Keywords Flashcards
(37 cards)
Competitive demand
The relationship between two goods that are substitutes
Complements
Goods that are bought and consumed together such that an increase in the price of one will lead to a fall in demand for the other
Composite demand
When a good is demand for more then one distinct purpose/use
Consumer surplus
The difference between the market price and the maximum price that a consumer would be willing to pay
Contraction of demand
A movement along the demand curve whereby an increase in price leads to a reduction in quantity demanded
Contraction of supply
A movement along the supply curve whereby an fall in price leads to a reduction in quantity supplied
Demand
The quantity of a good or service that people are willing to buy a given price in a given time period
Demand curve
A graphical representation of the relationship between price and quantity demanded, usually downward sloping due to the law of demand
Demand is price elastic
Quantity demanded changes more than proportionately to a change in price
Demand is price inelastic
Quantity demanded changes less than proportionately to a change in price
Diminishing marginal utility
The consumption of an additional do you know of a good yields, less utility, then the consumption of the previous unit
Derived demand
When a coat is in the demand as a result of the demand for something else, usually because the first good can be used to produce the second
Effective demand
The willingness to buy backed by the ability pay
Electricity
Measure of the responsiveness of one variable to a change in the price of another
Excess demand
Quantity demand did exceeds the quantity supplied, indicating that the current prices below the equilibrium price
Excess supply
The quantity supplied exceeds the quantity demanded, indicating that the current price of equilibrium price
Extension of demand
A movement along the demand curve whereby a decrease in price list to increase in quantity demand
Extension of the supply
A movement how long does supply curve whereby increase in price causes an increase in quantity supplied?
Income, electricity of demand
A measure of the responsiveness of the quantity demanded for one
Good to a change in income
Inferior good
A good which demanded decreases as income rises and increases our income fall
Joint demand
The relationship between two goods
that are compliment
joint supply
When an increase in the supply of a good leads to an increase in the supply of another
Law of demand
An increase in price will lead to a fall in quantity demanded. A fall in price will lead to an increase in quantity, demanded (ceteris Paribas.)
Law of supply
An increase in price will lead to an increase in quantity supplied, and a decrease in price will lead to a decrease in quantity supplied