CONCEPT OF DEMAND FOR A COMMODITY REFERS TO

CONCEPT OF DEMAND FOR A COMMODITY REFERS TO THE NUMBER OF UNITS OF A PARTICULAR GOODS OR SERVICE THAT CONSUMERS ARE WILLING AND ABLE TO PURCHASE DURING A SPECIFIED PERIOD AT A GIVEN PRICE. CONCEPT OF DD DEMONSTRATES THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS : Ø Ø DEMAND IS ALWAYS WITH REFERENCE TO A PRICE. DEMAND IS REFERRED TO IN A GIVEN PERIOD OF TIME. CONSUMER MUST HAVE THE NECESSARY PURCHASING POWER TO BACK HIS DESIRE FOR THE COMMODITY. CONSUMER MUST ALSO BE READY TO EXCHANGE HIS MONEY FOR THE COMMODITY IN QUESTION.

DEMAND DETERMINANTS Ø PRICE OF THE COMMODITY : P 1 LAW OF DEMAND Q Ø PRICE OF THE RELATED COMMODITIES • SUBSTITUTE GOODS. DN PR. • COMPLIMENTARY GOODS. DN 1 PR Ø INCOME OF THE CONSUMER DN Y • NORMAL GOODS. • NECESSITES. • INFERIOR GOODS. Ø TASTES & PREFERENCES OF CONSUMER. Ø EXPECTATIONS ABOUT FUTURE PRICE.

• OTHER FACTORS: • SIZE AND REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION. • COMPOSITION OF POPULATION. • DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME.

LAW OF DEMAND THE LAW OF DEMAND EXPRESS THE INVERSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PRICE AND QUANTITY DEMANDED OF A COMMODITY, OTHER THINGS REMAINING THE SAME. IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN THE PRICE OF GOODS S, DD S AND WHEN P , DD , PROVIDED FACTORS OTHER THAN THE PRICE CHANGED.

THE LAW IS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE DETERMINANTS OF DD i. e. – INCOME OF CONSUMER. – TASTES & PREFERENCES OF THE CONSUMER. – PRICE OF THE RELATED GOODS. – FUTURE EXPECTATIONS, DO NOT CHANGE DURING THE OPERATION OF LAW. Y D P 1 PRICE P 2 D X Q 1 Q 2 QUANTITY

WHY DEMAND CURVE SLOPES DOWNWARDS ? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. LAW OF DIMINISHING MARGINAL UTILITY. INCOME EFFECT. SUBSTITUTION EFFECT. CHANGES IN THE NUMBER OF CONSUMERS. DIVERSE USES OF COMMODITY. EXCEPTIONS OF LAW OF DEMAND : 1. 2. 3. 4. VEBLEN EFFECT CONSPICIOUS CONSUMPTION (SNOB APPEAL) PRESTIGE IS DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH PRICE OF GOODS. GIFFEN PARADOX : EMERGENCY. EXPECTATIONS ABOUT FUTURE PRICE.

DEMAND FUNCTION THE DD FUNCTION IS AN ALGEBRIC EXPRESSIN OF THE RELATION BETWEEN THE DEMAND FOR A COMMODITY AND ITS VARIOUS DETERMINANTS LIKE THE PRICE OF THE COMMODITY, THE PRICE OF THE RELATED GOODS, THE LEVEL OF DISPOSABLE INCOME, TASTES AND PREFERENCES. DN = f (PN, PR, Y, T, E, O) WHERE DN = QUANTITY DEMANDED OF COMMODITY N. PN = PRICE OF THE COMMODITY N. PR = PRICE OF A RELATED COMMODITY. Y = INCOME OF THE HOUSEHOLD. T = TASTES & PREFERENCES OF THE HOUSEHOLD. E = EXPECTATION

CAUSES OF CHANGE IN DEMAND Ø INCREASE IN DEMAND: IN INCOME & WEALTH OF THE PEOPLE. IN THE POPULATION. IN THE PRICES OF SUBSITITUTE GOODS. IN THE PRICES OF COMPLEMENTARY GOODS. EXPECTATIONS OF RISE IN PRICES IN FUTURE. CHANGES IN TASTES, PREFERENCES, HABIT, CUSTOMS IN FAVOUR OF A COMMODITY.

Ø DECREASE IN DEMAND: IN INCOME & WEALTH OF THE PEOPLE. IN THE POPULATION. IN THE PRICES OF SUBSITITUTE GOODS. IN THE PRICES OF RELATED GOODS. EXPECTATIONS OF FALL IN PRICES IN FUTURE. S IN TASTES, PREFERENCES, HABIT, CUSTOMS, AGAINST A COMMODITY.

SHIFT IN DEMAND Ø CHANGE IN QUANTITY DEMANDED : WHEN PRICE S, OTHER VARIABLES (Y, PR, T) ARE HELD CONSTANT – IT IS CALLED CHANGE IN QUANTITY DEMANDED. Ø UPWARD MOVEMENT CONTRACTION OF DEMAND. Ø DOWNWARD MOVEMENT EXPANSION OF DEMAND. IS IS KNOWN AS AS

Ø CHANGE IN DEMAND : IF THE PRICE HELD CONSTANT, OTHER (i. e. Y, CHANGES, PR, T) THEN CALLED IS IT CHANGE IN DEMAND. PRICE D P 2 P P 1 VARIABLES D 1 E 2 D E 1 D 2 E E 2 E D 2 E 1 D D Q 2 Q Q 1 QUANTITY CHANGE IN QUANTITY DEMANDED D 1 Q Q 2 QUANTITY CHANGE IN DEMAND

(i) Increase in Demand Decrease in Demand (Upward or Rightward Shift in Demand) (Downward of Leftward Shift in Demand) Increase in income and wealth of (i) the people. (ii) Increase in the population. (iii) Increase in the substitute goods. (ii) Decrease in the population. prices of (iii) Decrease in the substitute goods. (iv) Decrease in the prices complementary goods. (v) Decrease in income or wealth of the people. prices of of (iv) Increase in the prices complementary goods. of Expectations of rise in prices in (v) future. Expectation of fall in prices in future. (vi) Changes in tastes, preferences, fashions, customs, habits, etc. in fashions customs, habits, etc. favour of a commodity. against a commodity.

DEMAND CLASSIFICATIONS * AUTONOMOUS DEMAND & DERIVED DEMAND. * NON DURABLE GOODS DEMAND & DURABLE GOODS DEMAND. * COMPANY DEMAND & INDUSTRY DEMAND. * SHORT RUN & LONG RUN DEMAND. * MARKET SEGEMENT DEMAND TOTAL MARKET DEMAND.