ECON 2105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Demand Curve, Inferior Good, Normal Good
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Chapter 4: the market forces of supply and demand. A group of buyers and sellers of a particular good or service. Many buyers and many sellers, each has a negligible impact on market price. Buyers and sellers are so numerous that no one can affect the market price, price takers . Amount of a good that buyers are willing and able to purchase. When the price of a good rises, the quantity demanded of the goods falls. When the price falls, the quantity demanded rises. Sum of all individual demands for a good or service. Market demand curve: sum the individual demand curves horizontally. To find the total quantity demanded at any price, we add the individual quanities. Shows how price affects quantity demanded, other things being equal. These other things are non-price determinants of demand. Things that determine buyers" demand for a good, other than the good"s price. Changes in them shift the d curve.