Understanding Changes in Quantity Demanded and Demand Curve Shifts
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What is the primary motivation behind the substitution effect in the context of demand?

  • To motivate consumers to buy relatively cheaper substitute goods (correct)
  • To reduce the quantity demanded of goods
  • To encourage consumers to buy more expensive goods
  • To increase the price of goods
  • Which economic factor causes a shift in the demand curve rather than just a movement along it?

  • Change in quantity demanded
  • Change in price
  • One of the shifters of demand (correct)
  • Changes in technology
  • What economic concept explains why consumers experience less satisfaction from each additional unit of a product consumed?

  • The Law of Substitution
  • The Law of Supply
  • The Law of Demand
  • The Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility (correct)
  • Which factor directly influences the quantity supplied at different prices, leading to a shift in supply?

    <p>Number of producers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which scenario best explains a movement along a fixed demand curve rather than a shift in demand?

    <p>A change in price of a product</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does an increase in taxes generally affect the supply of goods?

    <p>Decrease supply</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the point where demand and supply intersect in a market?

    <p>Market Equilibrium</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If a government enacts laws to set a maximum legal price for a good, what is this called?

    <p>Price Ceiling</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What concept describes abandoning an activity because of heavy prior investment, even if it is not rational?

    <p>Sunk Cost Fallacy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens to the slope of the demand curve when demand for a good increases?

    <p>Moves to the right</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does 'Ceteris Paribus' mean in economics?

    <p>Other things being equal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term describes the excess supply that occurs when the market price is above the equilibrium price?

    <p>Surplus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does a normal good refer to?

    <p>A product whose demand rises when income rises</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is a shifter of demand?

    <p>Price of related goods</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the law of demand based on?

    <p>Inverse relationship between price and quantity demanded</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an inferior good?

    <p>A product whose demand falls when income rises</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which factor causes a shift in the demand curve?

    <p>Number of consumers/population size</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the law of demand explain about the relationship between price and quantity demanded?

    <p>There is an inverse relationship between price and quantity demanded</p> Signup and view all the answers

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