Elasticity of Demand

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What is Elasticity of Demand?

Elasticity of Demand is an economic term that indicates the responsiveness of demand to a change in a determinate, typically supply.

• Elastic Goods see their demand respond rapidly to changes in factors like price or supply (e.g., luxury goods).

• Inelastic Goods retain their demand (to a considerable extent) even when prices rise sharply (e.g., bread, milk, gasoline).

What is Elasticity? Types.

In economics, elasticity refers to the measure of the responsiveness of quantity demanded or quantity supplied to one of its determinants.

5 types of elasticity are: demand elasticity, supply elasticity, income elasticity, cross elasticity, and price elasticity. This last one measures the responsiveness of the quantity demanded (or supplied) of a product to its price.

Calculating Elasticity of Demand. Formula.

You can calculate the elasticity of demand by the percentage change in quantity demanded that occurs in response to a percentage change in supply. For example: if in response to a 15% fall in the supply of a good, the quantity demanded increases by 30%, the elasticity of demand would be 30% / −15% = −2.

See the Price Setting (Pricing) Knowledge Center for more on how Price Elasticity of Demand (Price Sensitivity) is used in marketing by marketers in product pricing.

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