This is when consumers and producers respond to information( signalling) and incentive provided by the prices then scarce resources will be rationed between competing uses
Price is the rationing mechanism. Whoever can afford it, will by it.
it is when the price mechanism allocate products or services to people who willing to pay the most.
Price Mechanism Price mechanism is the point which equilibriates supply and demand within a market. It is a mechanism of pricing.The price mechanism is one which allows the prices of good and services to be decided by the interplay between supply and demand. There is no centralised price fixing. The price mechanism is the concept that the free market, when left to its own devices, will formulate fair prices of the goods or services on its own by the natural laws of supply and demand.
A price ceiling will undermine the rationing function of market-determined prices by creating a shortage. This is a price which is below equilibrium which will lead to more demand that supply that will cause a shortage.
Since price of a good is determined where demand meets supply, it means that for the price, the optimum amount of goods are produced and consumed, making sure that everybody who has the demand for the good (willing able able to pay for it) can have that good.
Price is the rationing mechanism. Whoever can afford it, will by it.
it is when the price mechanism allocate products or services to people who willing to pay the most.
Price Mechanism Price mechanism is the point which equilibriates supply and demand within a market. It is a mechanism of pricing.The price mechanism is one which allows the prices of good and services to be decided by the interplay between supply and demand. There is no centralised price fixing. The price mechanism is the concept that the free market, when left to its own devices, will formulate fair prices of the goods or services on its own by the natural laws of supply and demand.
A price ceiling will undermine the rationing function of market-determined prices by creating a shortage. This is a price which is below equilibrium which will lead to more demand that supply that will cause a shortage.
Provided that the product is not a Veblen or a Giffen good, as its price increases fewer people can afford the commodity and so the demand for it decreases. This is a form of rationing in which the poorest people are priced out of the market.
allocative function of price: to direct resources away from overcrowded markets and towards markets that are underserved. Rationing function of price: to distribute scare goods to those consumers who value them most highly
prices can not act as rationing device
Since price of a good is determined where demand meets supply, it means that for the price, the optimum amount of goods are produced and consumed, making sure that everybody who has the demand for the good (willing able able to pay for it) can have that good.
Economists have said that "price floorsand price ceilings stifle (prevent) the rationing function of prices and distort resource allocation." Consider what happens after a hurricane, prices are often frozen to pre-hurricane prices through "price gouging laws" to protect the consumer. Is this an example of a price ceiling or a price floor?This occurs for gasoline as well as for groceries and other products that might be in high demand after the damage of a hurricane. What is the impact in the market place of these limits?
Price serves as a rationing device. Suppliers must determine to whom their production will bedistributed. In a free market economy, this is accomplished through the price mechanism. Thosewho are willing and able to purchase the product will receive the product. Rent controls reducethe ability of landlords to distribute housing services based solely on price. Therefore, they canresort to other mechanisms, such as bribery and favoritism. Unfortunately, some will resort tousing racial or age discrimination as the rationing mechanism.
In the UK, anyway, most food prices were fixed while rationing was in force. One of the main purposes of rationing by coupons was to avoid rationing by price. :)
The following are the main effects of price ceiling and rationing: 1. Beneficial for Poor Consumers: A well managed rationing system enables the poor section of the society to get the commodities which are in short supply. 2. Transfer of Resources: The price ceiling and rationing enable the government to transfer resources from the production of less important uses to more important uses. 3. Black Marketing: The worst effect of rationing is to encourage black marketing.