Demand Shifters:
An internet application of Lesson 5, "Demand Shifters,"
from Focus: Middle School Economics
Student Edition

Part 3

What could cause a change in the quantity demanded at each and every price? The factors that cause this type of change are called nonprice determinants.

Non price determinants include:

• Change in the number of consumers in the market for a product
• Change in consumer tastes and preferences for a product
• Change in consumer income
• Change in the price of related goods—complements
• Change in the price of related goods—substitutes

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