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Economics unit 2 test
9 cards·by wrenish
Demand
desire,willingness and abilty to buy a product
Law of Demand
The quanity demanded for goods and services that varies inversely with its price
Reasons for downward sloping
A) Income effect- change in quanity demanded bc of the change in price that alters the
consumers real income B) Marginalism Marginal utility
Reasons for change in quanity demanded
A)Income effect B) substitution effect-change in quanity demanded bc of the relative price
of the product
Reasons for change in demand
# of consumers Consumers income Change in Expectations Consumer taste Substitutes-takes
place of another Complements-use of 1 increases othe
Demand Elasticity
quantity supplied responds to change in price.- if a small increase in price leads to a
relatively larger increase in output
Demand inelasticity
a given change in price causes a relatively smaller change in quantity demanded
Supply inelasticity
quantity supplied makes a relatively smaller decrease in output
Supply Elasticity
quantity supplied responds to change in price.- if a small increase in price leads to a
relatively larger increase in output