Consumer Behavior

Consumer Choice
An exploration of the concept of consumer choice, detailing its significance in economics and its relationship to consumer behavior.
Brand Loyalty
An exploration of brand loyalty, its economic implications, and its impact on consumer behavior and market dynamics.
Consumer Expenditure Survey
A detailed survey providing information on expenditures and incomes of US consumers, including individual and household characteristics.
Marginal Rate of Substitution
A detailed entry explaining the marginal rate of substitution, its importance, and its interpretation in economics.
Announcement Effect
The effect of a policy change announcement prior to its actual implementation on economic behavior, contingent on the credibility of the policy-maker.
Brand
A term used to identify the maker or distributor of a good, with historical roots and significant economic implications.
Brand Recognition
Understanding the concept of Brand Recognition in Economics and Marketing.
Bundle of Goods
A comprehensive look at the term 'bundle of goods,' its implications in economics, and how it is applied in constructing price indices.
Buyer
Definition and meaning of the term 'buyer' within an economic context.
Compensated Demand
A detailed exploration of compensated demand, its definition, implications, and analytical frameworks.
Compensated Demand
A detailed exploration of compensated demand, its definition, implications, and analytical frameworks.
Complementary Goods
Understanding the concept of complementary goods, products or services that are often consumed together, enhancing each other's value.
Consumer Sovereignty
The proposition that consumers are the best judges of their own interest, determining consumption patterns in the market.
Demand
An overview of the concept of demand in economics, encompassing its definition, historical context, analytical frameworks, and case studies.
Engel Curve
A detailed examination of the Engel Curve and its implications in economic theory
Engel Curve
A curve showing the relation between income level and consumption of some good, at a given price.
Expenditure Function
Explanation of the expenditure function in economics, its applications, and related concepts.
Gravity Model
Theory explaining contact between different locations using an inverse square law, applied in contexts such as consumer behavior and international trade.
Normal Good
A good whose consumption increases with income, encompassing both necessities and luxuries based on income elasticities of demand.
Positional Good
A good whose value to consumers depends on its desirability ranking or relative consumption by others.
Substitution
The concept of substitution in economics referring to the switching of consumption from one good or service to another in response to a change in the ratio of prices.
Tangency Optimum
A solution to an optimization problem occurring at a point of tangency between two curves, often used in consumer theory.
Tastes
An overview of the economic concept of tastes and its implications for consumer behavior and preferences.
Two-Part Tariff
An economic pricing strategy where customers pay a higher price up to a set quantity, and a lower price thereafter.
Wealth Effect
The impact of an increase in an individual's total wealth on their level of expenditure and saving patterns.
Willingness to Pay
A comprehensive understanding of the term 'Willingness to Pay' in economics, including its definition, historical context, and various analytical frameworks.