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Demand and Elasticity: A Basic Introduction to Economic Concepts, Slides of Economics

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DEMAND
The ABILITY
To PAY THE PRICE
AND
The WILLINGNESS
To PAY THE CURRENT MARKET PRICE
It is the DESIRE backed by:
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DEMAND

The ABILITY

To PAY THE PRICE

AND

The WILLINGNESS

To PAY THE CURRENT MARKET PRICE

It is the DESIRE backed by:

Demand (contd.) Hence, D = f (A, W)

Venn Diagrams used to depict Ability and Willingness:

Ability (^) Willingness

Disjoint sets

Must they be

Congruent

sets?

UNEQUAL sets ??

Strategies to make ‘A’

or ‘W’ favourable for

a firm?

Ability Willingness

Intersecting sets

Intersection Means ??

  • E dp =
  • E dp <

Price

Demand

A B

RIE

RE

Demand

Price

A B

RIE

RE

Demand and Elasticity (= Responsiveness) (^) Marshallian Mode

Income Demand

10000 400

Income Elasticity of Demand

Dx = 7000 + 0.3Y

At Y = 20k, E (^) dY =?

Promotional Elasticity of Demand

Promo Exp. Demand

50 400

Dx = 10 + 0.7A

At A = 50, E (^) dA =?

Cross Elasticity of Demand

Substitute Goods Complementary Goods

Py Dy Dx Py^ Dy^ Dx

Dx

Py

Dx

Py