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Chapter 4
The Market Forces of Supply and Demand
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Market | a group of buyers and sellers of a particular product |
| Competitive Market | one with many buyers and sellers, each has a negligible effect on price |
| quantity demanded | the amount of the good that buyers are willing and able to purchase |
| Law of Demand | the claim that the quantity demanded of a good falls when the price of the good rises, other things equal |
| Demand schedule | a table that shows the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity demanded |
| normal good demand | positively related to income |
| inferior good demand | negatively related to income |
| Two goods are substitutes when? | an increase in the price of one causes an increase in demand for the other |
| Two goods are complements when? | an increase in the price of one causes a fall in demand for the other |
| quantity supplied | the amount that sellers are willing and able to sell |
| Law of supply | the claim that the quantity supplied of a good rises when the price of the good rises, other things equal |
| Supply schedule | A table that shows the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity supplied |