2.2 - Demand Flashcards
Demand
quantity buyers are willing/able to buy at a given price
Derived Demand
demand which comes about to the demand of a product
Contraction of demand
fall in quantity demanded due to a rise in price
Extention of demand
increase in quantity demanded due to fall in price
Individual demand
an individual demand curve for a good/service
Market demand
total demand curve for a good/service
Movement
price influencing quantity demanded and nothing else
Shift
more demanded at each price, not influenced by price
Interest rate
reward for saving or cost for sharing
Complements
goods that are often bought together
Speculative market
where people buy a product to gain profit from it
Price elasticity of demand
measures the responsiveness of the quantity demanded to a change in the price of a product
Elastic demand
when the percentage change in quantity demanded is greater than the percentage change in price
Inelastic demand
when the percentage change in quantity demanded is less than the percentage change in price