ECO 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Demand Curve, Normal Good, Inferior Good
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Economist as scientist models irl: scientist: do research, policy advisors: work for the government, for the international institutions, and put the. Market: a group of buyers and sellers of a particular good or service. Competitive market: a market in which there are many buyers and many sellers so that each has a negligible impact on the market price. Each seller has limited control over the price because other sellers are offering similar products. Quantity demanded: the amount of a good that buyers are willing and able to purchase. Law of demand: the quantity demanded of a good falls when the price of the good rises. Demand schedule: a table that shows the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity demanded. Demand curve: a graph of the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity demanded. Market demand: the sum of all the individual demands for a particular good or service.