Elasticity

Elasticity is the extent to which one variable responds to another variable.

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1. When comparing the change in demand with the change in price what are we measuring?

  • Price elasticity
  • Price mechanism
  • Income elasticity
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2. With price elasticity, if demand has changed by a smaller percentage than the price, the good is said to be:

  • Price inelastic
  • Demand driven
  • Price elastic

3. How do you work out percentage change?

  • New data - old data/old data x 100
  • Old data - new data x 100

4. Cross elasticity meausres the responsiveness of demand for one good to a change in the price of another good.

  • True
  • False

5. Income elasticity of demand is a negative number when the good is normal

  • False
  • True

Comments

Damilola

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wow...only got 3 questions wrong....very pleased with myself :)

Alex W

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Cross elasticity - Positive is subsitute goods not complementary! Otherwise good.

derby

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two answers wrong ;)

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