasing power makes consumers want to consume more. Since consumption is a component of GDP (and therefore a component of aggregate demand), this increase in purchasing power caused by a reduction in the price level leads to an increase in aggregate demand. Conversely, an increase in the overall price level decreases the purchasing power of consumers, making them feel less wealthy, and therefore decreases the amount of goods that consumers want to purchase, leading to a decrease in aggregate demand. The Interest-Rate Effect While it is true that lower prices encourage consumers to increase their consumption, it is often the case that case that this increase in the amount of goods purchased still leaves consumers with more money left over than they had before. This left over money is then saved and lent out to companies and households for investment purposes. The market for "loanable funds" responds to the forces of supply and demand just like any other market, and the "price" of loanable funds is the real interest rate. Therefore, the increase in consumer saving results in an increase in the supply of loanable funds, which decreases the real interest rate and increases the level of investment in the economy. Since investment is a category of GDP (and therefore a component of aggregate demand ), a decrease in the price level leads to an increase in aggregate demand. Conversely, an increase in the overall price level tends to decrease the amount that consumers save, which lowers the supply of savings, raises the real interest rate, and lowers the quantity of investment. This decrease in investment leads to a decrease in aggregate demand. The Exchange-Rate Effect Since net exports (i.e. the difference between exports and imports in an economy) is a component of GDP (and therefore aggregate demand ), it's important to think about the effect that a change in the overall price level has on the levels of imports and exports. In order to examine the effect of price changes on imports and exports, however, we need to understand the impact of an absolute change in the price level on relative prices between different countries. When the overall price level in an economy decreases, the interest rate in that economy tends to decline, as explained above. This decline in the interest rate makes saving via domestic assets look less attractive compared to saving via assets in other countries, so demand for foreign assets increases. In order to purchase these foreign assets, people need to exchange their dollars (if the U. S. is the home country, of course) for foreign currency. Like most other assets, the price of currency (i.e. the exchange rate) is determined by the forces of supply and demand, and an increase in demand for foreign currency increases the price of foreign currency. This makes domestic currency relatively cheaper (i.e. the domestic currency depreciates), meaning that the decrease in the price level not only reduces prices in an absolute sense but also reduces prices relative to the exchange-rate adjusted price levels of other countries. This decrease in the relative price level makes domestic goods cheaper than they were before for foreign consumers. The currency depreciation also makes imports more expensive for domestic consumers than they were before. Not surprisingly, then, a decrease in the domestic price level increases the number of exports and decreases the number of imports, resulting in an increase in net exports. Because net exports is a category of GDP (and therefore a component of aggregate demand), a decrease in the price level leads to an increase in aggregate demand. Conversely, an increase in the overall price level will increase interest rates, causing foreign investors to demand more domestic assets and, by extension, increase the demand for dollars. This increase in demand for dollars makes dollars more expensive (and foreign currency less expensive), which discourages exports and encourages imports. This decreases net exports and, as a result, decreases aggregate demand.cite 
Elasticity, Total Revenue, and the Linear Demand Curve Elasticity, Total Revenue, and the Linear Demand Curve Elasticity measures the degree to which the quantity demanded responds to a change in price. When the elasticity of demand is greater than one (represented above by the purple regions), demand is considered elastic and lowering the price leads to an increase in revenue. When the elasticity is less than one (represented above by the blue regions), demand is considered inelastic and lowering the price leads to a decrease in revenue. Revenue is maximized when the elasticity is equal to one. Contributed by: Fiona Maclachlan SNAPSHOTSDETAILSElasticity of demand is given by where represents the price, represents the quantity demanded, and represents a change. PERMANENT CITATION" Elasticity, Total Revenue, and the Linear Demand Curve " from the Wolfram Demonstrations Projecthttp://demonstrations.wolfram.com/Elasticity Total Revenue And The Linear Demand Curve/Contributed by: Fiona Maclachlan  Key points Key points Aggregate supply is the total quantity of output firms will produce and sell—in other words, the real GDP. The upward-sloping aggregate supply curve —also known as the short run aggregate supply curve —shows the positive relationship between price level and real GDP in the short run. The aggregate supply curve slopes up because when the price level for outputs increases while the price level of inputs remains fixed, the opportunity for additional profits encourages more production. Potential GDP, or full-employment GDP, is the maximum quantity that an economy can produce given full employment of its existing levels of labor, physical capital, technology, and institutions. Aggregate demand is the amount of total spending on domestic goods and services in an economy. The downward-sloping aggregate demand curve shows the relationship between the price level for outputs and the quantity of total spending in the economy. Introduction To understand and use a macroeconomic model, we first need to understand how the average price of all goods and services produced in an economy affects the total quantity of output and the total amount of spending on goods and services in that economy. The aggregate supply curve Firms make decisions about what quantity to supply based on the profits they expect to earn. Profits, in turn, are also determined by the price of the outputs the firm sells and by the price of the inputs—like labor or raw materials—the firm needs to buy. Aggregate supply, or AS, refers to the total quantity of output—in other words, real GDP—firms will produce and sell. The aggregate supply curve shows the total quantity of output—real GDP—that firms will produce and sell at each price level. The graph below shows an aggregate supply curve. Let's begin by walking through the elements of the diagram one at a time: the horizontal and vertical axes, the aggregate supply curve itself, and the meaning of the potential GDP vertical line. The aggregate supply curve Image credit: Figure 1 in " Building a Model of Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply " by Open Stax College, CC BY 4.0The horizontal axis of the diagram shows real GDP—that is, the level of GDP adjusted for inflation. The vertical axis shows the price level. Price level is the average price of all goods and services produced in the economy. It's an index number, like the GDP deflator. [Wait, what's a GDP deflator again? ]The GDP deflator is a price index measuring the average prices of all goods and services included in the economy. Notice on the graph that as the price level rises, the aggregate supply—quantity of goods and services supplied—rises as well. Why do you think this is? The price level shown on the vertical axis represents prices for final goods or outputs bought in the economy, not the price level for intermediate goods and services that are inputs to production. The AS curve describes how suppliers will react to a higher price level for final outputs of goods and services while the prices of inputs like labor and energy remain constant. If firms across the economy face a situation where the price level of what they produce and sell is rising but their costs of production are not rising, then the lure of higher profits will induce them to expand production. Potential GDPIf you look at our example graph above, you'll see that the slope of the AS curve changes from nearly flat at its far left to nearly vertical at its far right. At the far left of the aggregate supply curve, the level of output in the economy is far below potential GDP —the quantity that an economy can produce by fully employing its existing levels of labor, physical capital, and technology, in the context of its existing market and legal institutions. At these relatively low levels of output, levels of unemployment are high, and many factories are running only part-time or have closed their doors. In this situation, a relatively small increase in the prices of the outputs that businesses sell—with no rise in input prices—can encourage a considerable surge in the quantity of aggregate supply—real GDP—because so many workers and factories are ready to swing into production. As the quantity produced increases, however, certain firms and industries will start running into limits—for example, nearly all of the expert workers in a certain industry could have jobs or factories in certain geographic areas or industries might be running at full speed. In the intermediate area of the AS curve, a higher price level for outputs continues to encourage a greater quantity of output, but as the increasingly steep upward slope of the aggregate supply curve shows, the increase in quantity in response to a given rise in the price level will not be quite as large. At the far right, the aggregate supply curve becomes nearly vertical. At this quantity, higher prices for outputs cannot encourage additional output because even if firms want to expand output, the inputs of labor and machinery in the economy are fully employed. In our example AS curve, the vertical line in the exhibit shows that potential GDP occurs at a total output of 9,500. When an economy is operating at its potential GDP, machines and factories are running at capacity, and the unemployment rate is relatively low at the natural rate of unemployment. For this reason, potential GDP is sometimes also called full-employment GDP. Why does AS cross potential GDP? The aggregate supply curve is typically drawn to cross the potential GDP line. This shape may seem puzzling—How can an economy produce at an output level which is higher than its potential or full-employment GDP? The economic intuition here is that if prices for outputs were high enough, producers would make fanatical efforts to produce: all workers would be on double-overtime, all machines would run 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Such hyper-intense production would go beyond using potential labor and physical capital resources fully to using them in a way that is not sustainable in the long term. Thus, it is indeed possible for production to sprint above potential GDP, but only in the short run. So, in the short run, it is possible for producers to supply less or more GDP than potential if demand is too low or too high. In the long run, however, producers are limited to producing at potential GDP. For this reason, economists also refer to the AS curve as the short run aggregate supply curve, or SRAS curve. The vertical line at potential GDP may also be referred to as the long run aggregate supply curve, or LRAS curve. The Aggregate Demand Curve Aggregate demand, or AD, refers to the amount of total spending on domestic goods and services in an economy. Strictly speaking, AD is what economists call total planned expenditure. We'll talk about that more in other articles, but for now, just think of aggregate demand as total spending. Aggregate demand includes all four components of demand: Consumption Investment Government spending Net exports—exports minus imports This demand is determined by a number of factors; one of them is the price level. An aggregate demand curve shows the total spending on domestic goods and services at each price level. You can see an example aggregate demand curve below. Just like in an aggregate supply curve, the horizontal axis shows real GDP and the vertical axis shows price level. But there's a big difference in the shape of the AD curve—it slopes down. This downward slope indicates that increases in the price level of outputs lead to a lower quantity of total spending. The aggregate demand curve Image credit: Figure 2 in " Building a Model of Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply " by Open Stax College, CC BY 4.0Let's dig a little deeper. To fully understand why price level increases lead to lower spending, we need to understand how changes in the price level affect the different components of aggregate demand. Remember, the following components make up aggregate demand: consumption