ECON 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Marginal Utility, Demand Curve, Economic Equilibrium
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Outline: firms and households: the basic decision-making units, input markets and output markets: the circular flow, demand in product/output markets. Changes in quantity demanded versus changes in demand, Price and quantity demanded: the law of demand, other. Determinants of household demand, shift of demand versus. Movement along the demand curve, from household demand to. Price and quantity supplied: the law of supply, other. Determinants of supply, shift of supply versus movement along the. Supply curve, from individual supply to market supply: market equilibrium. Excess demand, excess supply, changes in equilibrium: demand and supply in product markets: a review, looking ahead: markets and the allocation of resources, firms and households: the basic decision-making units. An organization that transforms resources (inputs) into products (outputs) Firms are the primary producing units in a market economy. Most firms exist to make a profit for their owners.