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Theory of Demand

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GCSE, AS, A-Level, IB
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AQA, Edexcel, OCR, IB, Eduqas, WJEC

Last updated 2 Jul 2018

Demand is the quantity of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to buy at a given price in a given time period

Effective and latent demand in markets

Income and Substitution Effects and the theory of demand

Income effect

  • A fall in price increases the real purchasing power of consumers
  • This allows people to buy more with a given budget
  • For normal goods, demand rises with an increase in real income

Substitution effect

  • A fall in the price of good X makes it relatively cheaper compared to substitutes
  • Some consumers will switch to good X leading to higher demand
  • Much depends on whether products are close substitutes

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