spending, C; investment spending, I; government spending, G; and spending on exports, X, minus imports M. Aggregate demand = C + I + G + X − M. The wealth effect holds that as the price level increases, the buying power of savings that people have stored up in bank accounts and other assets will diminish, eaten away to some extent by inflation. Because a rise in the price level reduces people’s wealth, consumption spending will fall as the price level rises. The interest rate effect explains that as outputs rise, the same purchases will take more money or credit to accomplish. This additional demand for money and credit will push interest rates higher. In turn, higher interest rates will reduce borrowing by businesses for investment purposes and reduce borrowing by households for homes and cars—thus reducing both consumption and investment spending. The foreign price effect points out that if prices rise in the United States while remaining fixed in other countries, then goods in the United States will be relatively more expensive compared to goods in the rest of the world. US exports will be relatively more expensive, and thus the quantity of exports sold will fall. Imports from abroad will be relatively cheaper, so the quantity of imports will rise. Thus, a higher domestic price level, relative to price levels in other countries, will reduce net export expenditures. Truth be told, among economists, all three of these effects are controversial, in part because they do not seem to be very large. For this reason, the aggregate demand curve in our example aggregate demand curve above slopes downward fairly steeply. The steep slope indicates that a higher price level for final outputs does reduce aggregate demand for all three of these reasons, but the change in the quantity of aggregate demand as a result of changes in price level is not very large. Summary Aggregate supply is the total quantity of output firms will produce and sell—in other words, the real GDP. The upward-sloping aggregate supply curve —also known as the short run aggregate supply curve —shows the positive relationship between price level and real GDP in the short run. Aggregate supply curves slope up because when the price level for outputs increases while the price level of inputs remains fixed, the opportunity for additional profits encourages more production. Potential GDP, or full-employment GDP, is the maximum quantity that an economy can produce given full employment of its existing levels of labor, physical capital, technology, and institutions. Aggregate demand is the amount of total spending on domestic goods and services in an economy. The downward-sloping aggregate demand curve shows the relationship between the price level for outputs and the quantity of total spending in the economy. Self-check question The short run aggregate supply curve, or aggregate supply curve, was constructed assuming that as the price of outputs increases, the price of inputs stays the same. How would an increase in the prices of important inputs, like energy, affect aggregate supply? [Show solution. ]Higher input prices make output less profitable, decreasing the desired supply. This is shown graphically as a leftward shift in the AS curve. Review questions What is the economic reason that the aggregate supply curve, or short run aggregate supply curve, slopes up? What are the components of the aggregate demand curve? What are the economic reasons that the aggregate demand curve slopes down? Briefly explain the reason for the near-horizontal shape of the aggregate supply curve, or short run aggregate supply curve, on its far left. Briefly explain the reason for the near-vertical shape of the aggregate supply curve, or short run aggregate supply curve, on its far right. What is potential GDP? [Attribution]Attribution This article is a modified derivative of " Building a Model of Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply " by Open Stax College, CC BY 4.0. The modified article is licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.  Aggregate demand From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedianavigation search This article is about a concept in macroeconomics. For the microeconomic demand aggregated over consumers, see Demand curve. In macroeconomics, aggregate demand ( AD) or domestic final demand ( DFD) is the total demand for final goods and services in an economy at a given time. [1] It specifies the amounts of goods and services that will be purchased at all possible price levels. [2] This is the demand for the gross domestic product of a country. It is often called effective demand, though at other times this term is distinguished. The aggregate demand curve is plotted with real output on the horizontal axis and the price level on the vertical axis. It is downward sloping as a result of three distinct effects: Pigou's wealth effect, Keynes' interest rate effect and the Mundell–Fleming exchange-rate effect. The Pigou effect states that a higher price level implies lower real wealth and therefore lower consumption spending, giving a lower quantity of goods demanded in the aggregate. The Keynes effect states that a higher price level implies a lower real money supply and therefore higher interest rates resulting from financial market equilibrium, in turn resulting in lower investment spending on new physical capital and hence a lower quantity of goods being demanded in the aggregate. The Mundell–Fleming exchange-rate effect is an extension of the IS–LM model. Whereas the traditional IS-LM Model deals with a closed economy, Mundell–Fleming describes a small open economy. The Mundell–Fleming model portrays the short-run relationship between an economy's nominal exchange rate, interest rate, and output (in contrast to the closed-economy IS–LM model, which focuses only on the relationship between the interest rate and output)The aggregate demand curve illustrates the relationship between two factors: the quantity of output that is demanded and the aggregate price level. Aggregate demand is expressed contingent upon a fixed level of the nominal money supply. There are many factors that can shift the AD curve. Rightward shifts result from increases in the money supply, in government expenditure, or in autonomous components of investment or consumption spending, or from decreases in taxes. According to the aggregate demand-aggregate supply model, when aggregate demand increases, there is movement up along the aggregate supply curve, giving a higher level of prices. [3]Contents [ hide ]1 History2 Components3 Aggregate demand curves3.1 Keynesian cross3.2 Aggregate demand-aggregate supply model4 Debt5 Criticisms6 See also7 References8 External links History [ edit]Main article: The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money John Maynard Keynes in The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money argued during the Great Depression that the loss of output by the private sector as a result of a systemic shock (the Wall Street Crash of 1929) ought to be filled by government spending. First, he argued that with a lower ‘effective aggregate demand’, or the total amount of spending in the economy (lowered in the Crash), the private sector could subsist on a permanently reduced level of activity and involuntary unemployment, unless there were active intervention. Business lost access to capital, so it had dismissed workers. This meant workers had less to spend as consumers, consumers bought less from business, which because of additionally reduced demand, had found the need to dismiss workers. The downward spiral could only be halted and rectified by external action. Second, people with higher incomes have a lower marginal propensity to consume their incomes. People with lower incomes are inclined to spend their earnings immediately to buy housing, food, transport and so forth, while people with much higher incomes cannot consume everything. They save instead, which means that the velocity of money, meaning the circulation of income through different hands in the economy, is decreased. This lowered the rate of growth. Spending should therefore target public works programmes on a large enough scale to speed up growth to its previous levels. Components [ edit]An aggregate demand curve is the sum of individual demand curves for different sectors of the economy. The aggregate demand is usually described as a linear sum of four separable demand sources: [4]whereis consumption (may also be known as consumer spending), which is given by where is consumers' income and the taxes paid by consumers,is investment,is government spending,is net exports, where is total exports, andtotal imports, given by. These four major parts, which can be stated in either 'nominal' or 'real' terms, are:personal consumption expenditures () or "consumption," demand by households and unattached individuals; its determination is described by the consumption function. A basic conception is that it is the total consumption expenditures of the domestic economy. The consumption function is, where is autonomous consumption, the marginal propensity to consume, and the disposable income.gross private domestic investment ( ), such as spending by business firms on factory construction. This is conceived as all private sector spending aimed at the production of some future consumable . In Keynesian economics, not all of gross private domestic investment counts as part of aggregate demand. Much or most of the investment in inventories can be due to a short-fall in demand (unplanned inventory accumulation or "general over-production"). The Keynesian model forecasts a decrease in national output and income when there is unplanned investment. (Inventory accumulation would correspond to an excess supply of products; in the National Income and Product Accounts, it is treated as a purchase by its producer.) Thus, only the planned or intended or desired part of investment () is counted as part of aggregate demand. (So, does not include the 'investment' in running up or depleting inventory levels. )Investment is affected by the output and the interest rate ( ). Consequently, we can write it as,, a function I which takes total income and interest rate as parameters. Investment has positive relationship with the output and negative relationship with the interest rate. Thus, an increase in the interest rate will cause aggregate demand to decline. Interest costs are part of the cost of borrowing and as they rise, both firms and households will cut back on spending. This shifts the aggregate demand curve to the left. This lowers equilibrium GDP below potential GDP.gross government investment and consumption expenditures ( ), also determined as, the difference of government expenditures and taxes. An increase in government expenditures or decrease in taxes, therefore leads to an increase in GDP as government expenditures are a component of aggregate demand.net exports ( and sometimes ( )), net demand by the rest of the world for the country's output. This contributes to the current account. In sum, for a single country at a given time, aggregate demand ( or) is given by. These macroeconomic variables are constructed from varying types of microeconomic variables from the price of each, so these variables are denominated in (real or nominal) currency terms. Aggregate demand curves [ edit]Understanding of the aggregate demand curve depends on whether it is examined based on changes in demand as income changes, or as price change. Keynesian cross [ edit]Main article: Keynesian cross Aggregate demand-aggregate supply model [ edit]Main article: AD–AS model Sometimes, especially in textbooks, "aggregate demand" refers to an entire demand curve that looks like that in a typical Marshallian supply and demand diagram. Aggregate supply/demand graph Thus, we could refer to an "aggregate quantity demanded" ( in real or inflation-corrected terms) at any given aggregate average price level (such as the GDP deflator ),. In these diagrams, typically the rises as the average price level () falls, as with the line in the diagram. The main theoretical reason for this is that if the nominal money supply ( M s) is constant, a falling implies that the real money supply ( )rises, encouraging lower interest rates and higher spending. This is often called the " Keynes effect . "Carefully using ideas from the theory of supply and demand, aggregate supply can help determine the extent to which increases in aggregate demand lead to increases in real output or instead to increases in prices ( inflation ). In the diagram, an increase in any of the components of (at any given) shifts the curve to the right. This increases both the level of real production () and the average price level ( ). But different levels of economic activity imply different mixtures of output and price increases. As shown, with very low levels of real gross domestic product and thus large amounts of unemployed resources, most economists of the Keynesian school suggest that most of the change would be in the form of output