Price Elasticity of Demand (PED)

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  • Created on: 15-05-19 20:34
What is PED?
PED measures the response of quantity demanded to changes in price
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Price Elastic
Where quantity demanded changes by a higher percentage than price
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Price Inelastic
Quantity changes by a lower percentage change in price.
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PED =
% change in QD / % change £
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0
perfectly elastic
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0 - -1
Inelastic
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-1
Unit elasticity
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-1 -2
Elastic
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Perfectly elastic
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An elastic good
Quantity demanded changes less than a % change in price. e.g. luxury goods = gucci
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Factors influencing PED?
Necessity, Substitutes, Time, The share of income a product takes
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Price Elastic

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Where quantity demanded changes by a higher percentage than price

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Price Inelastic

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PED =

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0

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