Determinants of Demand Flashcards
Demand
A consumers desire to purchase goods and services and willingness to pay a specific for them
Quantity demanded
The number of a particular good/service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price
Individual demand curve/ Market demand curve
Individual: Shows single good/service
Market: Sum of individual demand curves
Purpose of Demand Curve
It shows the relationship between P and Q demanded (any given point shows the quantity of good that would be be bought at a specific price)
Law Of Demand
The higher the price, the lower the quantity demanded
What cause movement along the curve
change in price
Increases and decrease in demand cause…
Increase in demand at a given price causes quantity demanded to also increase
Decrease in demand at a given price cause QD to also decrease
Increases and Decrease in the demand curve cause it to shift…
Increase: right
Decrease: left
Factors that affect demand
(name them and their relationship)
Income- direct relationship
Substitutes- Direct
Complements- Indirect
Trends/fashion- Direct
Seasonal/weather- Direct
Advertising- Direct