and employment increases. As the economy gets close to potential output ( ), we would see more and more price increases rather than output increases as increases. Beyond, this gets more intense, so that price increases dominate. Worse, output levels greater than cannot be sustained for long. The is a short-term relationship here. If the economy persists in operating above potential, the curve will shift to the left, making the increases in real output transitory. At low levels of, the world is more complicated. First, most modern industrial economies experience few if any falls in prices. So the curve is unlikely to shift down or to the right. Second, when they do suffer price cuts (as in Japan), it can lead to disastrous deflation. Debt [ edit]A post-Keynesian theory of aggregate demand emphasizes the role of debt, which it considers a fundamental component of aggregate demand; [5] the contribution of change in debt to aggregate demand is referred to by some as the credit impulse. [6] Aggregate demand is spending, be it on consumption, investment, or other categories. Spending is related to income via: Income – Spending = Net Savings Rearranging this yields: Spending = Income – Net Savings = Income + Net Increase in Debt In words: What you spend is what you earn, plus what you borrow. If you spend $110 and earned $100, then you must have net borrowed $10. Conversely if you spend $90 and earn $100, then you have net savings of $10, or have reduced debt by $10, for a net change in debt of –$10. If debt grows or shrinks slowly as a percentage of GDP, its impact on aggregate demand is small. Conversely, if debt is significant, then changes in the dynamics of debt growth can have significant impact on aggregate demand. Change in debt is tied to the level of debt: [5] if the overall debt level is 10% of GDP and 1% of loans are not repaid, this impacts GDP by 1% of 10% = 0.1% of GDP, which is statistical noise. Conversely, if the debt level is 300% of GDP and 1% of loans are not repaid, this impacts GDP by 1% of 300% = 3% of GDP, which is significant: a change of this magnitude will generally cause a recession. Similarly, changes in the repayment rate (debtors paying down their debts) impact aggregate demand in proportion to the level of debt. Thus, as the level of debt in an economy grows, the economy becomes more sensitive to debt dynamics, and credit bubbles are of macroeconomic concern. Since write-offs and savings rates both spike in recessions, both of which result in shrinkage of credit, the resulting drop in aggregate demand can worsen and perpetuate the recession in a vicious cycle. This perspective originates in, and is intimately tied to, the debt-deflation theory of Irving Fisher, and the notion of a credit bubble (credit being the flip side of debt), and has been elaborated in the Post-Keynesian school. [5] If the overall level of debt is rising each year, then aggregate demand exceeds Income by that amount. However, if the level of debt stops rising and instead starts falling (if "the bubble bursts"), then aggregate demand falls short of income, by the amount of net savings (largely in the form of debt repayment or debt writing off, such as in bankruptcy). This causes a sudden and sustained drop in aggregate demand, and this shock is argued to be the proximate cause of a class of economic crises, properly financial crises. Indeed, a fall in the level of debt is not necessary – even a slowing in the rate of debt growth causes a drop in aggregate demand (relative to the higher borrowing year). [7] These crises then end when credit starts growing again, either because most or all debts have been repaid or written off, or for other reasons as below. From the perspective of debt, the Keynesian prescription of government deficit spending in the face of an economic crisis consists of the government net dis -saving (increasing its debt) to compensate for the shortfall in private debt: it replaces private debt with public debt. Other alternatives include seeking to restart the growth of private debt ("reflate the bubble"), or slow or stop its fall; and debt relief, which by lowering or eliminating debt stops credit from contracting (as it cannot fall below zero) and allows debt to either stabilize or grow – this has the further effect of redistributing wealth from creditors (who write off debts) to debtors (whose debts are relieved). Criticisms [ edit]Austrian theorist Henry Hazlitt argued that aggregate demand is "a meaningless concept" in economic analysis. [8]Friedrich Hayek, another Austrian, wrote that Keynes' study of the aggregate relations in an economy is "fallacious," arguing that recessions are caused by micro-economic factors. [9]See also [ edit]Aggregate supply Aggregation problem Disequilibrium Economic surplus Effective demand Excess demand Excess demand function Excess supply Induced demand Reproduction Scarcity Supply and demand Supply shock References [ edit]^ Sexton, Robert; Fortura, Peter (2005). Exploring Economics. ISBN 0-17-641482-7. This is the sum of the demand for all final goods and services in the economy. It can also be seen as the quantity of real GDP demanded at different price levels.^ O'Sullivan, Arthur; Steven M. Sheffrin (2003). Economics: Principles in action. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458: Pearson Prentice Hall. p. 307. ISBN 0-13-063085-3.^ Mankiw, N. Gregory, and William M. Scarth. Macroeconomics. Canadian ed., 4th ed. New York: Worth Publishers, 2011. Print.^ "aggregate demand (AD)". Archived from the original on 9 November 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-04.^ a b c Debtwatch No 41, December 2009: 4 Years of Calling the GFC, Steve Keen, December 1, 2009^ Credit and Economic Recovery: Demystifying Phoenix Miracles, Michael Biggs, Thomas Mayer, Andreas Pick, March 15, 2010^ "However much you borrow and spend this year, if it is less than last year, it means your spending will go into recession." Dhaval Joshi, RAB Capital, quoted in Noughty boys on trading floor led us into debt-laden fantasy^ Hazlitt, Henry (1959). The Failure of the 'New Economics': An Analysis of the Keynesian Fallacies (PDF). D. Van Nostrand. [ page needed]^ Hayek, Friedrich (1989). The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek. University of Chicago Press. p. 202. ISBN 978-0-226-32097-7. External links [ edit]Elmer G. Wiens: Classical & Keynesian AD-AS Model - An on-line, interactive model of the Canadian Economy. [ show]v t e Economics Categories: Demand Macroeconomic aggregates Mathematical and quantitative methods (economics)  Monopolies/Monopolist's Demand Curve: Monopolies/Monopolist's Demand Curve: Definition: Under perfect competition, the demand curve which an individual seller has to face is perfectly elastic, i.e., it runs parallel to the base axis. The competitive seller being unable to affect the market price sells its output at prevailing market price. Hence marginal revenue, equals the price of the product. The average revenue is identical to its marginal revenue. Thus under perfect competition: Formula: MR = AR = Price and the Three Curves Coincide and are Perfectly Elastic This is, however, not the case under monopoly. The monopolist is the, sole supplier of a product in the market. He has full powers to make decisions about the pricing of his product. He is a Price Maker, if he lowers the unit price of his product, his sale is increased. If he raises the price, he will not lose all his sale. The demand curve facing the monopolist thus slope downward from left to right. Explanation: As the monopolist's demand curve is negatively sloped, the marginal revenue is here no longer equal to price or average revenue. It is less than the price (AR) at every level of output, except the first. The relation between marginal revenue and average revenue is explained with the help of a schedule and a diagram. Schedule: Price Per Meter in $ Quantity Output Meter Total Revenue (TR) in $ Marginal Revenue (MR) in $ Average Revenue (AR) in $100 1 100 100 10080 2 160 60 8060 3 180 20 6045 4 180 0 4535 5 175 -5 35In the above schedule, it is shown that as the monopolist lowers price of his product from $100 per meter to $80 per meter in specified period of time, the sale increase from one unit to two units. The total revenue resulting from the sale of one more unit increases by $60 (MR); whereas the additional unit has been sold for $80 The reason for the total revenue not to increase by the same amount is that the price has been reduced for increasing the sale of the extra units. The price cut is applied to two units of output sold and not to the additional unit alone. Same is the case with the third, fourth and fifth units sold. The marginal revenue is less than the price ATR (AR) for all the units of commodity disposed off in the market. MR = ΔTRΔQDiagram/Curve: As the marginal revenue is always less than price, the marginal revenue curve, therefore, remains below the average revenue curve or demand curve as is illustrated. In the figure (16.1) the demand curve which also represents average revenue curve has a downward slope. The demand curve is downward sloping because the monopolist can sell greater output only by reducing the price of units of output. The marginal revenue curve of the monopolist always lies below the demand curve because the marginal revenue from the sale of additional unit of output is less than its price. Monopoly Price and Its Relationship to Elasticity of Demand: The total revenue test can be applied for explaining the monopoly price and its relationship to price elasticity of demand. The total revenue test tells us that when demand is elastic, a decline in price will increase total revenue. When demand is inelastic, a decline in price of a good will decrease its revenue. Applying this test, a monopolist will fix the amount of his product at a level where the elasticity of his average revenue curve is greater than one (E > 1). It causes total revenue to increase. Here marginal revenue is positive. A monopolist does not push his produce to the point where the marginal revenue becomes negative. The monopolist choice of price when faced with varying degree of elasticities is now explained with the help of a linear average revenue function (price line) in fig 16.2. At midpoint on the down sloping AR curve, elasticity of demand is equal to one, (E = 1). Above point P, elasticity is greater than one, (E > 1) and below less than one (E < 1). At price MP, marginal revenue is zero. At prices above than MP, MR is positive and below it marginal revenue is negative. The monopolist would not like to increase his safes up to a point where his MR becomes negative or his total revenue starts decreasing. The monopolist chooses the price quantity combination where the MR is positive and the elasticity of demand is more than one. 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Aggregate demand relates to the total amount of goods demanded by consumers in an economy over a specified period of time. It also is a reflection on the economic power of consumers. Economic factors that impact a large number of consumers in a positive manner increase customer purchases and aggregate demand. Interest Rate Decrease Interest rates help to establish how much consumers pay to borrow. When interest rates are low, consumers tend to purchase a higher volume of goods. As lower interest rates decrease monthly payments, consumers make larger purchases, such as cars and homes, that require loans. Increases in purchases of lower cost goods also are expected. As interest rates decrease, credit-card financing rates are lower and consumers have more disposable income because of lower interest rates on variable rate loans. When the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates, banks and financial institutions typically respond with a similar decrease in the rates offered to borrowers. A decrease in interest rates typically leads to a short-term increase in aggregate demand. Decrease in Taxes Reducing taxes increases the amount of available cash that consumers can use to purchase goods and services. The more cash consumers have, the more purchases they are likely make. As consumers in a country increase spending, it directly increases aggregate demand. Tax cuts could decrease individual income taxes, sales taxes or property taxes. International Involvement Increases in foreign-based purchases and direct investments can lead to an increase in aggregate demand. Variations in exchange rates can cause the price of foreign-made goods to be cheaper than domestic products. If consumers in another country demand more goods from abroad, their purchases increase aggregate demand in the country where the goods are obtained. The purchases also increase the available cash in the supplying country, which leads to greater consumer spending and an additional increase in aggregate demand. Money also can come in the form of direct investments into companies or raw materials. Government Expenditures An increase in government spending on goods and services can increase