ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

ECONOMICS

DEMAND

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Measure of how responsive consumers are to price changes
A
Elasticity of Demand
B
Inelastic
C
Scarcity
D
Unit Elastic
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Price elasticity measures the responsiveness of the quantity demanded or supplied of a good to a change in its price. It is computed as the percentage change in quantity demanded-or supplied-divided by the percentage change in price.

Detailed explanation-2: -The price elasticity of demand measures the responsiveness of quantity demanded to changes in price; it is calculated by dividing the percentage change in quantity demanded by the percentage change in price.

Detailed explanation-3: -That’s where the price elasticity of demand comes in. It is a measure of how sensitive, or responsive, consumers are to a change in price. For any given good or service, the price elasticity of demand measures how much the quantity demanded by consumers responds to a change in the price of that good or service.

Detailed explanation-4: -Income elasticity of demand measures the responsiveness of demand for a particular good to changes in consumer income. The higher the income elasticity of demand for a particular good, the more demand for that good is tied to fluctuations in consumers’ income.

Detailed explanation-5: -The measure economists use to describe the responsiveness of demand for a good or service to a change in the price of another good or service is called the cross price elasticity of demand, e A, B.

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