Demand
Demand - desire, ability, willingness to buy a good or service at all prices, sum of all quantities demanded
quantity demanded - desire ability willingness to buy a good or service at 1 price
a change in prices causes change in demand, causes movement along the curve
Derived Demand - a good or service is based on its contribution on the final product, demand for inputs is driven by demand for outputs, acts like a determinant
Demand Determinants
a change in underlying economic conditions (reflected by change in demand determent) causes change in demand (causes a shift)
P Price of substitutes or compliments
substitutes - competitors ex in n out vs whataburger
compliments - goods that work together ex ketchup and fries
O Outlook
customer exception of future income / prices
I Income
positively correlated with normal goods, negatively correlated with inferior goods (good that consumers buy at lower income levels ex cup noodles)
N Number of potential customers
population growth, immigration, emigration
demand will decrease when potential customers decrease
demand will increase when potential customers increase
T Taste
fad or fashion
everyone is affected even if not interested
P - Decrease in price of substitute increase in price of compliments
O - decrease in expected future income, expect future price to decrease
I - as income decreases demand for normal goods and services decrease
as income increases demand for goods and inferior services decrease
N - less ppl
increase in demand (rightward = more)
P - Increase in price of substitute decrease in price of compliments
O - increase in expected future income, expect future price to increase
I -
N - more ppl
law of demand - consumers prefer to buy more at lower prices rather than higher prices
law of supply -producers prefer to produce at higher prices rather than lower prices
where supply and demand intercept is market equilibrium
3 tasks of price system
rationing of goods / services (outputs who?) -
allocation of limited resources (inputs how?) -
determination of wages (input how?) -