Categories: Microeconomics

Network Externalities

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;left&semi;margin&colon;0px 0px 0px 0&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Much of what basic microeconomics discusses is that a demand for a good is independent of somebody elses demand for that same good&period; For Example&comma;&nbsp&semi; Adam’s demand for a new car depends on Adam’s tastes and income&comma; the price of the car and perhaps the price of other automobile companies in substitute&period; But it does not depend upon awais or sarwar’s demand for a car&period;&nbsp&semi; This assumption has enabled us to obtain the market demand curve simply by summing individuals demands&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> However&comma; for some goods one persons demand also depends upon the demand of other people&period; Lets say&comma; the demand for a particular product by a person is just because other people are also demanding it&period; So there is a possibility that Adam is demanding a car just because all his other colleagues have it &period; And if this is the real scenario than there is the presence of <strong>NETWORK EXTERNALITY<&sol;strong>&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> &lbrack;large&rsqb;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;

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