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Economics 2 Professor Christina Romer Spring 2018 Professor David Romer
LECTURE 4
EXTENSIONS OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND ANALYSIS
January 25, 2018
I. OVERVIEW
II. REVIEW OF THE SUPPLY AND DEMAND FRAMEWORK
A. Two sides of the market (example: light trucks)
B. Equilibrium
C. What shifts the demand curve?
D. What shifts the supply curve?
III. ELASTICITY
A. Price elasticity of demand
B. Relationship between elasticity and the slope of the demand curve
C. Impact of elasticity on the market outcome
D. Demand elasticity and expenditure (example: illegal opioid drugs)
1. Comparison of supply-side and demand-side policies
2. What the simple analysis may be missing
E. Price elasticity of supply
IV. EFFECTS OF A TAX
A. Terminology and set-up (example: gas tax)
B. Effects on price and quantity
C. Who pays the tax?
D. Interaction with demand elasticity
E. Government tax revenue
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LECTURE 4 Extensions of Supply and Demand Analysis
January 25, 2018
Economics 2 Christina Romer Spring 2018 David Romer
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Announcements
• Problem Set 1 is due next Tuesday (January 30).
• Problem Set Work Session this afternoon (Jan. 25)
• 4:00–6:00 in 648 Evans Hall
• Ground Rules:
• Answers must be in your own words, handwritten, and with acknowledgements to the people you worked with.
• Graded on a scale of 1 to 10.
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Announcements
• Collecting the Problem Sets:
• They are due at the beginning of lecture.
• We will have boxes with your GSIs’ names on them in the middle of the lecture hall (both sides).
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Announcements
• Journal article reading for Tuesday (by Esther Duflo):
• You can access for free through any campus computer, or from off campus using the library proxy (see http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/using-the-libraries/connect-off-campus).
• Don’t stress over every word or parts you don’t understand.
• Read for approach and findings; think about relevance to consumer behavior.
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I. OVERVIEW
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Plan for the Lecture
• Review the supply and demand framework.
• Discuss elasticity.
• Examine the effect of another government intervention in the market (a tax).
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II. REVIEW OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND
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Equilibrium in the Market for Light Trucks
D1 Q
P S1
P1
Q1
Equilibrium •
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What Causes the Demand Curve to Shift?
• In general, anything that changes the desirability of the good at a given price.
• Change in the price of a complement.
• Change in tastes; news.
• Change in the price of a substitute.
• Change in demographics.
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Retail Price of Gasoline
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
100
150
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250
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400
2011
-01
2011
-07
2012
-01
2012
-07
2013
-01
2013
-07
2014
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2014
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2015
-01
2015
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2016
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2016
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2017
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2017
-07
Inde
x, 1
982-
84 =
100
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Effect of a Fall in the Price of Gasoline on the Demand for Light Trucks
D1 Q
P S1
P1
Q1
D2
P2
Q2
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Source: Trucks.com
Growth of Light Trucks
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What Causes the Supply Curve to Shift?
• In general, anything that changes the additional cost associated with supplying one more unit at a given quantity of the good.
• Change in the price of an input.
• Change in technology.
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Producer Price Index for Iron and Steel
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2012
-01
2012
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2014
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2015
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2015
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2016
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2016
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2017
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2017
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Inde
x, 1
982=
100
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Effect of a Fall in the Price of Steel on the Supply of Light Trucks
D1 Q
P S1
P1
Q1
S2
P2
Q2
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III. ELASTICITY
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Price Elasticity of Demand (εD)
Percentage change in quantity demanded εD = Percentage change in price
(In absolute value) Elastic εD > 1
Inelastic εD < 1
Perfectly inelastic εD = 0
Perfectly elastic εD = ∞
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Relationship between Demand Elasticity and the Slope of the Demand Curve
ΔQD / QD εD = ΔP / P
ΔQD P = • ΔP QD
1 P = • Slope QD
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Slope of the Demand Curve
Q
P
ΔP Slope = ΔQD ΔP
ΔQD
D
1 P εD = • Slope QD
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Demand Curves
Q
P
Q
P
Inelastic Elastic
D1 D1
1 P εD = • Slope QD
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Demand Elasticity Matters for Market Outcomes (Effect of a Shift Out in the Supply Curve)
Inelastic
Q
P
D1
P1
Q1Q2
S1 S2
P2
Q
P
Elastic
D1
P1
Q1 Q2
S1 S2
P2
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Demand Elasticity Matters for Market Outcomes (Effect of a Shift Out in the Supply Curve)
• If demand is highly inelastic, a shift in the supply curve leads mainly to a change in price, with little change in quantity.
• If demand is highly elastic, a shift in the supply curve leads mainly to a change in quantity, with little change in price.
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Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse; Center for Disease Control.
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Market for Illegal Opioid Drugs
D1
Q
P S1
P1
Q1
Market for Illegal Opioid Drugs
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Market for Illegal Opioid Drugs (Supply Restriction)
D1
Q
P S1
P1
Q1
S2
Q2
P2
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Total Expenditure
Total Expenditure = Price • Quantity
• Total expenditure and total revenue are the same thing.
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Demand Elasticity and Expenditure
• Inelastic (εD < 1): Total expenditure rises when the supply curve shifts back.
• Elastic (εD > 1): Total expenditure falls when the supply curve shifts back.
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Market for Illegal Opioid Drugs (Increased Drug Treatment)
D1
Q
P S1
P1
Q1 Q2
P2
D2
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What are some of the complexities that we are ignoring with this analysis?
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Price Elasticity of Supply (εS)
Percentage change in quantity supplied εS = Percentage change in price
Elastic εS > 1
Inelastic εS < 1
Perfectly inelastic εS = 0
Perfectly elastic εS = ∞
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Supply Curves
Q
P
Q
P
Inelastic Elastic
S1
S1
As with the εD, the relationship between εS and the slope of the supply curve is a useful, but crude approximation.
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IV. EFFECTS OF A TAX
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Effect of a New 50¢ per Gallon Tax on Gasoline (Physically Collected from Sellers)
D1 Q
P S1
P1
Q1
S2
Tax (50¢)
Q2
P2
P2−tax
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Typical Effects of a Tax
• Quantity bought and sold declines.
• Production and consumption are still allocated by price.
• Price rises by less than the amount of the tax.
• Both sides pay some of the tax.
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Demand Elasticity and the Effects of a Tax
Inelastic Elastic
Q
P
Q
P
D1 D1
P1
Q1
S1
P1
Q1
S1 S2
P2 P2
S2 Tax Tax
Q2
P2−tax P2−tax
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Two Ways of Visualizing Tax Revenues
(1) (2)
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P
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P2
Q2
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P2
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Tax Tax
P2−tax
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Demand Elasticity and the Effects of a Tax
• A tax will change the equilibrium quantity more, the more elastic demand is.
• Buyers will pay more of the tax, the less elastic demand is.
• Government revenue from the tax will be larger, the less elastic demand is.