范里安中级微观经济学课件 原版.ppt

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1、ChapterOneTheMarketTheTheoryofEconomicsdoesnotfurnishabodyofsettledconclusionsimmediatelyapplicabletopolicy.Itisamethodratherthanadoctrine,anapparatusofthemind,atechniqueofthinkingwhichhelpsitspossessortodrawcorrectconclusions---JohnMaynardKeynesEconomicModelingWhatca

2、useswhatineconomicsystems?Atwhatlevelofdetailshallwemodelaneconomicphenomenon?Whichvariablesaredeterminedoutsidethemodel(exogenous)andwhicharetobedeterminedbythemodel(endogenous)?ModelingtheApartmentMarketHowareapartmentrentsdetermined?Supposeapartmentsarecloseordistant,butot

3、herwiseidenticaldistantapartmentsrentsareexogenousandknownmanypotentialrentersandlandlordsModelingtheApartmentMarketWhowillrentcloseapartments?Atwhatprice?Willtheallocationofapartmentsbedesirableinanysense?Howcanweconstructaninsightfulmodeltoanswerthesequestions?EconomicModel

4、ingAssumptionsTwobasicpostulates:RationalChoice:Eachpersontriestochoosethebestalternativeavailabletohimorher.Equilibrium:Marketpriceadjustsuntilquantitydemandedequalsquantitysupplied.ModelingApartmentDemandDemand:Supposethemostanyonepersoniswillingtopaytorentacloseapartmentis

5、$500/month.Thenp=$500QD=1.Supposethepricehastodropto$490beforea2ndpersonwouldrent.Thenp=$490QD=2.ModelingApartmentDemandTheloweristherentalratep,thelargeristhequantityofcloseapartmentsdemandedpQD.Thequantitydemandedvs.pricegraphisthemarketdemandcurveforcloseapartments.M

6、arketDemandCurveforApartmentspQDModelingApartmentSupplySupply:Ittakestimetobuildmorecloseapartmentssointhisshort-runthequantityavailableisfixed(atsay100).MarketSupplyCurveforApartmentspQS100CompetitiveMarketEquilibrium“low”rentalpricequantitydemandedofcloseapartmentsexceedsq

7、uantityavailablepricewillrise.“high”rentalpricequantitydemandedlessthanquantityavailablepricewillfall.CompetitiveMarketEquilibriumQuantitydemanded=quantityavailablepricewillneitherrisenorfallsothemarketisatacompetitiveequilibrium.CompetitiveMarketEquilibriumpQD,QS100Compe

8、titiveMarketEquilibriumpQD,QSpe100CompetitiveMarketEquilibriumpQD,QS