overall economic demand. The infusion of capital into the economy through government spending leads to increased financial resources in the private sector that injects financial resources into the hands of consumers. When consumers have more disposable cash, aggregate demand increases. Government spending can be for the purchase of goods or services from domestic companies. References (3)Photo Creditsgraph of the succes image by Attila Toro from Fotolia.com Cite this Article  What is the 'Law of Demand' Error loading player: Flash plugin failed to load What is the 'Law of Demand'The law of demand states that quantity purchased varies inversely with price. In other words, the higher the price, the lower the quantity demanded. The reason for this phenomenon is that consumers' opportunity cost increases, so they must give something else up or switch to a substitute product. Next Up Quantity Demanded Law Of Supply Demand Curve Microeconomic Pricing Model BREAKING DOWN 'Law of Demand'The chart below depicts the law of demand using a demand curve, which is always downward-sloping. Each point on the curve (A, B, C) reflects the quantity demanded (Q) at a given price (P). At point A, for example, the quantity demanded is Q1 and the price is P1. The law of demand is one of the most fundamental concepts in economics. It works with the law of supply to explain how market economies allocate resources and determine the prices of goods and services. The Law of Demand in Practice The "curve" above is simplified as a straight line, but in fact the shape of the curve varies by product. Demand curves are generally concave, reflecting the fact that consumers can become saturated with a given product: How many pairs of underwear can you wear, or cars can you park in your garage? It's important to make a distinction between temporary and longer-term price changes, particularly in online shopping with its fine-grained price changes. Consumers might buy more of an item on temporary discount to 1) stock up on nonperishables they will need before the items go on sale again (shirts, for example), 2) make a long-planned purchase at a lower price (a big screen television), 3) get the current model of a product before a new model is released (cars or smartphones), or 4) on impulse. For longer-term prices, consumers will prefer more quantity at lower prices. The question is whether falling costs enable those lower prices that consumers prefer. This leads to the interaction with the law of supply and the supply curve. In the U. S., the average price of goods, excluding food and fuel , has been falling since 1995 due to technological innovation and globalized trade's downward pressure on costs. Goods vs services inflation12-month change Jan 1986Jan 1988 Jan 1990Jan 1992 Jan 1994Jan 1996 Jan 1998Jan 2000 Jan 2002Jan 2004 Jan 2006Jan 2008 Jan 2010Jan 2012 Jan 2014Core PCE Core services Core goods Personal consumption expenditures, excluding food & fuel Source: Saeed Zaman, BEA Created with Datawrapper By contrast, prices of services that are provided locally, provided on an individual basis and subject to regulation, tend to be increasing. Examples include dental services and nail salons.  . Business Cycles and Aggregate Demand Premium content available for purchase is identified in the left-hand Navigation Menu by the asterisk (*) which precedes the content name. Premium content on this OLC includes: Study Guide (Course-wide Content)A. What are Business Cycles? Business cycles or fluctuations are swings in total national output, income, and employment, marked by widespread expansion or contraction in many sectors of the economy. They occur in all advanced market economies. We distinguish the phases of expansion, peak, recession, and trough. Most business cycles occur when shifts in aggregate demand cause changes in output, employment, and prices. Aggregate demand shifts when changes in spending by consumers, businesses, or governments change total spending relative to the economy's productive capacity. A decline in aggregate demand leads to recessions or even depressions. An upturn in economic activity can lead to inflation. Business-cycle theories differ in their emphasis on exogenous and internal factors. Importance is often attached to fluctuations in such exogenous factors as technology, elections, wars, exchange-rate movements, and oil-price shocks. Most theories emphasize that these exogenous shocks interact with internal mechanisms, such as financial market bubbles and busts. B. Aggregate Demand and Business Cycles Ancient societies suffered when harvest failures produced famines. The modern market economy can suffer from poverty amidst plenty when insufficient aggregate demand leads to deteriorating business conditions and high unemployment. At other times, excessive government spending and reliance on the monetary printing press can lead to runaway inflation. Understanding the forces that affect aggregate demand, including government fiscal and monetary policies, can help economists and policymakers smooth out the cycle of boom and bust. Aggregate demand represents the total quantity of output willingly bought at a given price level, other things held constant. Components of spending include ( a) consumption, which depends primarily upon disposable income; ( b) investment, which depends upon present and expected future output and upon interest rates and taxes; ( c) government purchases of goods and services; and ( d) net exports, which depend upon foreign and domestic outputs and prices and upon foreign exchange rates. Aggregate demand curves differ from demand curves used in microeconomic analysis. The AD curves relate overall spending on all components of output to the overall price level, with policy and exogenous variables held constant. The aggregate demand curve is downward-sloping because a higher price level reduces real income and real wealth. Factors that change aggregate demand include ( a) macroeconomic policies, such as fiscal and monetary policies, and ( b) exogenous variables, such as foreign economic activity, technological advances, and shifts in asset markets. When these variables change, they shift the AD curve. C. The Multiplier Model The multiplier model provides a simple way to understand the impact of aggregate demand on the level of output. In the simplest approach, household consumption is a function of disposable income, while investment is fixed. People's desire to consume and the willingness of businesses to invest are brought into balance by adjustments in output. The equilibrium level of national output occurs when planned spending equals planned output. Using the expenditure-output approach, equilibrium output comes at the intersection of the total expenditure ( TE) consumption-plus-investment schedule and the 45° line. If output is temporarily above its equilibrium level, businesses find output higher than sales, with inventories piling up involuntarily and profits plummeting. Firms therefore cut production and employment back toward the equilibrium level. The only sustainable level of output comes when buyers desire to purchase exactly as much as businesses desire to produce. Thus, for the simplified Keynesian multiplier model, investment calls the tune and consumption dances to the music. Investment has a multiplied effect on output. When investment changes, output will initially rise by an equal amount. But that output increase is also an income increase for consumers. As consumers spend a part of their additional income, this sets in motion a whole chain of additional consumption spending and employment. If people always spend r of each extra dollar of income on consumption, the total of the multiplier chain will be (2.0K) The simplest multiplier is numerically equal to 1/ (1 − MPC ). Key points to remember are ( a) the basic multiplier model emphasizes the importance of shifts in aggregate demand in affecting output and income and ( b) it is primarily applicable for situations with unemployed resources. D. Fiscal Policy in the Multiplier Model The analysis of fiscal policy elaborates the Keynesian multiplier model. It shows that an increase in government purchases—taken by itself, with taxes and investment unchanged—has an expansionary effect on national output much like that of investment. The total expenditure TE = C + I + G schedule shifts upward to a higher equilibrium intersection with the 45° line. A decrease in taxes—taken by itself, with investment and government purchases unchanged—raises the equilibrium level of national output. The CC schedule of consumption plotted against GDP is shifted upward and leftward by a tax cut. But since the extra dollars of disposable income go partly into saving, the dollar increase in consumption will not be quite as great as the increase in new disposable income. Therefore, the tax multiplier is smaller than the government-expenditure multiplier.  Chapter 20: Aggregate demand and aggregate supply 28 terms Iced_Tea3Chapter 20: Aggregate demand and aggregate supply Learn Flashcards Write Spell Test Match Gravity Advertisement Upgrade to remove ads Like this study set? Create a free account to save it. Create a free account Maybe later Sort Three facts about economic fluctuations 1. economic fluctuation are irregular and unpredictable. 2. Most macroeconomic quantities fluctuate together. 3. As output falls, unemployment rises As the price level falls The purchasing power of households real wealth will rise causing the quantity of output demanded to rise The wealth effect When Price Little Falls the purchasing power of the households real well with arise which will cause the quantity of output demanded to rise As price level falls The impact on the Mestic interest rate will cause the real value of a dollar to fall in foreign exchange markets The number of domestic products purchased by foreigners will bear for rise and the number foreign products purchased by the domestic consumers Will follow net experts will therefore rise causing the quantity of domestic output demanded to rise The exchange rates affect As the price level falls impact of Domestic interest-rate causes the value of the dollar to follow and foreign exchange markets to fall so the domestic products purchased performers will therefore rise in the number of foreign products purchased by domestic consumers and firms will fall net experts will therefore rise causing the quantity of domestic output Factors to increase aggregate demand 1. Increased wealth 2. decreased taxes 3. Increase expected rate of return on investment 4. and increase income and other countries What happens in the long run if the Fed double the gross weight of the quantity of money in the economy The inflation rate and the price level The long-run aggregate supply curve is a vertical mine At the economies natural rate of output The natural rate of output Is the level of output consistent with the economy is natural unemployment rate Longer an aggregate supply curve is vertical at the natural rate of output Because the price level has no bearing on the economies long run level of output If there is the law that significantly increases the minimum wage the natural rate of unemployment will rise Which will shift the long run aggregate supply curve to the left The government allows more immigration a working age adults Right For environmental and safety reasons the government requires that the countries nuclear power plants be permanently shut down Left An investment tax credit increases the rate at which firms acquired machinery and equipment Right In the short run the quantity of output the firm supply can deviate from the natural rate of output If the actual price level in the economy deviates from the expected price level The sticky price theory The Output prices of some goods and services adjust slowly to change in the price level Sales from catalogs fall So firms that rely on the catalogs will respond by reducing the quantity of output that they supply Enough firm space high cost of adjusting prices the unexpected decrease in the price level cause the quantity of output supply To fall below the natural rate of output in the short run Quantity of output supplied Natural rate of output+a x (actual price level-expected proce level)A A number the determines how many output responds to unexpected changes in the price level The short one quantity of output supply by firms will rise above the natural rate of outou When the actual price level rises above the price level that people expected Change needed to decrease aggregate supply 1. Input prices increase 2. tax rates increase 3. burdensome regulations increase In the short run the decrease in investment spending associated with business pessimism Causes the price levels of fall below the price level people expected and the quantity of output fall below the natural rate of output The business pessimism will cause the unemployment rate to rise The natural rate of unemployment in the short run During the transition from the short run to the Lungrin prices will adjust downward In the short run aggregate supply curve will shift to the right In the long run as a result of the business pessimism the price level decreases The quantity of output returns the natural rate of output and the unemployment rate returns the natural rate of unemployment In the long run if the government decides to do nothing The output in the economy will be less Stan and the price level will increase Advertisement Upgrade to remove ads Features Quizlet Live Quizlet Learn Diagrams Flashcards Mobile Help Sign up Help Center Honor Code Community Guidelines Students Teachers About Company Press Jobs Privacy Terms Follow us Language© 2018 Quizlet Inc.  