Market Forces of Supply and Demand: Supply Curve Shifters

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What happens when the price of a good rises, according to the law of supply?

  • Tastes of consumers change
  • Quantity supplied of the good falls (correct)
  • Demand for the good increases
  • Number of buyers decreases

How does an increase in the number of buyers affect the demand curve?

  • Causes a movement along the demand curve
  • Shifts the demand curve to the right (correct)
  • Leads to excess supply
  • Shifts the supply curve to the left

Which variable causes a movement along the demand curve according to the text?

  • Income
  • Number of buyers
  • Expectations
  • Price of related goods (correct)

What is the quantity supplied of a good?

<p>Amount that sellers are willing and able to sell (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the context of supply, what does a supply schedule show?

<p>Relationship between price and quantity supplied (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

If buyers expect prices to fall in the future, how would this affect the demand curve?

<p>Shifts the demand curve to the right (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does an increase in income impact the demand curve?

<p>Shifts the supply curve to the right (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does a change in the number of buyers affect the demand curve?

<p>Shifts the D curve</p> Signup and view all the answers

What variable causes a movement along the demand curve?

<p>Price</p> Signup and view all the answers

Explain the Law of Supply in relation to the price of a good.

<p>Quantity supplied of a good rises when the price of the good rises, other things equal</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the supply schedule show?

<p>The relationship between the price of a good and the quantity supplied.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do changes in income impact the demand curve?

<p>Shifts the D curve</p> Signup and view all the answers

Explain how the price of related goods affects the demand curve.

<p>Shifts the D curve</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does a change in tastes influence the demand curve?

<p>Shifts the D curve</p> Signup and view all the answers

What effect do expectations have on the demand curve?

<p>Shifts the D curve</p> Signup and view all the answers

Describe the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity supplied.

<p>Quantity supplied of a good rises when the price of the good rises</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does the number of buyers affect the equilibrium price and quantity in a market?

<p>It affects both the equilibrium price and quantity</p> Signup and view all the answers

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