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The Law of Demand The Demand Curve
• What accounts for the law of • The demand curve is the graphic
demand? representation of the law of
– People tend to substitute for goods whose
demand.
price has gone up. • The demand curve slopes
downward and to the right.
• As the price goes up, the quantity
demanded goes down.
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– All other factors that affect quantity
demanded are assumed to remain
constant, whether they actually remain
constant or not.
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Quantity demanded (per unit of time)
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Other Things Constant Shifts in Demand Versus
Movements Along a Demand
• Other things constant places a Curve
limitation on the application of the • Demand refers to a schedule of
law of demand. quantities of a good that will be bought
– These factors may include changing per unit of time at various prices, other
tastes, prices of other goods, income, things constant.
even the weather.
• Graphically, it refers to the entire
demand curve.
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Change in Quantity
Shifts in Demand Versus Demanded
Movements Along a Demand
Curve
• A shift in demand is the graphical $2 B
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Quantity demanded (per unit of time)
– Society's income.
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– Tastes.
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– Expectations.
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Quantity demanded (per unit of time)
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Income Price of Other Goods
Tastes Expectations
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Taxes and Subsidies The Demand Table
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From a Demand Table to a From a Demand Table to a
Demand Curve Demand Curve
• The demand curve graphically • The curve represents the maximum
conveys the same information that price that you will pay for various
is on the demand table. quantities of a good – you will
happily pay less.
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Individual and Market From Individual Demands
Demand Curves to a Market Demand Curve
• Sellers estimate total market
demand for their product which (1) (2) (3) (2) (3)
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cassette demand demand
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