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Changes in Income:
As income increases, people increase how much they buy.
As income decreases, how much people buy decreases.
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Changes in price of related goods (Substitute):
As the price increases for a good, the amount people want to buy of the substitute good goes up.
As the price decreases for a good, the amount people want to buy of the subsitute good goes down.
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Changes in price of related goods (Compliment):
One product price goes up, demand for a different product that goes with it goes down.
One product price goes down, demand for a different product that goes with it goes up.
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Changes in the size or composition of popluation:
How much is sold of a product goes up & down with the population.
An increase in young families creates an increase the amount of specific goods that are purchased.
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Changes in price expectations:
I expect the cost of an airplane ticket will go up the closer to the trip so I buy now to avoid a more expensive ticket.
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Changes in taste or preference:
A popular singer is seen wearing a new shoe, which makes all his fans want to buy the shoes as well.
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Change in cost of resources used to make a good:
Resources cost goes up, amount made goes down.
Resouces cost goes down, amount made goes up.
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Change in technology used to make the good:
A new technology allows for more efficiency, amount of good produced goes up.
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Producer's expectations of the cost of resources:
Producer thinks the price of a resource needed to make a product is about to go up, so they makes more of the product now to get it made at cheaper price.
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Number of sellers in the market (Competition):
More sellers of a good, means more production of a good (higher amount of the good available).
Less sellers, means less production of a good (smaller amount of the good available).
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Producer's Price Expectation:
Producer expects the cost at which they can sell a product is going to lower; they produce more now to be able to sell at the higher price before the change.
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