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Demand describes the ablilty and the desire to buy
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a good or service
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The _________ says that the quantity demanded of a good will fall as the goods price increases.
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LAW OF DEMAND *******
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2 possible responses to a change in price, the ____ and the __________ work together to create the law of demand
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subsitution effect and the income effect
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You can list deman for a good at all possible prices in a _______ and chart these points in a ____
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demand schedule and demand curve
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Every individual has a demand sched. for a good, and you can find the ____________ for the entire market by adding up all individual demand.
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demand schedule
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A deman curve shows:
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demand when price varies, but all other factors stay the same.
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When other factors change, the demand curve shifts ____ or ______
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left or right.
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When a rise in income leads a consumer to increase consuption of a good, that good is a _______
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normal good
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If a higher incime leads to lower consumption of the good, the good is callled an ____
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inferior good.
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Other factors that can affect denabd are changes in
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population, tastes and prices of other goods.
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____________- describes how strongly buyer will react to a change in a goods price
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ELASTICITY OF DEMAND.
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when demand is ______ buyers will make relativley big changes to therir consumption of a good when its price rises or falls.
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ELASTIC
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When demand is _______, consumers will only change their consumption slightly relative to the change in price.
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inelastic.
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Demand will be more ___ if the good has many subsitutes, is considered a luxury, or accounts for a large share of the buyers income.
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elastic
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____________________ can setimate the elasticity of demand for some goods and use this # to make pricing decisions.
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Entreperneurs.
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