Chapter 3: Law of Demand and Supply Flashcards
refers to the quantity of a product, item, commodity, or service that suppliers are willing to make available at a given price.
Supply
refers to the quantity of a product, item, commodity, or service that consumers are willing and able to acquire available at a given price.
Demand
The blank is one of the most fundamental economic laws that are blank to practical ideas.
law of supply and demand
inextricably linked
A group of buyers and sellers of a particular good or service.
Market
A market in which there are many buyers and many sellers so that each has a negligible impact on the market price.
Competitive Market
A market that has only one seller
Monopoly
The amount of good that buyers are willing and able to buy at a certain price level
Quantity Demanded
The result of the Law of demand: individuals would blank a commodity that requires them to blank of another item they value more.
naturally avoid purchasing
forego the consumption
The claim that other things being equal, the quantity demanded of a good falls when the price rises, and vice versa.
Law of demand
A table in economics that depicts the quantity demanded on an item or service at various price levels.
Demand Schedule
A graph of the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity demanded
Demand Curve
Sum of individual demand curves
Market demand
Determinants of Demand that shifts the demand curve
- Consumer’s Income
- Consumer’s Expectations of Future Prices
- Prices of Related Products
- Consumer’s Taste and Preference
- Population
How does consumers’ income affect demand?
Because your income dictates the way you spend your money
demand increase when income increases and vice versa, the good is called?
normal goods
demand falls when income rises and vice versa, the good is called?
inferior goods
Example of normal goods
Basic necessities such as rice, utilities, medical and dental services
Example of inferior goods
A lower income person chooses public transportation than acquiring cars, and if a person has a higher income, he tends to buy cars rather than choosing public transportation.
How does Consumer’s Expectations of Future Prices affect demand?
Expecting prices in future periods affect the way we spend currently, therefore, affecting the demand
Example of Consumers’ Expectations
increase on the price of gasoline in the future causes panic-buying for car owners to maximize their purchasing power.
How do Prices of Related Products affect demand?
Demand for a particular good will change the demand for related goods
Types of Related Products according to availability
Substitute
Complimentary
two goods for which an increase in the price of one leads to an increase in the demand of the other,
Goods used in place for other goods
Substitute
two goods for which an increase in the price of one leads to a decrease in the demand of the other,
Goods that cannot be used without the other
Complimentary
Example of Substitute
Frozen Yogurt and Ice cream