Demand Chapter 4.1

The law of demand  This states that if the price is lower of a certain thing consumer will buy more of it.  This goes as the opposite affect the higher the price the less the consumer will buy.  The law of demand is the result of two patterns that overlap which are substitution effect and income effect.  vs

The Substitution Effect  The substitution effect takes place when a consumer reacts to a rise in the price of one good by consuming less of that good and more of a substitute good.  Example: Instead of buying pizza on Monday and Fridays buy pizza on Monday and eat a bagel on Friday.  This may also apply to drop in prices

Income effect  Income effect is Purchasing fewer things without increasing your purchases.  Important thing to remember is that economists measure consumption in the amount that is bought, not the amount spent to but it  The income effect also works also works when the price is drooped so you feel wealthier.

A Demand schedule  The law of demand explains how the price of any item affects the quantity demanded of the item.  A demand schedule is a table that lists the quantity of a good that a person will purchase at each price in a market.  When u add up the demand schedules of every buyer in the market, you can create a market schedule.  A demand schedule show the quantities demanded at each price by all consumers.  For example: a restaurant owner would predict the total sales at several different prices.

The Demand graph  Is a graphic representation of a demand schedule.  How do economists create a demand curve? When they transfer numbers from a demand schedule to a graph, they always label the vertical axis with lowest possible prices at the bottom and the highest at the top.  Likewise, they always label the quantities demanded on the horizontal axis with the lowest possible quantity at the right.

Limits of a demand  The market demand curve can be used to predict how people will change their buying habits when the price of a good rises or fall.  The market demand curve is only accurate for one very specific set of market conditions.  For example: if a nearby factory were to close, so that fewer people were in the area at lunchtime, the pizzeria would sell less pizza even if the price stayed the same.

Understanding demand  Demand is the desire to own something and the ability to pay for it.

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5 question quiz  1) what is a demand schedule?

Question 2  What is a demand curve accurate for ?

Question 3  What is the law of demand?

Question 4 The law of demand is the result of not one pattern of behavior, but of two separate patterns that overlap. What are the patterns?

Question 5  What is demand exactly?

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Answer to 1  Is a table that lists the quantity of a good that a person will purchase at each price in a market.

Answer to question 2  The demand curve is only accurate for one very specific set of market conditions.

Answer to question 3  As the prices go down. The quantity demanded goes up  As the prices go up the quantity demanded goes down.

Answer to question 4  The substitution effect &the income effect

Answer to question 5  Is the desire to own something and the ability to pay for it