Measuring responsiveness
Measuring responsiveness
Elasticity of demand measures how responsive quantity demanded is to a change in one of its determinants. It is calculated as a ratio of percentage changes and has no units.
Step-by-step lessons on Edexcel A A Level Economics 1.2.3 Price, income and cross elasticities of demand. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Start with the core supply-and-demand models before moving on to the more evaluation-heavy macroeconomic policy topics.