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Lecture Essentials of Economics: Chapter 4 - Bradley R. Schiller, Cynthia Hill

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Chapter 4 Consumer demand, after reading this chapter, you should be able to: Explain why demand curves slope downward, describe what the price elasticity of demand measures, depict the relationship of price elasticity, price, and total revenue, recite the factors that influence the degree of price elasticity.

Chapter4 ConsumerDemand Copyrightâ2014McGrawưHillEducation.Allrightsreserved.NoreproductionordistributionwithoutthepriorwrittenconsentofMcGrawưHillEducation Determinantsof Demand What determines what we buy? – The Sociopsychiatric Explanation – The Economic Explanation 4­2 Sociopsychiatric  Explanation • The desire for goods and services arises from our needs for social acceptance (or envy), security, and ego gratification – “Keeping up with the Joneses.” – Self-preservation – Expressions of affluence 4­3 The Economic  Explanation • Prices and income are just as relevant to consumption decisions as more basic desires and preferences • The willingness and ability to pay are critical 4­4 Determinants of Demand • Market demand for a specific product is determined by: – Tastes – Income – Expectations – Other goods – The number of consumers in the market 4­5 Total U tility • Utility is the pleasure or satisfaction obtained from a good or service • Total utility is the amount of satisfaction obtained from entire consumption of a product 4­6 Marginal U tility • Marginal utility is the change in total utility obtained by consuming one additional (marginal) unit of a good or service 4­7 Figure 4.3 4­8 Law of Diminishing  Marginal U tility • The marginal utility of a good declines as more of it is consumed in a given time period • Suppose a student who enjoys popcorn can eat all he/she wants for free – The first box consumed is very rewarding – The third box is decent, etc – After eating the sixth box, she gets sick 4­9 Law of Diminishing  Marginal U tility • As long as the marginal utility is positive, the consumer receives additional satisfaction and total utility increases • Additional quantities of a good yield increasingly smaller increments of satisfaction 4­10 Inelastic Demand • Demand is inelastic if the absolute value of E is less than • Consumers are not very responsive to price changes – A 20% price rise generates only a 10% decrease in quantity demanded 4­18 U nitary Elastic  Demand • Demand is unitary elastic if the absolute value of E equals • The percentage change in quantity demanded is equal to the percentage change in price – A 20% price rise generates a 20% decrease in quantity demanded 4­19 Table 4.1 4­20 Price Elasticity  and Total Revenue • Price elasticity explains why producers cannot charge the highest possible price • Although one would think otherwise, higher prices may actually reduce total sales revenue 4­21 Elasticity and  Total Revenue • A price cut decreases total revenue if demand is price inelastic (E < 1) • A price cut increases total revenue if demand is price elastic (E > 1) • A price cut does not change total revenue if demand is unitary elastic (E = 1) 4­22 Figure 4.5 4­23 Determinants of  Price Elasticity  • Differences in price elasticity are explained by several factors: – Whether the Good Is a Necessity or Luxury – The Availability of Substitutes – The Price Relative to Income 4­24 Necessities versus  Luxuries • Some goods are so critical to our everyday life that we regard them as necessities – We must buy even if the price goes up • Demand for necessities is relatively inelastic 4­25 Necessities versus  Luxuries • A luxury good is something we’d like to have but aren’t likely to buy unless our income jumps or the price declines sharply – We will simply wait for a sale • Demand for luxury goods is relatively elastic 4­26 Availability of  Substitutes • If substitute goods are readily available, we can switch to the substitute Demand for goods easily substituted for will be relatively elastic • If substitute goods are not readily available, we must stay with this good Demand for goods with few substitutes will be relatively inelastic 4­27 Price Relative  to Income • If the price of a product is very high relative to the consumer’s income, the demand will tend to be elastic – We will put off the purchase until there is a sale 4­28 Price Relative  to Income • If the price of a product is very low relative to the consumer’s income, the demand will tend to be inelastic – We not pay much attention to any price change 4­29 Substitute and  Complementary Goods • Substitute Goods: The demand for a good increases when the price of a substitute for the good goes up – We will switch from Starbucks to Dunkin’ Donuts 4­30 Substitute and  Complementary Goods • Complementary Goods: The demand for a good decreases when the price of a complement to the good goes up – As gas prices rise, people trade in SUVs for hybrids 4­31 Changes in Income • Income is a determinant of demand – If our income rises, we can, and do, want to buy more products at any price • We illustrate income changes with shifts of the demand curve 4­32 ... 4 12 Law of Demand  • According to the law of demand, the quantity of a good demanded in a given time period increases as its price falls, ceteris paribus, and vice versa 4 13 Figure 4. 4 4 14. .. additional (marginal) unit of a good or service 4 7 Figure 4. 3 4 8 Law of Diminishing  Marginal U tility • The marginal utility of a good declines as more of it is consumed in a given time period •... yield increasingly smaller increments of satisfaction 4 10 Law of Demand  • The concepts of marginal utility and ceteris paribus explain the downward slope of the demand curve • With given income,

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