Demand continued: Types of Demand
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ypes of demand can be categorized on following bases:-
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ature of commodity demanded ( Consumer goods or capital goods)
Time unit (Short run or Long Run)
Relation between two goods .
Demand can be of following types on the basis of above categories:-
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Direct & Derived Demand2.Recurring & Replacement Demand3.Complementary & Competing Demand4.
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ndividual & Market DemandDirect & Derived Demand1)Direct Demand: When a product is demanded for its own use by final consumersthen it is known as
Consumer Goods & its demand is knownas
Direct Demand Examples are household items like
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.V Etc.2)Derived Demand: When a product is demanded for producing anothercommodity then it is called
Capital Goods & its demand iscalled
Derived Demand e.gdemand for A.C creates demandfor its parts and components