Demand and Supply Flashcards
What is Demand?
Demand is the willingness and ability of consumers to purchase a given amount of a good or service at a given price.
What are the types of Demand?
*Effective Demand
*Derive Demand
*Individual Demand
*Market Demand
What is effective demand?
Effective demand is when a consumer not only desires a product, but has the willingness and ability to purchase that product.
What is derive demand?
The demand for a good or service that results from the demand for a different, or related, good or service
What is Individual demand?
Individual demand is the demand by one individual for a good/service given the factors of demand.
What is Market demand?
Market demand is the total/sum of all individual demand in a market at each price level.
Demand Curve
When plotting the Market demand curve, your price is to be on the y-axis (|), and quantity demanded on the x-axis(_)
What are the laws of demand?
- If the price of good rises, the quantity demanded
of that good decreases. - If the price of a good falls, the quantity
demanded of that good increases.