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Demand
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What is Demand? Demand refers to a relationship between price and the quantity of a good or service that consumers demand.
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Law of Demand A microeconomic law that states that, all other factors being equal, as the price of a good/service increases, the quantities consumers demand for the good/service will decrease and vice versa.
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Demand Explained A higher price for a good leads to a smaller quantity demanded. Demand is illustrated as a downward-sloping curve on a graph with quantity on the x axis and price on the y axis.
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Quantity Demanded quantity demanded is a specific amount that is demanded at a particular price.
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Change in Demand A change in demand means that at every possible price, a different quantity will be demanded.
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Change in Demand What is a substitute good? Competing products that can be used in place of one another; they’re related in such a way that an increase in the price of one increases the demand for the other Examples: beef and chicken; butter and margarine
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Change in Demand What is a complimentary good? Goods (or services) that are used together Examples: Cars and gasoline; computers and Internet service
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Change in demand Demand for a good will increase if the good becomes more popular, but demand will decrease if the good becomes less popular.
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Factors That Cause Changes in Market Demand
1 - Consumer income/wealth
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Factors That Cause Changes in Market Demand
2 - Consumer tastes and preferences (due to advertising)
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Factors That Cause Changes in Market Demand
3 - Change in the price of substitute goods 4 - Change in the price of complementary goods
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5 - Change in expectations
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6 - Change in number of consumers
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Price Quantity $2 8 $4 6 $6 4 $8 2 $10
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