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What does price elasticity of demand measure?
What does price elasticity of demand measure?
- How much the demand for a good changes over time
- How much the price of a good changes in response to demand
- How much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in the price of that good (correct)
- How much the quantity supplied of a good responds to a change in the price of that good
What tends to make demand more elastic?
What tends to make demand more elastic?
- The higher the price of the good
- The shorter the time period
- The larger the number of close substitutes (correct)
- The more broadly defined the market
How is price elasticity of demand computed?
How is price elasticity of demand computed?
- As the total change in price divided by the total change in quantity demanded
- As the percentage change in price divided by the percentage change in quantity demanded
- As the total change in quantity demanded divided by the total change in price
- As the percentage change in the quantity demanded divided by the percentage change in price (correct)
What does elasticity allow us to analyze with greater precision?
What does elasticity allow us to analyze with greater precision?
What factor makes demand less elastic?
What factor makes demand less elastic?
What does price elasticity of demand measure?
What does price elasticity of demand measure?
What makes demand more elastic?
What makes demand more elastic?
What allows us to analyze supply and demand with greater precision?
What allows us to analyze supply and demand with greater precision?
What makes demand less elastic?
What makes demand less elastic?
How is the price elasticity of demand computed?
How is the price elasticity of demand computed?
Study Notes
Price Elasticity of Demand
- Measures how responsive the quantity of a good or service demanded is to changes in its price
- Tends to be more elastic when:
- Substitutes are available
- The good is a luxury
- The time to adjust to price changes is longer
- Computed using the formula: (change in quantity demanded ÷ original quantity demanded) ÷ (change in price ÷ original price)
- Allows us to analyze the sensitivity of demand to price changes with greater precision
- Demand is less elastic when:
- The good is a necessity
- There are no close substitutes
- The time to adjust to price changes is shorter
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Test your knowledge of elasticity with this quiz. Explore the concept of price elasticity of demand and its applications in analyzing supply and demand dynamics. Evaluate your understanding of how buyers and sellers respond to changes in market conditions.
