V1. Demand & supply and the effects of trade

7 important questions on V1. Demand & supply and the effects of trade

What does the elasticity of supply depend on?

Productivity > efficiency of producers

  • Efficient producer has a less elastic supply curve > very flat supply curve
  • Not so efficient producer has a very elastic supply curve > very steep supply curver

What is the producer surplus?

The gain of producers when the market price is higher than what they would have been willing to ask


> Green triangle is producer surplus: close to the notion of profit, but not entirely
> White triangle is production cost

What is the quilibrium in a closed market?

The point wher the demand and the supply curve intersect

total surplus = consumer + producer surplus

In a close market with no international producers (protectionist)
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What happens with the price if we open the market and the economy becomes an importing economy?

The price will fall when international producers with a flatter supply curve (more efficient) enter the market > new equilibrium when the demand curve stays the same.

What happens with the price for an exporting economy?

Exporting firms can raise their price, because they have access to a bigger consumer market.



What happens to the surplusses in an exporting economy?

> Consumer surplus decreases (blue)
> Producer surplus increases (red)

 

In conclusion: what are the effects of opening up to trade in an uncompetitive importing economy?

  • Lower price
  • Increase of consumer surplus
  • Decrease of producer surplus
  • Domestic producers are pushed out of the market

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