Ceteris Paribus - a Latin phrase that means "all other things held constant"
complements in consumption - goods that tend to be consumed together
demand - Consumer willingness and ability to buy products
demand curve - a graph of the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity demanded
demand schedule - a table that lists the quantity of a good a person will buy at each different price
Demographics - the characteristics of a population with respect to age, race, and gender.
elastic - refers to a market for a product or service that is price sensitive; that is, relatively small changes
in price will generate fairly large changes in the quantity demanded
elasticity of demand - a measure of how consumers respond to price changes
income effect - the change in consumption that results when a price increase causes real income to
decline
Inelastic - describes demand that is not very sensitive to price changes
inferior good - a good that consumers demand less of when their incomes increase
Law of Demand - consumers buy more of a good when its price decreases and less when its price
increases
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