Title: Theory of demand Subject: Economics Author: Lai Yuen Ki, Anita Target audience: Secondary 4 students How the presentation is to be used: lecture
Name: Lai Yuen Ki, Anita Student number: Course: EDD 5161F
Theory of Demand
Quantity demanded The quantity of a good a person is willing and able to buy at a particular price in a period of time
Who eats more? I eat 10 fish a day I eat 10 fish a year
Factors affecting quantity demanded Price of the good Future price expectation Price of related goods Others: income, taste Qd
Within a period of time, an increase (decrease) in price of a good results in a decrease (increase) in its quantity demanded, ceteris paribus. The Law of Demand
Price Quantity P1 Q1 P2 Q2
The Law of Demand Price Quantity P1 Q1 P2 Q2
The Law of Demand Price Quantity P1 Q1 P2 Q2
The Law of Demand Price Quantity P1 Q1 P2 Q2
Ceteris paribus Price of the good Future price expectation Price of related goods Others: income, taste Qd Other factors being constant
The Law of Demand Qd Price of the good Ceteris paribus
Is change in Qd the same as change in demand?
Change in quantity demanded Caused by a change in a good’s price Holding all other factors constant A movement along the same demand curve
Change in quantity demanded Price Quantity P1 Q1 P2 Q2
Change in quantity demanded Price Quantity P1 Q1 P2 Q2
Change in quantity demanded Price Quantity P1 Q1 P2 Q2
Change in demand Caused by a change in factors (e.g. income, taste etc) other than a good’s own price A shift of the entire demand curve
Change in demand Price Quantity P1 Q1 P2 Q2
Revision What is the law of demand? What is the change in quantity demanded? What is the change in demand?