Thursday, August 23, 2018

Price elasticity

Price elasticity is defined as the measure of change in the quantity demanded of particular item or goods and the change of its price
Price elasticity of demand is a term commonly used in economics in context to price sensitivity
It is formulated as the ratio percentage change in quantity demanded to percentage change in price
For example- if there is a small change in price and a large change in quantity demanded it is called elastic and if there is a large change in price and a small change in quantity demanded it is called inelastic

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