Elasticity Calculations

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Price Elasticity of Demand

PED= %change in quantity demanded/

                   %change in price 

Definition: A measure of responsiveness of quantity demanded in response to a change in goods' own price

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Price Elasticity of Supply

PES= %change in quantity supplied/

                %change in in price

Definition: A measure of responsiveness of supply of a good in response to a change in goods' own price.

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Income Elasticity of Demand

YED=%change in quantity demanded/

                  %change in income

Definition: A measure of responsiveness of quantity demanded in response to a change in people's [real] income. 

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Cross Price Elasticity of Demand

                             XPED=

%change in quantity demanded GoodA/

         %change in price of GoodB

Definition: A measure of responsiveness of quantity demanded of one good [A] to the response in a change in price of another good [B].

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