What Elasticity Measures
What Elasticity Measures
Elasticity measures the responsiveness of one economic quantity to a change in another. Each elasticity is calculated as a percentage change divided by a percentage change, so it has no units.
Step-by-step lessons covering AQA A Level Economics 1.3.2 Price, income and cross elasticities of demand for A Level Economics. Each lesson works through exam-style questions in Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3 format. Start with the core supply-and-demand models before moving on to the more evaluation-heavy macroeconomic policy topics.