Demand 3.1-3 Flashcards
A change in the price of a good results in?
A change in quantity demanded
Does a change in price result in a shift or movement along the demand curve?
A change in price results in a movement along the demand curve.
According to the law of demand, the price of a good and the quantity demanded have what type of relationship?
Inverse relationship
A change in one of the other variables that are usually held constant results in consumers…?
Demanding more of the good at every price
Does the change in other variables that are usually held constant result in a shift or movement on the demand curve?
All other variables usually held constant cause a shift in the demand curve
A movement along the demand curve is caused by?
The change of quantity demanded that results from a change in price
The demand curve never shifts when there
is a change in one of the variables measured on the axes. (True or False?)
True
The phenomenon called change in demand is caused by what?
If one of the previously constant
variables changes we have to construct a new demand schedule and curve.
Suppose the price of ice cream, a complement for cake, decreases. In what direction will the demand curve shift?
The demand curve will shift outward
People expect the price of gasoline to fall in the near future. What will be the impact on the demand curve in the present as a result of this future expectation?
There will be an inward shift in the demand curve
What causes shifts in the demand curve?
Changes in other variables usually held constant
What causes movements in the demand curve>
Changes in price