Why Does the Aggregate Demand Curve Slope Downward? Full Answer The aggregate demand curve assumes a constant money supply. When the general price level increases, purchasing power decreases as money is worth less. This causes consumers to reduce their purchases. When the price level decreases, consumers feel wealthier because their money buys more. This inverse relationship between the price level and the total consumption, as measured by GDP, contributes to the downward sloping demand curve. The interest rate effect also contributes to the downward sloping aggregate demand curve. Given the constant money supply, the increased demand for money results in increased interest rates, which causes the sale of rate-sensitive goods to decline. The final factor that contributes to the downward sloping aggregate demand curve is the net exports effect. Net exports are the difference between exports and imports. As the general price level increases, imported goods become less expensive relative to domestic goods, causing imports to increase. At the same time, domestic goods become more expensive to foreign buyers, causing exports to decrease. Increasing imports coupled with decreasing exports decrease net exports and contribute to the downward sloping aggregate demand curve. Learn more about Economics Sources: cliffsnotes.com investopedia.com  . The macroeconomic model for Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply differs from the microeconomic model in the fact that the AD/AS model represents all goods and not just one single good. It takes into account the price level of all goods as well as the overall aggregate output of the economy. Aggregate Demand (AD) represents the demand side of the economy. Long-run Aggregate Supply (LAS) represents the most output that an economy can sustain. Short-run Aggregate Supply (SAS) represents the supply of the economy in the short run. These three components can be explained separately and brought together to represent some equilibrium price level and aggregate output. Content: Aggregate Demand The Effects of Price on Aggregate Demand Other Factors Besides Price Effecting Aggregate Demand The Multiplier Effect Long-Run Aggregate Supply Short-Run Aggregate Supply The Effects of Price on Short-Run Aggregate Supply Other Things Besides Price that Effect Short-Run Aggregate Supply Equilibrium Short-Run Equilibrium Long-Run Equilibrium Say's Law  Income Elasticity of Demand Income Elasticity of Demand"During growth periods, demand for normal goods will increase, while during downturns, demand will reduce (Hall & Lieberman, 2007). "The concept describes the importance of understanding income elasticity of demand for determining how changes in income levels affects demand for a good or service. It highlights several strengths and weaknesses of the concept and provides case study evidence of the concept in practice as well as implementation advice. Technique Overview Income Elasticity of Demand Definition Income Elasticity of Demand (YED) is a measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in consumers' income, calculated as the percentage change in quantity demanded, divided by the percentage change in income (Mankiw, 2009). Income Elasticity of Demand Description ** The full technique overview is available for free. Simply login to our business management platform, and learn all about Income Elasticity of Demand. Learn about Knowledg Brief Techniques Business Evidence Business Application Professional Tools Further Reading Learn more about Knowledge Brief Manage and how you can equip yourself with the knowledge to succeed on Income Elasticity of Demand and hundreds of other essential business management techniques  What is demand-side economics? A: Because Keynesian economists believe the primary factor driving economic activity and short-term fluctuations is the demand for goods and services, the theory is sometimes called demand-side economics. This perspective is at odds with classical economic theory, or supply-side economics, which states the production of goods or services, or supply, is of primary importance in economic growth. Economist John Maynard Keynes developed his economic theories in large part as a response to the Great Depression of the 1930s. Prior to the Great Depression, classical economics was the dominant theory, with the belief that through the market forces of supply and demand, economic equilibrium would be restored naturally over time. However, the Great Depression and its long-running, widespread unemployment defied classical economic theories, which could not explain why the mechanisms of the free market were not restoring balance to the economy. Insufficient Demand Causes Unemployment Keynes maintained that unemployment is the result of an insufficient demand for goods. During the Great Depression, factories sat idle and workers were unemployed because there was not enough of a demand for those products. In turn, factories had insufficient demand for workers. Because of this lack of aggregate demand, unemployment persisted and, contrary to classical theories of economics, the market was not able to self-correct and restore balance. One of the core characteristics of Keynesian or demand-side economics is the emphasis on aggregate demand. Aggregate demand is composed of four elements: consumption of goods and services; investment by industry in capital goods; government spending on public goods and services; and net exports. Under the demand-side model, Keynes advocated for government intervention to help overcome low aggregate demand in the short-term, such as during a recession or depression, to reduce unemployment and stimulate growth. How the Government Can Generate Demand If the other components of aggregate demand are static, government spending can mitigate these issues. If people are less able or willing to consume, and businesses are less willing to invest in building more factories, the government can step in to generate demand for goods and services. It can achieve this goal through its control of the money supply by altering interest rates or selling or buying government-issued bonds. Keynesian economics supports heavy government spending during a national recession to encourage economic activity. Putting more money in the pockets of the middle and lower classes has greater benefit to the economy than saving or stockpiling the money in a wealthy person's account. Increasing the flow of money to lower and middle classes increases the velocity of money, or the frequency at which $1 is used to buy domestically produced goods and services. Increased velocity of money means more people are consuming goods and services and, thus, contributing to an increase in aggregate demand. (For related reading, see: How Money Makes the Economy Move . )RELATED FAQSWhat do economists believe causes economic growth? Learn the different theories for what economists believe causes economic growth, including the big differences between supply-side ... Read Answer >>How does aggregate demand affect price level? Read about the relationship between aggregate demand and the general price level, and learn why it is difficult to determine ... Read Answer >>How Do Fiscal and Monetary Policies Affect Aggregate Demand? Learn about the impact fiscal and monetary policy have on aggregate demand, and discover how the government influences economic ... 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Deficit Spending When a government's expenditures exceed its revenues, causing ... Theory Of Price The theory of price is an economic theory whereby the price for ...  . Handbook >> Aggregate Demand and Supply >> Aggregate Demand >>Shift Factors of Aggregate Demand Aggregate Demand can increase or decrease depending on several things. In effect, these things will cause shifts up or down in the AD curve. These include: Exchange Rates: When a country's exchange rate increases, then net exports will decrease and aggregate expenditure will go down at all prices. This means that AD will decrease. Distribution of Income: This is directly related to wages and profits. When worker's real wages increase, then people will have more money on their hands because their overall income has increased. When this happens they tend to consume more causing the consumption expenditures to increase. Expectations: Consumers tend to have certain expectations about the future of the economy and will adjust their spending accordingly. If they would expect the economy to not do so well in the future, saving would increase thus decrease overall expenditures. Rising price levels will cause aggregate demand to increase. If consumers foresee the price level to rise in the near future, they might just go out and buy that good now, increasing the consumption expenditures in AD. Many different expectations have the capacity to increase or decrease aggregate demand and it is not always clear as to how this will happen. Foreign Income: This relates U. S. economic output with the income of its trading partners in the world. When foreign income rises, U. S. exports will increase causing aggregate demand to increase. Monetary and Fiscal Policies: The government has some ability to impact AD. They can spend money or increase taxes in order to influence how consumers spend or save. An expansionary fiscal policy causes AD to increase, while a contractionary monetary policy causes AD to decrease.  What causes the aggregate demand curve to shift? The determinants of aggregate demand What causes the aggregate demand curve to shift? The determinants of aggregate demand Labels: aggregate supply and demand , macroeconomics Aggregate demand is determined by the Y=C+I+G+NX equation, so consumption expenditures, investment expenditures, government purchases, and net exports will determine the aggregate demand curve. Remember that an increase in any of these variables as a result of an increase in GDP is already controlled for in the aggregate supply and aggregate demand graph because real GDP is on the X axis. Therefore, to have a shift in our aggregate demand curve, we need to have something fundamentally change in consumption, investment, government, or net exports. Below is a table that shows some different examples that will cause shifts in the aggregate demand curve: Increase in AD Decrease in ADHouseholds and firms have high expectations for the future growth Households and firms have low expectations for the future growth The government increases spending, or reduces taxes The government reduces spending, or increases taxes The federal reserve lowers interest rates The federal reserve increases interest rates More exports (weaker currency, or faster world GDP growth) More imports or less exports (stronger currency or faster domestic GDP growth)The factors that can shift the aggregate demand curve can be summarized as:1) A change in expectations for either firms or households.2) A change in government policy.3) A change in international variables. Examples that could change household expectations would be ( a change in C ): A change in consumer confidence, meaning that consumers are more confident/worried and this causes them to buy more/less which shifts the AD curve right/left. A change in wealth or expected future income: the more money an individual has, or expects to get, the more they are likely to spend, thus shifting AD right. The inverse is also true, such as when the stock market crashes, wealth is lost and people tend to spend less shifting AD left. A change in firm’s expectations could be ( a change in I ): High expectations for economic growth in the future could cause firms to invest now, shifting AD right. The government can use two types of policies to shift the aggregate demand curve, fiscal and monetary policy (a change in G ): Fiscal policy involves changing taxes and government spending. If the government raises taxes, or reduces government spending, then the aggregate demand curve shifts left (contractionary policy). If the government lowers taxes, or increases government spending, we will see the AD shift right (expansionary policy). Monetary policy is the result of the federal reserve (at least in the United States) manipulating interest rates in the economy. If the federal reserve raises interest rates, then we will see aggregate demand decrease or shift left because it has become more expensive to finance investment. Alternatively, if the federal reserve decreases interest rates, we will see investment increase, and aggregate demand will shift right. Finally international variables can change ( a change in NX) and here we focus on changes in GDP and the exchange rate: If the currency in your country becomes stronger (the exchange rate goes up) then your exports become more expensive in other countries, so less are bought. This means exports go down, and thus net exports declines. A decline in exports causes aggregate demand to shift left. If your currency becomes weaker, then countries are able to purchase more of your goods because they are relatively cheaper. This increases exports, and net exports, and therefore shifts aggregate demand right. Also, if GDP is rising faster in your country than others around the world, then the purchase of imports will rise. This reduces net exports and therefore shifts aggregate demand to the left. However, if the rest of the world’s GDP is rising faster, then they will begin purchasing more of your goods, increasing exports for your country. This will shift aggregate demand to the right. What causes the aggregate demand curve to shift? Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about HTML5 video. Spread the knowledge! > >  What are the characteristics of a demand curve? So a demand curve is generally plotted when we establish a relationship between the Quantity demanded (Q) and the Price of the product (P). This is gives us the Law of Demand which states that the price of the product and the quantity demanded are inversely related i.e, when the price of the product is reduced the quantity demanded increases in the market and vice-versa. The demand curve is a straight line which has the property if Y=m X+C (equation of a straight line) and the movement of this line if downward. So the each time a product is demanded more that means that the price of the product is reduced. Any shift in the demand curve causes change in the quantity demanded in the market where it is sold. Say if the demand curve shifts towards the right then the quantity demanded will be more and if the curve shifts towards the left then less quantity will be asked by the customer in the market. However,there shifts are not just because of the seller and the customer but depends a lot on other important factors as well. Increase in the income causes the demand curve to shift in a rightward direction and an increase in the input of the product causes the curve to shift in a leftward direction. Thanks.  Marginal and Average Total Cost Curves Chapter 1 - 5 Chapter 6 - 10 Chapter 11 - 15 Chapter 16 - 171. Ethics and Standards2. Quantitative Methods3. Microeconomics4. Macroeconomics5. Global Economic Analysis3.1 Introduction3.2 Supply and Demand3.3 Price Elasticity3.4 Elasticity of Demand3.5 Elasticity of Supply3.6 Marginal Benefit and Marginal Cost3.7 Market Efficiency3.8 Price Ceilings and Floors3.9 Effect of Taxes on Supply and Demand3.10 Opportunity Costs3.11 Achieving Economic & Technological Efficiency3.12 Types of Markets & Concentration Measures3.13 Modifying Output3.14 Marginal and Average Total Cost Curves3.15 Perfectly Competitive Markets3.16 Effects on Equilibrium in the Short and Long Run3.17 Characteristics of Monopolies3.18 Inefficiencies of Monopolies3.19 Monopolistic Competition3.20 Oligopolies3.21 Conclusion Cost Curves The short-run marginal cost (MC) curve will at first decline and then will go up at some point, and will intersect the average total cost and average variable cost curves at their minimum points. The average variable cost (AVC) curve will go down (but will not be as steep as the marginal cost), and then go up. This will not go up as fast as the marginal cost curve. The average fixed cost (AFC) curve will decline as additional units are produced, and continue to decline. The average total cost (ATC) curve initially will decline as fixed costs are spread over a larger number of units, but will go up as marginal costs increase due to the law of diminishing returns. The graph below illustrates the shapes of these curves. Figure 3.8: Cost Curves Diminishing Returns and Diminishing Marginal Product of Capital The law of diminishing returns states that as one type of production input is added, with all other types of input remaining the same, at some point production will increase at a diminishing rate. There may be levels of input where increasing inputs causes production to go up at an increasing rate. However, according to the law of diminishing returns, at some point production will go up at a decreasing rate. The marginal product of capital is the increase in total output associated with an increase in capital, while holding the quantity of labor constant. Capital is also subject to the law of diminishing returns. Economies of Scale Economies of scale mean that goods can be produced at a lower cost per good, as the quantity produced increases. Large-scale factory operations can permit the most efficient specialization of machinery and labor. Average fixed costs will decline as costs such as advertising can be spread across more and more units. Diseconomies of Scale Diseconomies of scale occur when per unit costs go up as output is increased. A typical reason given is bureaucratic inefficiencies - more attention may be given to administrative rules as opposed to innovation. Worker motivation is also more difficult as the number of employees increases. When economies of scale occur, the long-run average total cost (LRAC) curve will be declining; with diseconomies of scale, the LRAC curve will be rising. Figure 3.9: Long Run Average Total Curve Perfectly Competitive Markets Related Articles Investing Bond Yield Curve Holds Predictive Powers This measure can shed light on future economic activity, inflation levels and interest rates. Investing A Flattening Yield Curve Is Good For The Economy and Stocks Wall Street is concerned because the yield curve is flattening, but that doesn't mean a recession is near. Insights Explaining Minimum Efficient Scale Minimum efficient scale is the smallest amount of production a firm can achieve while still taking full advantage of economies of scale. Investing What is Deadweight Loss? Deadweight loss can be applied to any deficiency caused by an inefficient allocation of resources. 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View Full Document An increase in demand is represented by a shift of the demand curve to the right: A decrease in demand is represented by a shift of the demand curve to the left. If any of these other factos change, the demand curve will shift: Income: the relationship between income and quantity demanded depends on what typeof good the product is. Substitutes: Two goods for which an increase in the price of one good leads to anincrease in the demand for the other. This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version. View Full Document Complements: two good for which an increase in the price of one good leads todecrease in the demand for the other. Complementary goods and substitutive goods. SHIFTS IN THE CURVE VS. MOVEMENT ALONG THE CURVE. Increase in the valuation of a good: Shift in the demand curve. The quantity demand increases due to a drop in the price: movement along the demandcurve. 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The shift from D1 To D2 means an increase in demand with consequences for the other variables In economics, the demand curve is the graph depicting the relationship between the price of a certain commodity and the amount of it that consumers are willing and able to purchase at any given price. It is a graphic representation of a market demand schedule. [1] The demand curve for all consumers together follows from the demand curve of every individual consumer: the individual demands at each price are added together, assuming independent decision-making. Demand curves are used to estimate behaviors in competitive markets, and are often combined with supply curves to estimate the equilibrium price (the price at which sellers together are willing to sell the same amount as buyers together are willing to buy, also known as market clearing price) and the equilibrium quantity (the amount of that good or service that will be produced and bought without surplus/excess supply or shortage/excess demand) of that market. [2] In a monopolistic market, the demand curve facing the monopolist is simply the market demand curve. Demand curves are usually considered as theoretical structures that are expected to exist in the real world, but real world measurements of actual demand curves are difficult and rare. [3]Contents [ hide ]1 Characteristics2 Linear demand curve3 Shift3.1 Demand shifters3.2 Changes that decrease or increase demand3.3 Factors affecting market demand4 Movement along a demand curve5 Discreteness of amounts6 Units of measures7 Price elasticity of demand (PED)8 Taxes and subsidies9 See also10 References11 External links Characteristics [ edit]According to convention, the demand curve is drawn with price on the vertical (y) axis and quantity on the horizontal (x) axis. The function actually plotted is the inverse demand function. The demand curve usually slopes downwards from left to right; that is, it has a negative association. The negative slope is often referred to as the " law of demand ", which means people will buy more of a service, product, or resource as its price falls. The demand curve is related to the marginal utility curve, since the price one is willing to pay depends on the utility. However, the demand directly depends on the income of an individual while the utility does not. Thus it may change indirectly due to change in demand for other commodities. However, with Veblen goods, such as status symbols, the utility value of the good is largely the price and demand is higher at higher prices and the demand curve may curve upwards. With a Giffen good the price is taken by the market as a signal of quality, irrespective of the true nature of the product, and hence demand may be very low when priced low and increase at higher price points. Linear demand curve [ edit]The demand curve is often graphed as a straight line of the form Q = a − b P where a and b are parameters. The constant "a" embodies the effects of all factors other than price that affect demand. If income were to change, for example, the effect of the change would be represented by a change in the value of "a" and be reflected graphically as a shift of the demand curve. The constant "b" is the slope of the demand curve and shows how the price of the good affects the quantity demanded. [4]The graph of the demand curve uses the inverse demand function in which price is expressed as a function of quantity. The standard form of the demand equation can be converted to the inverse equation by solving for P or P = a/b − Q/b. [4]More plainly, in the equation P = a − b Q, "a" is the intercept where price is zero (where the demand curve intercepts the Y-axis), "b" is the slope of the demand curve, "Q" is quantity and "P" is price. There is movement along a demand curve when a change in price causes the quantity demanded to change. [5] It is important to distinguish between movement along a demand curve, and a shift in a demand curve. Movements along a demand curve happen only when the price of the good changes. [6] When a non-price determinant of demand changes the curve shifts. These "other variables" are part of the demand function. They are "merely lumped into intercept term of a simple linear demand function." [6] Thus a change in a non-price determinant of demand is reflected in a change in the x-intercept causing the curve to shift along the x axis. [7]Shift [ edit]The shift of a demand curve takes place when there is a change in any non-price determinant of demand, resulting in a new demand curve. [5] Non-price determinants of demand are those things that will cause demand to change even if prices remain the same—in other words, the things whose changes might cause a consumer to buy more or less of a good even if the good's own price remained unchanged. [8] Some of the more important factors are the prices of related goods (both substitutes and complements ), income, population, and expectations. However, demand is the willingness and ability of a consumer to purchase a good under the prevailing circumstances; so, any circumstance that affects the consumer's willingness or ability to buy the good or service in question can be a non-price determinant of demand. As an example, weather could be a factor in the demand for beer at a baseball game. When income increases, the demand curve for normal goods shifts outward as more will be demanded at all prices, while the demand curve for inferior goods shifts inward due to the increased attainability of superior substitutes. With respect to related goods, when the price of a good (e.g. a hamburger) rises, the demand curve for substitute goods (e.g. chicken) shifts out, while the demand curve for complementary goods (e.g. tomato sauce) shifts in (i.e. there is more demand for