the amount of goods/services that producers are willing and able to supply at a given price. supply:...
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Supply
Market Supply
Supply: the amount of goods/services that producers are willing and able to supply at a given price.
Market supply is combined result of the decisions of all individual suppliers.
What determines Supply of Tomatoes
The price of tomatoes• Higher the price = greater quantity.
The prices of alternative products• Production depends on prices of alternative
products (outputs). Which vegetables to grow?
• Eg. price of cauliflowers increases – more cauliflowers and fewer tomatoes.
Prices of factors of production and other inputs• Quantity supplied depends on costs of
production. • Eg. cost of labour, fertiliser, machinery
increases - smaller quantity of tomatoes will be supplied at each price than before.
Expected future prices• Farmers influenced by future expectations• Eg. higher expected future prices – increased
supply of tomatoes.
The state of technology• New technologies - lower costs - increase in
quantity supplied at each price.
Qs = f(Px, Pg, Pf, Pe, Ty, N, …)Qs = quantity of tomatoes suppliedPx = price of tomatoesPg = prices of alternative outputsPf = prices of factors of production and other inputsPe = expected future prices of tomatoesTy = technologyN = number of firms supplying the product
Supply Schedule
Supply Curve
Movements along the supply curve
Shifts of the supply curve