Inelastic demand:
when a change in
price causes little or
no change in
consumer willingness
to buy the product
iPhones
Electricty
Necessities
Milk for families with
young children
Elastic demand: when
a change in price
greatly impacts
consumer willingness
to buy a product
Certain luxuries
Complementary Goods
Example: Burgers and Fries
Cheddar rounds and Frenchie
Fries are not complementary
because you can't buy them at the
same time.
Hamburger prices
go down and
people then buy
more fries
Law of Demand
low prices = high demand
high prices = low demand
Price is the money value
that is placed upon a
product
Demand is the
quantity of a good
that a consumer is
willing to buy at a
given price
Substitute
a product that can be used instead of
another product for the same purpose
If the price of fish increases, then it is likely
that the demand for chicken will increase
The more substitutes a
product has, the more
likely demand for it will
be elastic
Marginal Utility
the amount of
usefulness of
satisfaction acquired
by adding one more
unit of a product
Diminishing marginal
utility: decreasing
satisfaction or
usefulness as
additional units of a
product are acquired
buying lawnmowers
Demand Data
Demand scedule = table
Demand curve = graph
In reality, the rate of change
of the demand curve
becomes slower and more
horizontal as quantity gets
ever larger; this is beacuse
of dimishing marginal utility
Job layoffs lead to lower
demand for "wants" and
luxuries, whereas the
creation of jobs results
in a higher demand for
consumer goods