how markets work

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  • price determiation -the equalibrium point is where there are no more forces bring about chage - supply=demand
    • excess demand - shortage in the market - charge higher and still sell goods - extension in supply
      • excess supply - firms have unsold goods - prices fall and suppy contracts
    • How markets work 2
      • consumer and producer surplus
        • consumer producer - the difference between the price the consumer is willing to pay and the price they actually pay
          • producer surplus - difference between the price the supplier is willing to produce their prodct at and the price they actually produce at
        • a decrease in deamd and supply  - fall in consumer and producer surplus
      • an indirect tax - tax on expenditure where the person who is charged isnt the person responsbible for paying the sum
        • advalorem - tax payable increases in proportion to the value of the good eg VAT
        • specific - an amount is added to the price - tax increases with the amount brought rather than the value of goods

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