Wednesday, June 18, 2014

What is law of demand?


The law of demand states quantity demanded for a good rises as the price falls. In other words, the quantity demanded and price is inversely related.

In Marshall's words-
“The amount demanded increases with a fall in price and diminishes with a rise in prices."

According to Dominick Salvatore-
“Law of demand is the inverse relationship between price and quantity reflected in the negative slope of a demand curve."

Demand is a function of price varies with price and can be expressed as D = F (P). Here D is demand and P is price.

Finally, we can conclude that the law of demand states that other things remaining constant, price increases quantity demand decreases, price decreases quantity demand increases.

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