FYBCOM SEM I ECONOMICS NOTES ON DEMAND ANALYSIS
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fun subject after understanding the concept, that you’ll love to go into the
depth and how one thing leads to another shows the flow in the economy.
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to post series notes for fybcom sem I important topics, for those who find hard
to understand the textbook language and wants to understand in short for better
revision and this will help you as this are comprehensive and point to point notes.
Demand
analysis
Determinants of demand helps to understand the factors that
influence quantity of a particular product.
These will help us to identify measures that can be adopted to alter the
demand
Price
The price of the product under consideration is the most
important determinant of the demand for a product. A negative relation is postulated between the
quantity demanded and the Prices of product under consideration
Income
1. Incase of normal or superior goods increase in income
increase in quantity demanded
2. Incase of inferior (giffen goods) increase in income fall
in demand
3. Incase of neutral goods income increase have no effect on
it
Prices of other good
Consumer preferences
Demographic factor
Expected price of the product
Govt policy
Elasticity
of demand
This shows responsiveness of demand with respect to the
changes in the factors of demand
Price
elasticity
The degree of responsiveness of he quantity demanded for a
given change in the price of product
Income elasticity
The degree of a responsiveness the quantity demanded for a
given change in the income of the consumer
Cross elasticity of demand
Degree of responsiveness of quantity demanded for products
say 'x' to a given change in the price of another product say 'y'
Promotional elasticity
Degree of responsiveness of quantity demanded for a given
advertisement is expenditure in sales promotion
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