substitute goods as they become more attractive in terms of value for money, while demand for complementary goods contracts in response to the contraction of quantity demanded of the underlying good). [5]Demand shifters [ edit]Changes in disposable income, the magnitude of the shift also being related to the income elasticity of demand. Changes in tastes and preferences—tastes and preferences are assumed to be fixed in the short-run. This assumption of fixed preferences is a necessary condition for aggregation of individual demand curves to derive market demand. Changes in expectations. Changes in the prices of related goods (substitutes and complements)Population size and composition N. B. Whilst variations in the price of the actual product affects the overall quantity demanded, economists do not consider price to affect the demand curve. Changes that decrease or increase demand [ edit]A number of business publications have published opinion pieces on the actions that raise demand. [9] [10] [11]Factors affecting market demand [ edit]Market or aggregate demand is the summation of individual demand curves. In addition to the factors which can affect individual demand there are three factors that can affect market demand (cause the market demand curve to shift):a change in the number of consumers,a change in the distribution of tastes among consumers,a change in the distribution of income among consumers with different tastes. [12]Some circumstances which can cause the demand curve to shift in include: Decrease in price of a substitute Increase in price of a complement Decrease in income if good is normal good Increase in income if good is inferior good Movement along a demand curve [ edit]There is movement along a demand curve when a change in price causes the quantity demanded to change. [5] It is important to distinguish between movement along a demand curve, and a shift in a demand curve. Movements along a demand curve happen only when the price of the good changes. [6] When a non-price determinant of demand changes the curve shifts. These "other variables" are part of the demand function. They are "merely lumped into intercept term of a simple linear demand function." [6] Thus a change in a non-price determinant of demand is reflected in a change in the x-intercept causing the curve to shift along the x axis. [7]Discreteness of amounts [ edit]If a commodity is sold in whole units, and these are valuable for a consumer, then the individual demand curve can hardly be approximated by a continuous curve. It is a set function of the price, defined by a price above which no unit is bought, a price range for which one is bought, etc. Units of measures [ edit]If the local currency is dollars, for example, then the units of measurement of the variable "price" are "dollars per unit of the good" and the units of measurement of "quantity" are "units of the good per time (e.g., per week or per year). Thus quantity demanded is a flow variable. Price elasticity of demand (PED) [ edit]Main article: Price elasticity of demand PED is a measure of the sensitivity of the quantity variable, Q, to changes in the price variable, P. Elasticity answers the question of how much the quantity will change in percentage terms for a 1% change in the price, and is thus important in determining how revenue will change. PED is negative because of the inverse relationship between the price of a good and the quantity of the good demanded, a consequence of the law of demand. The elasticity of demand indicates how sensitive the demand for a good is to a price change. If the absolute value of PED is between zero and 1, demand is said to be inelastic; if the absolute value of PED equals 1, the demand is unitary elastic; and if the absolute value of Price elasticity of demand is greater than 1, demand is elastic. A low coefficient implies that changes in price have little influence on demand. A high elasticity indicates that consumers will respond to a price rise by buying a lot less of the good and that consumers will respond to a price cut by buying a lot more... Taxes and subsidies [ edit]A sales tax on the commodity does not directly change the demand curve, if the price axis in the graph represents the price including tax. Similarly, a subsidy on the commodity does not directly change the demand curve, if the price axis in the graph represents the price after deduction of the subsidy. If the price axis in the graph represents the price before addition of tax and/or subtraction of subsidy then the demand curve moves inward when a tax is introduced, and outward when a subsidy is introduced. See also [ edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Supply and demand curves. Demand (economics)Effect of taxes and subsidies on price Feasibility condition Hicksian demand Inverse demand function Law of demand Marshallian demand Price point Sonnenschein–Mantel–Debreu theorem Supply and demand Wikiversity: Building the demand curve References [ edit]^ O'Sullivan, Arthur; Sheffrin, Steven M. (2003). Economics: Principles in Action. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458: Pearson Prentice Hall. pp. 81–82. ISBN 0-13-063085-3.^ Krugman, Paul, and Wells, Robin. Microeconomics. Worth Publishers, New York. 2005.^ http://freakonomics.com/podcast/uber-economists-dream/^ a b Besanko and Braeutigam (2005) p/ 91.^ a b c d Case, K. E., Fair, R. C. (1994). 'Demand, Supply, and Market Equilibrium', Chapter 4 in Principles of Economics, 3rd ed., Prentice Hall Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey^ a b c d Underwood, Instructor's Manual, Microeconomics 5th ed. (Prentice-Hall 2001) at 5.^ a b The x intercept is affected because the standard diagram uses the inverse demand function^http://www.harpercollege.edu/mhealy/eco212i/lectures/s&d/s&d.htm^ Kittaneh, Firas (January 24, 2014). "5 Strategies for Generating Consumer Demand". Entrepreneur. Retrieved August 30, 2017.^ Patel, Sujan (October 22, 2016). "7 Marketing Tips To Create A Demand For Your New Product". Forbes. Retrieved August 30, 2017.^ Ylywotzky, Adrian (September 6, 2011). "The Six Secrets Of Demand Creation". Fast Company. Retrieved August 30, 2017.^ Binger, B & Hoffman, E.: Microeconomics with Calculus, 2nd ed. Addison-Wesley 1998. A change in relative price changes the distribution of income which in turn changes the demand curve. External links [ edit]Pricing to the demand curve [ hide]v t e Microeconomics Major topics Aggregation Bilateral monopoly Budget Consumer Convexity and non-convexity Cost Cost–benefit analysis Deadweight loss Distribution Duopoly Economies of scale Economies of scope Elasticity Equilibria Exchange Expected utility Externality Firms General equilibrium Household Income–consumption curve Information Indifference curve Intertemporal choice Marginal cost Market failure Market structure Monopoly Monopsony Oligopoly Preferences Production Profit Public goods Returns to scale Risk aversion Scarcity Shortage Social choice Sunk costs Supply & demand Surplus Uncertainty Utility Welfare Subfields Behavioral Business Computational Statistical decision theory Econometrics Engineering Economics Experimental Game theory Industrial organization Labor Managerial Mathematical economics Microfoundations of macroeconomics Operations research Optimization  Chapter 11: Aggregate Demand I: Building the IS-LM Model 11 terms jtesch1Chapter 11: Aggregate Demand I: Building the IS-LM Model Learn Flashcards Write Spell Test Match Gravity Advertisement Upgrade to remove ads Sort IS-LM Model A model of aggregate demand that shows what determines aggregate income for a given price level by analyzing the interaction between the goods market and the money market. The goal of this model is to show was determines national income for a given price level IS Curve The negative relationship between the interest rate and the level of income that arises in the market for goods and services. Each point represents equilibrium in the goods market and it illustrates how the equilibrium level of income depends not he interest rate. It is downward-sloping Investment and Saving What does the IS stand for? LM Curve The positive relationship between the interest rate and the level of income (while holding the price level fixed) that arises in the market for real money balances. Each point represents equilibrium in the money market, and it illustrates how the equilibrium interest rate depends on the level of income. It is upward-sloping Liquidity and Money What does the LM stand for? Keynesian Cross A simple model of income determination, based on the ideas in Keynes' General Theory, which hows how changes in spending can have a multiplied effect on aggregate income. It is the building block to the IS curve Actual Expenditure The amount that households, firms, and the government spend on goods and services. It equals the economy's GDPPlanned Expenditure The amount that households, firms, and the government would like to spend on goods and services. Represented by the formula C (Y-T¯) + Ī + G¯ (lines are over bars to represent fixed level). The slope of this line is the marginal propensity to consume (MPC)Government-Purchases Multiplier The change in aggregate income resulting from a one-dollar change in government purchases. It is greater than one. Represented by the formula ΔY/ΔG = 1/ (1-MPC)Tax Multiplier The change in aggregate income resulting from a one-dollar change in taxes. The negative sign indicates that income moves in the opposite direction from taxes. Represented by the formula ΔY/ ΔT = -MPC/ (1-MPC)Theory of Liquidity Preference A simple model of the interest rate, based on the ideas in Keynes' General Theory, which says that the interest rate adjusts to equilibrate the supply and demand for real money balances. It assumes that there is a fixed supply of real money balances. It is the building block of the LM curve  . Economics > Demand Curve The Demand Curve The quantity demanded of a good usually is a strong function of its price. Suppose an experiment is run to determine the quantity demanded of a particular product at different price levels, holding everything else constant. Presenting the data in tabular form would result in a demand schedule, an example of which is shown below. Demand Schedule Price Quantity Demanded510417326238153The demand curve for this example is obtained by plotting the data: Demand Curve By convention, the demand curve displays quantity demanded as the independent variable (the x axis) and price as the dependent variable (the y axis). The law of demand states that quantity demanded moves in the opposite direction of price (all other things held constant), and this effect is observed in the downward slope of the demand curve. For basic analysis, the demand curve often is approximated as a straight line. A demand function can be written to describe the demand curve. Demand functions for a straight-line demand curve take the following form: Quantity = a - (b x Price)where a and b are constants that must be determined for each particular demand curve. When price changes, the result is a change in quantity demanded as one moves along the demand curve. Shifts in the Demand Curve When there is a change in an influencing factor other than price, there may be a shift in the demand curve to the left or to the right, as the quantity demanded increases or decreases at a given price. For example, if there is a positive news report about the product, the quantity demanded at each price may increase, as demonstrated by the demand curve shifting to the right: Demand Curve Shift A number of factors may influence the demand for a product, and changes in one or more of those factors may cause a shift in the demand curve. Some of these demand-shifting factors are: Customer preference Prices of related goods Complements - an increase in the price of a complement reduces demand, shifting the demand curve to the left. Substitutes - an increase in the price of a substitute product increases demand, shifting the demand curve to the right. Income - an increase in income shifts the demand curve of normal goods to the right. Number of potential buyers - an increase in population or market size shifts the demand curve to the right. Expectations of a price change - a news report predicting higher prices in the future can increase the current demand as customers increase the quantity they purchase in anticipation of the price change. Economics > Demand Curve Home | About | Privacy | Reprints | Terms of Use Copyright © 2002-2010 Net MBA.com. All rights reserved. This web site is operated by the Internet Center for Management and Business Administration, Inc.  demand curve demand curve Definition Popular Terms Graph curve that normally slopes downward towards the right of the chart (except for a Giffen good, where it slopes toward the left), showing quantity of a product (good or service) demanded at different price levels. Customarily, the price is plotted on vertical ('Y') axis and quantity on the horizontal ('X') axis, and it is assumed that (in the short run) income levels, price of substitutes, and customer preferences, remain unchanged. Demand curves of the individual products are aggregated to give a market demand curve and, when drawn together with the supply curves, show the equilibrium price at the intersection of the two curves.immediate famil...dislocated work...businessglobalizationmarginal benefi...revenueproductelasticity of d...economic systemexternal enviro...economic enviro... Use 'demand curve' in a Sentence If you want to try and decide how much of a product to produce you should look at the demand curve and adjust.16 people found this helpful Looking at the demand curve should help you to know how much of a product you should make at any given time.15 people found this helpful When looking at the demand curve, he noticed that when the price of the product goes up, the demand of the product goes down.14 people found this helpful Show More Examples You Also Might Like... Jeffrey Glen Macroeconomics vs. Microeconomics Among the many branches of economics two of the best known areas are the study of Macroeconomics and Microeconomics. The two concepts are closely intertwined and can sometimes be confusing. This article will provide you with the explanations ... 