elasticity Flashcards
Define elasticity of Demand Compute price Elasticity
The law of _____ states that quantity demanded will increase when the price is lowered, and vice versa.
Demand
Degree of responsiveness or sensitivity of consumers to a change in the price of a product
Price Elasticity of Demand
The ______ is a units free measure of the responsiveness of the quantity demanded of a good to a change in its price when all other influences on buyers’ plans remain the same
Price Elasticity of Demand
When consumers are relatively responsive to price changes
Elastic Demand
modest change in price results in a large change in quantity purchased
Elastic Demand
Consumers are relatively unresponsive to price changes
inelastic demand
substantial change in price results in a modest change in quantity purchased
inelastic demand
Percent change in quantity demanded / Percent change in price
Price of Elasticity of demand
E>1
Demand is elastic
E<1
demand is inelastic
E=1
demand is unitary elastic