ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

ECONOMICS

DEMAND

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which economic concept is defined as the measure of how responsive consumers are to a price change?
A
consumer expectations
B
consumer taste
C
decreasing marginal utility
D
elasticity of demand
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Price elasticity of demand is an economic measure of the sensitivity of demand relative to a change in price. The measure of the change in the quantity demanded due to the change in the price of a good or service is known as price elasticity of demand.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Elasticity of Demand. • 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-4: -∴ Cross elasticity of demand is the degree of responsiveness of the demand for a commodity to a change in its price.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.

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