1 December 2016

CHANGE IN QUANTITY DEMANDED AND CHANGE IN DEMAND


             

CHANGE IN QUANTITY DEMANDED AND CHANGE IN DEMAND


Demand changes to due to change in the price of the commodity, price of the other commodities (price of substitute and complementary), income of the consumer
Change in quantity demanded
  • ·         Its change in the quantity demanded due to change in the price of the commodity alone,  other    factors remain the same.
  • ·         Its movement along the same demand curve
  • ·         It can be expansion and contraction
Change in demand
  • ·         It is change in the quantity demanded due to change in the other factors rather than price of the commodity – like change in the income of the consumer, price of the other commodities etc.
  • ·         It  is shift in the demand curve
  • ·         It can be increase in demand and decrease in demand


Expansion and contraction in demand
  • ·         Occurs due to change in the price only
  • ·         Both can be shown in the same demand curve
·         Expansion in demand – it is an increase in the quantity demanded of a commodity due to a fall in the price of the commodity only. It can be represented in the same demand curve.
·         Opposite is the case of contraction.

Increase and decrease in demand
  • ·         Happens due to the change in the other factors like price of other commodities, income of the consumers etc, rather the price
  • ·         Demand curves shifts.
·         Increase in demand – it is an increase in the quantity demand due to change in the other factors like price of other commodities, income of the consumers etc rather the price
o   Eg. Income of the consumer increases, fall in the price of complementary goods, an increase in the price of substitute goods.
o   Simple example, the petroleum price remain the same but the demand for the petroleum increases – the reasons may be the fall in the price of the car(complementary good), or increase in the price of diesel (can be substitute )
·         Here the demand curve shifts to upward or rightward
·         Decrease in the demand is the opposite of this

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