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Signs don't matter
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Elasticity of Demand, Elasticity of Supply
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Signs matter
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Elasticity of Income, Cross Elasticity
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Elasticity of demand > 1
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Elastic
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Elasticity of demand < 1
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Inelastic
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Elasticity of Demand = 1
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Unit Elastic
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Elasticity of Demand = 0
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perfectly inelastic
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Elasticity of Demand = Infinity
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perfectly elastic
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To increase Total Revenue of Inelastic Demand
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Increase Price
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To increase Total Revenue of Elastic Demand
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Decrease Price
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The equations for elasticity measures
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Responsiveness
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Four determinants of elasticity
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-Number of substitutes
-Necessity (inelastic) vs Luxury (elastic)
-Amount of time to search
-Percentage of one's budget
-Necessity (inelastic) vs Luxury (elastic)
-Amount of time to search
-Percentage of one's budget
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Cross Elasticity: (+)
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Substitutes
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Cross Elasticity: (-)
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complements
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Income Elasticity: (+)
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normal good
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Income Elasticity: (-)
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inferior good
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Income Elasticity = 0
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neutral good
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Income Elasticity
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% change in quantity demanded / % change in income
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Cross Elasticity
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% change in quantity demanded of good A / % change in Price of good B
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Elasticity off demand
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% change in quantity demanded / % change in price
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Elasticity of supply
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% change in quantity supplied / % change in price