Economics- Demand

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  • Economics- Demand
    • Law of demand
      • The law of demand states that as the price of a good or service falls the quantity demanded increases. This is an inverse relationship
    • Shifts of the demand curve
      • Real disposable incomes- Incomes of individuals after inflation and taxation
      • Tastes and preferences-  Society's preferences change as they are influenced by the media, advertising and technology.
      • Population- This will affect the market size for many products
      • Prices of substitute products- Substitute products are in competitive demand and may be seen as a close alternatives to a particular good or service
      • Prices of complementary products- Complementary products are those in joint demand so they are demanded together
    • Demand is the quantity of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to buy at given prices in a particular time period
    • Shape of the demand curve
      • It is downward sloping
      • Increase in demand- shift to the right
      • Decrease in demand- shift to the left
    • Meaning of competitive market
      • A market is a situation in which buyer s and sellers come together to engage in trade
      • A competitive market is where there are a large number of potential buyers and sellers, all individually powerless to influence the ruling of the market price
    • Key words linked to demand
      • Taxation- a charged placed by the government on various forms of economic activity
      • Substitute good that may be consumed as an alternative to another good
      • Complement- a good that tends to be consumed with another good
      • Equilibrium price- the price at which the planned demand of consumers equals the planned supply of the firms
  • Key words linked to demand
    • Taxation- a charged placed by the government on various forms of economic activity
    • Substitute good that may be consumed as an alternative to another good
    • Complement- a good that tends to be consumed with another good
    • Equilibrium price- the price at which the planned demand of consumers equals the planned supply of the firms

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