Chapter 5: Bringing demand and supply together in a competitive market

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Competitive market
A market in which the large number of buyers and sellers possess good market information and easily enter or leave the market
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Equilibrium
A state of rest or balance between opposing forces
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Market equilibrium
When planned demand equals planned supply in the market
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Excess supply
When firms wish to sell more than consumers wish to buy, with the price above equilibrium price
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Market disequilibrium
When the market fails to clear. The market plans of consumers and firms are inconsistent with each other
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Excess demand
When consumers wish to buy more than firms wish to sell, with the price below the equilibrium price
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Incentive function
Prices create incentives for consumers and firms to behave in certain ways
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Rationing or allocative function
Prices allocate scarce resources between competing users
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Signalling function
Prices provide information to buyers and sellers
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A state of rest or balance between opposing forces

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Equilibrium

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When planned demand equals planned supply in the market

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Card 4

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When firms wish to sell more than consumers wish to buy, with the price above equilibrium price

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Card 5

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When the market fails to clear. The market plans of consumers and firms are inconsistent with each other

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