Demand Flashcards

1
Q

The forces of ___ and ___ establish the price that best serves both producers and consumers

A

supply and demand

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2
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___ is the desire to have a good or service and the ability to pay for it

A

Demand

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3
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___ is one of the major factors that influences demand

A

Prices

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4
Q

The law of ___ states that when the price of a good or service falls, consumers will buy more of it

A

demand

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5
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As the price of a good or service ___, consumers usually buy less of it

A

increase

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6
Q

___ and ___ have an inverse relationship

A

Quantity demanded and price

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7
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A ___ is a table that shows how much of a good or service an individual consumer is willing and able to purchase at each price in the market

A

Demand schedule

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8
Q

A ___ shows how much of a good or service all consumers are willing and able to buy at each price in a market

A

market demand schedule

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9
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The left-hand column of the table lists various ___ of a good/service

A

prices

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10
Q

The right-hand column shows the ___ of the good/service at each price

A

quantity demanded

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11
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A ___ is a graph that shows how much of a good or service and individual will buy at each price

A

demand curve

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12
Q

The demand curve should slope ___ from the upper ___ to lower ___

A

downward
left
right

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13
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The market demand curve shows the data found in the ___

A

market demand schedule

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14
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A ___ shows the sum of the information on the individual demand curves of all consumers in a market

A

market demand curve

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15
Q

The ___ axis displays prices and the ___ axis displays quantities demanded

A

vertical

horizontal

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16
Q

The ___ states that the marginal benefit of using each additional unit of a product during given period will decline

A

law of diminishing marginal utility

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17
Q

Recall that ___ is the satisfaction gained from the use of god or service

A

utility

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18
Q

Economists have identified two patterns of behavior as causes: The ___ effect and the ___ effect

A

income and substitution

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19
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The ___ effect is the term used for a change in the amount of a product that a consumer will buy because purchasing power of his/her income changes

A

income

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20
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The ___ effect is the pattern of behavior that occurs when consumers react to change in the price or service by buying a substitution product

A

substitution

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21
Q

A change in the amount of a product that consumers will buy because of a change in ___ is called a change in the quantity demanded

22
Q

Each change in ___ is shown by a new point on the demand curve

A

quantity demanded

23
Q

Change in the demand is also called a ___ in ___ because it actually shifts the position of the demand curve

A

shift in demand

24
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What are the fix factors that can cause a change in demand?

A
income
market size 
consumer tastes 
consumers expectations
substitute goods 
complementary goods
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Changes in ___ also affect market demand curves
income
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When the incomes of most consumer in a market rise or fall, the total ___ in that market also usually rises or falls
demand
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___ goods are goods that consumers demand more of when their incomes rise
Normal Goods
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___ goods are goods that consumers demand less of when their income rises
Inferior
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___ has a strong influence on consumer tastes
Advertising
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Your ___ for the future can affect your buying habits today
expectations
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Goods and services that can be used in place of other goods and services to satisfy consumers wants are called ___
substitute
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Demand for ___ will increase while demand for original item decreases
substitute
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When the use of one product increases the use of another product, the two products are called ___
complements
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___ are goods or services that work in tandem with each other
complements
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Economists use the term ___ to describe how responsive consumers are to price changes in the marketplace
elasticity of demand
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Demand is ___ when a change in price, either up or down, leads to a relatively larger change in the quantity demanded
elastic
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Demand is ___ when a change in price leads to relatively smaller change in the quantity demanded
inelastic
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Elastic goods and services are often said to be ___
price sensitive
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In the case of ___, changes in price gave little impact on the quantity demanded
inelastic demand
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Goods that have a larger number of substitutes fall into the ___ category
elastic
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Insulin though, is ___ because the quantity demanded remains relatively constant
inelastic
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Demand is said to be ___ when the percentage change in price and quantity demanded are the same
unit elastic
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The number for something being elastic is ___ than one
greater
44
The ___ is represented by the number 1
unit elastic
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The number for something inelastic us ___ than one
less
46
No good or service is ever really ___
unit elastic
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What are the three things that determines elasticity?
Substitute goods or services Proportion of income Necessities vs Luxuries
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If there are no substitutes for goods or services, demand for it tends to be ___
inelastic
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The percentage of your income that you spend on a good or service is another factor that affects ___
elasticity
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At the same time, demand for products that cost little of your income tends to be ___
inelastic