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Chapter 4 Demand

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demand   combination of quantities that someone would be willing and able to buy over a range of possible prices at a given moment  
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microeconomics   branch of economic theory that deals with behavior and decision making by small units such as individuals and firms  
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demand schedule   listing showing the quantity demanded at all possible prices that might prevail in the market at a given time  
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incentive   something that motivates  
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demand curve   graph showing the quantity demanded at each and every possible price that might prevail in the market  
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Law of Demand   rule stating that more will be demanded at lower prices and less at higher prices; an inverse relationship between price and quantity demanded  
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market demand curve   demand curve that shows the quantities demanded by everyone who is willing ans able to purchase a product at all possible prices at one moment in time  
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marginal utility   additional satisfaction or usefulness obtained from acquiring or consuming one more unit of a product  
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diminishing marginal utility   decrease in additional satisfaction or usefulness as additional units of a product are acquired  
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change in quantity demanded   movement along the demand curve showing that a different quantity is purchased in response to a change in price  
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income effect   that portion of a change in quantity demanded caused by a change in a consumer's income when the price of a product changes  
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substitution effect   the portion of a change in quantity demanded that is due to a change in the relative price of the good  
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change in demand   different amounts of a product are demanded at every price, cause the demand curve to shift to the left or to the right  
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substitutes   competing products that can be used in place of one another; products related in such a way that an increase in the price of one increases the demand of the other  
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completments   products that increase the use of other products; products related in such a way that an increase in the price of one reduces the demand for both  
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elasticity   a measure of responsiveness that tells us how a dependent variable, such as quantity demanded or quantity supplied, responds to a change in an independent variable such as price  
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demand elasticity   the extent to which a change in price causes a change in the quantity demanded; demand elasticity has three cases; elastic, inelastic, or unit elastic  
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elastic   type of elasticity in which a change in the independent variable (usually price) results in a larger change in the dependent variable (usually quantity demanded or supplied)  
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inelastic   case of demand elasticity where the percentage change in the independent variable (usually price) causes a less than proportionate change in the dependent variable (usually quantity demanded or supplied)  
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unit elastic   elasticity where a change in the independent variable (usually price) generates a proportional change of the dependent variable (quantity demanded or supplied)  
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