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chapter 3
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Economics
12th Grade
02/04/2014

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Demand
Definition
is the amount of a good or service that a consumer is willing and able to buy various possible prices during a given time period.
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Quantity demanded
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is a slightly different concept that describes the amount of a good or service that a consumer is willing and able to buy at each particular price during a given time period.
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law of demand
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The principle that all other factors being equal, consumer will purchase demand more of a good at lower price and less as a good.
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Purchasing power
Definition
the amount of income that people have available to spend on goods and services
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Income Effects
Definition
the effect that a change in the items price has on consumer ability to purchase goods
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substitution effect
Definition
consumer tendency to substitute a lower price good for a similar priced one
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diminishing marginal utility
Definition
or additional utility of each unit consumed diminishes or lessens with each additional unit
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Demand schedule
Definition
quantity of goods that consumers are willing and able to buy at a series of possible prices
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Demand Curve
Definition
plots this information on a graph
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substitute goods
Definition
goods that can be replace the purchase of similar goods when prices rise .
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commentary goods
Definition
goods that are commonly used with other goods.
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Elastic Demand
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exists when a small change in a good's price
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Inelastic Demand
Definition
when a change in good's price has little impact on the quantity demanded
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total revenue
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sometimes called total receipts refers to the total income.
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elasticity of demand
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is the degree of whiches changes in a good's price affect the quantity.
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determinants of demand
Definition
the group of factors
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