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Essay Supply And Demand Simulation

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Introduction
The Supply and Demand simulation involves acting as Property Manager for GoodLife Management, a property management firm that manages apartment complexes in Atlantis. This simulation was an exercise in applying the supply and demand concepts based on current market trends. The property manager is required to adjust the monthly rental rate of two-bedroom rental apartments and number of apartments available. Supply and demand within the simulation were manipulated by the rates charged for the rentals, the economy, income, and personal choice. All of these characteristics affect the proportion of vacant as well as occupied apartments.

Simulations
In the beginning of the simulation GoodLife Management held the monopoly in …show more content…

The manager lowered the monthly rental rate in an effort to decrease the surplus of available apartments on the market in order to create equilibrium to the supply and demand of the apartments. The lack of apartments becomes a smaller number as the rental rate increases; the result is a decrease in the quantity demand and an increase in the quantity supplied. When both quantity demanded and quantities supplied are equal there is no requirement for the rental rate or number of apartments to change and the market is thought to be in equilibrium (UoP, 2008).

In the next section of the simulation the property manager for GoodLife Management was faced with shaping the course of action in the demand and supply curves when a new company set up office in Atlantis. The new company increased the cities population therefore increased the demand for apartments with temporary month-to-month leases. The increase in residents placed a demand on apartments, but did not affect the supply of the apartments, therefore, the demand curve shifts to the right. Rental rates are increased, as the demand for apartments is greater than the quantity of apartments supplied. Because rates are increased, demand decreases and supply increases leading to a reduction in the apartment shortage. Equilibrium is reached when rental rates and supply increases at the same time

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