Tag: Demand


  • Demand Forecasting – Understanding Predictions

    DEMAND FORECASTING Forecasting of demand is an art and science of predicting the probable demand for a product or service at some future date on the basis of certain past behaviour patterns of some related events and prevailing trends in the present. BASICS Forecast means to predict.  So what is demand forecasting? It is forecasting…

  • Exceptions to the law of Demand

    Table Of Contents:Exceptions to the law of demandConspicuous goodsGiffen goodsConspicuous  necessitiesFuture expectations about pricesIncomplete information and irrational behaviourDemand for necessariesSpeculative goods   Expansion and Contraction of demand    Increase and Decrease in demand      Effect of non-price determinants of demand    Movements along the demand curve VS. shift of demand curve Exceptions to the law of demand: we know that as per law…

  • Rationale of the law of demand

    CONTENTSRationale of the law of demand: Price effect of a fall in price: Utility maximizing behaviour of consumer:    Arrival of new customers: Different uses: Rationale of the law of demand:  We know that the demand curve slopes downwards. There is an inverse relationship between quantity demanded and its price. i.e, as price decreases, quantity demanded…

  • Law of Demand & Demand Function with Schedule

    Table of Contents 1. Law of Demand 2. Demand Function 3. Individual Demand schedule with curve 4. Market Demand schedule with curve Law of demand: the law of demand is one of the most important laws of economic theory. It states the nature of the relationship between the quantity demanded of a product with its…

  • Demand & Determinants of Demand

    Table Of Contents:Meaning of demand Determinants of demand Meaning of demand: The term demand refers to the quantity of goods or services that the buyers are willing or able to purchase at various prices during a given period of time. Consider following example:  Your birthday is approaching, you want to go to a five star hotel.…