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    Concept of Elasticity

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    The Concept of Elasticity Themes of Today’s Lecture What is an Elasticity? Why Economists Use Elasticity Definitions of Elasticity How to Compute the Elasticity of Demand and Supply Examples of Elasticity of Demand and Supply What is an Elasticity? Measurement of the percentage change in one variable that results from a 1% change in another variable. When the price rises by 1%‚ quantity demanded might fall by 5%. The price elasticity of demand is -5 in this example. Different

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    Illustrating with examples‚ explain the concepts of price elasticity of demand‚ income elasticity of demand and cross elasticity of demand. Income elasticity of demand measures the responsiveness of demand to a change in income‚ ceteris paribus. It is the percentage change in demand for a good resulting from a percentage change in income‚ ceteris paribus. When income changes with other price or non-price factors‚ such as income‚ remaining unchanged‚ income elasticity of demand measures how much to which

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    ELASTICITY It shows the degree of responsiveness of the change in the one variable due to the change in the quantity of the other variable. Elasticity = Percentage change in the one variable Percentage change in the other variable It is simply a way of quantifying cause of and effect relationship. The concept of elasticity can be used in demand and supply. ELASTICITY OF DEMAND We can study the elasticity of demand under the following categories.  Price elasticity

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    Transport Demands and Elasticities How Prices and Other Factors Affect Travel Behavior 12 March 2013 Todd Litman Victoria Transport Policy Institute Abstract Transport demand refers to the amount and type of travel that people would choose under specific conditions. This report describes concepts related to transport demand‚ investigates the influence that factors such as prices and service quality have on travel activity‚ and how these impacts can be measured using elasticity values. It summarizes

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    Elasticity

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    IN THIS CHAPTER YOU WILL . . . Learn the meaning of the elasticity of demand Examine what determines the elasticity of demand Learn the meaning of the elasticity of supply ELASTICITY ITS AND A P P L I C AT I O N Imagine yourself as a Kansas wheat farmer. Because you earn all your income from selling wheat‚ you devote much effort to making your land as productive as it can be. You monitor weather and soil conditions‚ check your fields for pests and disease‚ and study the latest

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    elasticity

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    HOMEWORK ONE 1. What is the numerical value for the elasticity of demand if a price change causes no change in quantity demanded? . What is the numerical value for elasticity of demand if a price change causes no change in total revenue? . What is the elasticity of demand for a vertical demand curve? . What is the elasticity of demand for a horizontal demand curve? . What is the elasticity of demand if a price increase leads to an increase in total

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    Question 1‚ part (a) What is elasticity? The term elasticity is defined as a way to measure how responsive doe’s quantity demanded or quantity demanded towards its determinants (Mankiw‚ 2008). In this world today‚ every government need revenue or income in order to increase the welfare of citizens and improve the country itself. One of the ways that government use in order to increase their revenue is by taxation. To do so‚ government needs to impose taxes on goods and services. If tax is imposed

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    9 – Elasticity and Demand Demand and Elasticity Elasticity is a way to measure the responsiveness of a dependent variable to changes in an independent variable. Elasticity is defined as a ratio of the percentage change in a dependent variable to a percentage change in an independent variable. Elasticity ≡ percentage change of dependent variable Percentage change of independent variable When: Y = f(X) %ΔY E ≡ %ΔX Fal l ’05 © Reynolds 2005 Microeconomics Slide 1 Chapter 9 – Elasticity and Demand

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    Elasticity

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    creates shortage or surplus. Price Ceiling – A maximum price at which a good can be sold. Price Floor – Minimum price buyers are required to pay for a good. Elasticity The price elasticity of demand is computed as the percentage change in quantity demanded divided by the percentage change in price. That is‚ Price elasticity of demand=ED= Percentage change in quantity demand Percentage change in price Where: %▲D > %▲P (1) = Elastic demand %▲D < %▲P (1) = Inelastic Demand

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    Elasticity of Demand

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    chapter four Elasticity of Demand and Supply CHAPTER OVERVIEW This is the second chapter in Part Two‚ “Price‚ Quantity‚ and Efficiency.” Both the elasticity coefficient and the total revenue test for measuring price elasticity of demand are presented in the chapter. The text attempts to sharpen students’ ability to estimate price elasticity by discussing its major determinants. The chapter reviews a number of applications and presents empirical estimates for a variety of products. Income

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