2.2.4—Individual and market supply
- Syllabus
- First assessment 2022
- Objective
- 2.2.4
- Level
- SL
Individual supply is one producer’s schedule; market supply is the horizontal sum of quantities supplied by all producers at each price.
Entry, exit and different costs change market supply; add quantities at the same price.
Sum producer quantities at one price before plotting the market point.
At $5 three firms supply 2, 3 and 4 units, so market supply is 9 units.
Market supply is not the average of firm schedules.