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a general concept used to quantify the response in one variable when another variable changes
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| price elasticity of demand |
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ratio of % change of quantity demanded / % change in price; measures the responsiveness of quantity demanded to changes in price.
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| perfectly inelastic demand |
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demand in which quantity demanded does not respond at all to a change in price
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demand that responds somewhat, but not a great deal, to changes in price. inelastic demand always has a numerical value between 0 and -1
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demand relationship in which the % change in quantity of product demanded = % change in price in absolute value. demand elasticity with an absolute value greater than 1.
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demand relationship in which the % change in quantity of product demanded = % change in price in absolute value. demand elasticity with an absolute value greater than 1.
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dmeand in which quantity drops to 0 at slightest increase in price
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| determinants of demand elasticity |
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(1) availabity of substitutes
(2) importance of being unimportant
(3) time dimension!
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| income elasticity of demand |
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measures responsiveness of demand to changes in income
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| X-price elasticity of demand |
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measure of the response of the quantity of one good demanded to a change in the price of another good (i.e. the goods are either substitutes / complements)
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measure of the response of quantity of a good supplied to a change in price of that good. likely to be positive in output markets
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| elasticity of labor supply |
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measure of the response of labor supplied to a change in the price of labor
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