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Lea Nathan Basics of Negotiation for Beginners  Microeconomics - Chapter 4 Supply & Demand 30 terms Giovannadangelo Microeconomics - Chapter 4 Supply & Demand Pricnciples of Microeconomics Chapter 4 The Market Forces of Supply and Demand Learn Flashcards Write Spell Test Match Gravity Advertisement Upgrade to remove ads Sort Supply and Demand two words that economists use most often Supply and Demand forces that make market economies work Supply and Demand determine the quantity of each god produced and teh price at which it is sold Supply and Demand if you want to know how an event or policy will effect the economy, you must think first about how it will affect ___________________Variables that can shift the demand curve 1. income 2. prices of related goods 3. tastes 4. expectation 5. number of buyersfactors influencing the quantity demanded Demand is likely to change if: 1. incomes change 2. consumer preferences change 3. the prices of related goods change 4. the number of consumers change 5. consumer expectations about future prices and incomes change5 factors that are the major determinants of demand. 1. incomes change 2. consumer preferences change 3. the prices of related goods change 4. the number of consumers change 5. consumer expectations about future prices and incomes changeprice only variable that represents a movement along the demand curve rather than a shiftdemand the relationship between the price per unit of something - a good or service - and the amount of that good or service that buyers are willing and able to purchasedemand is defined as a schedule or curve showing the amount of a good or service consumers are able and willing to purchase at a set of possible prices during a specified period of timelaw of demand there is a negative relationship between the price and quantity demanded Law of Demand there is an inverse or negative relationship between price and quantity demanded, all else equalwhen price falls and, therefore, consumers purchase more of a good we do not say that demand has increased, but rather that the quantity demanded has increased Procedure to follow when you need to be able to use the supply and demand model to predict how market price and market quantity change when you are given a specific change in economic circumstances. 1. Draw your own demand and supply diagram. 2. Determine if the change presented will cause the demand curve or the supply curve to shift. 3. Using your diagram, draw the new demand or supply and calculate the new market price and quantity. Supply is a schedule that shows the amount of a good or service firms are able and willing to supply at various prices Important variables that shift the supply curve 1. input prices 2. technology 3. number of sellers 4. summarysupply the relationship between the price of a good and the amount that business firms are willing and able to offer for salesupply relationship only applies in a competitive marketlaw of supply positive relationship between price and quantity suppliedchange in supply a shift of the entire supply curve Five determinants of supply 1. factor or input prices 2. technology 3. prices of other related goods 4. the number of sellers in the market 5. future price expectations3 Step Program for annalyzing changes in Equilibrium 1. Decide whether the event shifts the supply or demand curve (or perhaps both).\ 2. Decide in which direction the curve shifts. 3. Use the siupply-and-demand diagram to see how the shift changes the equilibrium price and quantity. Change in Supply Shift in the supply curve Change in Demand Shift in the demand curve Change in the quantity supplied A movement along a fixed supply curve Change in the quantity demanded A movement along a fixed demand curve A shift in one curve (supply or demand) automatically results in a movement along the other curve (supply or demand)When supply remains the same and demand increases both the equilibrium price and equilibrium quantity will rise When demand increases and supply increases it will always result in an increase in the equilibrium quantity, but the new equilibrium price may be more than, less than, or the same as, the old equilibrium price When demand remains the same and supply decreases the new equilibrium price is higher and the new equilibrium quantity is lower Advertisement Upgrade to remove ads Features Quizlet Live Quizlet Learn Diagrams Flashcards Mobile Help Sign up Help Center Honor Code Community Guidelines Students Teachers About Company Press Jobs Privacy Terms Follow us Language© 2018 Quizlet Inc.  Long run average total cost curve with economies and diseconomies of scale The economic relationship the short run average total cost (SRATC) and the long run average total cost (LRATC) is pretty straight forward if you understand these other concepts: The short run average total cost curve has the U shape because of diminishing marginal product. Diminishing marginal product means that there are diminishing returns from the variable input in the short run. Remember that in the short run, at least one input in production is fixed. Diminishing returns implies an increasing marginal cost, and an increasing marginal cost gives the U shape to the short run average total cost curve. Now in the long run, we allow all factors of production to change, so their is no more diminishing marginal product. What gives the long run average total cost curve its U shape are the concepts of economies of scale, constant returns to scale, and diseconomies of scale. Economies of scale occur when an equal percentage increase in all factors of production results in a greater percent increase in output --eg. 10% more workers and a 10% bigger factory results in 15% more tacos being made. Economies of scale can occur because firms are taking advantage of their size and specialization. Being bigger allows for cheaper training, less overhead, need for managers, people working more efficiently together, etc. Constant returns to scale occur when an equal percentage increase in all factors of production results in the same percent increase in output -- eg. 10% more workers and a 10% bigger factory results in 10% more tacos being made. Constant returns to scale can occur when every additional unit of input is identical to the last no real gains or losses in efficiency occur. Diseconomies of scale occur when an equal percentage increase in all factors of production results in a lower percent increase in output -- eg. 10% more workers and a 10% bigger factory results in 5% more tacos being made. Diseconomies of scale can occur when firms become too big and confusing. While history has shown relatively few examples, there are some companies that tried to make industrial towns. These firms ended up having to finance their own police and fire fighters, take medical care into consideration, and other things the firm wasn't really good at doing. This raised costs tremendously, and the firms suffered from diseconomies of scale. The graph above shows 3 short run average total cost curves, and their relationship to the long run average total cost curve. You can see that each short run average total cost curve intersects the long run average total cost curve at a specific point. When the fixed input (in the SR) is increased, the SRATC will shift right. If the minimum of the SRATC curve goes down, the firm is experiencing economies of scale, and LRATC slopes down. At some point, the minimum of the SRATC curves will be equal and we have constant returns to scale. After this point, increasing the inputs will result in diseconomies of scale and the LRATC slopes up. Long run average total cost curve relating to economies and diseconomies of scale136K views • 44 comments Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about HTML5 video. Spread the knowledge! > >  Aggregate Supply Models of Aggregate Supply<< Prev Section Page 1of 3Next Page >Introduction to Aggregate Supply Models The aggregate supply curve shows the relationship between the price level and output. While the long run aggregate supply curve is vertical, the short run aggregate supply curve is upward sloping. There are four major models that explain why the short-term aggregate supply curve slopes upward. The first is the sticky-wage model. The second is the worker-misperception model. The third is the imperfect-information model. The fourth is the sticky- price model. The following headings explain each of these models in depth. As we move on to explore each of these four models, keep in mind that an upward sloping short run aggregate supply curve means that as the price level rises, output increases. This is the point of each of the following models. Sticky-Wage Model The sticky-wage model of the upward sloping short run aggregate supply curve is based on the labor market. In many industries, short run wages are set by contracts. That is, workers are paid based on relatively permanent pay schedules that are decided upon by management or unions or both. When the economy changes, the wage the workers receive cannot adjust immediately. Given that wages are sticky, the chain of events leading from an increase in the price level to an increase in output is fairly straightforward. When the price level rises, the nominal wage remains fixed because this is solely based on the dollar amount of the wage. The real wage, on the other hand, falls because this is based on the purchasing power of the wage. A higher price level means that a given wage is able to purchase fewer goods and services. PARAGAPH When the real wage that firms pay employees falls, labor becomes cheaper. However, since the amount of output produced for each unit of labor is still the same, firms choose to hire more workers and increase revenues and profits. When firms hire more labor, output increases. Thus, when the price level rises, output increases because of sticky wages. Let's summarize the chain of events that leads from an increase in the price level to an increase in output in the sticky-wage model. When the price level rises, real wages fall. When real wages fall, labor becomes cheaper. When labor becomes cheaper, firms hire more labor. When firms hire more labor, output increases. Worker-Misperception Model The worker-misperception model of the upward sloping short- run aggregate supply curve is again based on the labor market. This time, unlike in the sticky-wage model, wages are free to move as the economy changes. The amount of work that an employee is willing to supply is based on the expected real wage. That is, workers know how many dollars they are being paid, the nominal wage, but workers can only guess at how much goods and services they can purchase with this wage, the real wage. In general, the higher the real wage, the more work that workers are willing to supply.<< Prev Section Page 1of 3Next Page >  Short run aggregate supply Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about HTML5 video.0:00 / 12:150 energy points Studying for a test? Prepare with these 5 lessons on Aggregate demand and aggregate supply. See 5 lessons Economics and finance · Macroeconomics · Aggregate demand and aggregate supply · Aggregate demand and aggregate supply Short run aggregate supply About Transcript Justifications for the aggregate supply curve to be upward sloping in the short-run. Created by Sal Khan. Google Classroom Facebook Twitter Email Aggregate demand and aggregate supply Aggregate demand Shifts in aggregate demand Long-run aggregate supply Short run aggregate supply Aggregate demand and aggregate supply curves Interpreting the aggregate demand and supply Shifts in aggregate supply Shifts in aggregate demand How the AD/AS model incorporates growth, unemployment, and inflation Next tutorial Historical circumstances explained by AD/ASQuestions Tips & Thanks Top Recent 