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Competitive market equilibrium Paper 1

IBDP Economics  HL – Microeconomics – Competitive market equilibrium -Paper 1 Exam Style Practice Questions

Competitive market equilibrium Paper 1? 

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Exam Style Question for IBDP Economics HL- Competitive market equilibrium -Paper 1

Question

With reference to the concept of excess demand, explain how a decrease in supply of a good would lead to a new market equilibrium

▶️Answer/Explanation

Answers may include:

  • definitions of demand, supply, excess demand, market equilibrium
  • diagrams to show a leftward shift of supply with excess demand and an increase in price
  • explanation of adjustments to a new market equilibrium in the case of a leftward shift of supply
  • examples of decreases in supply affecting market equilibrium.

 

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