ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

ECONOMICS

ELASTICITY OF DEMAND

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Shows how sensitive consumer demand is to changes in price
A
price elasticity of demand
B
price elasticity of supply
C
income elasticity
D
consumer surplus
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Price sensitivity is the degree to which demand changes when the cost of a product or service changes. Price sensitivity is commonly measured using the price elasticity of demand, which states that some consumers won’t pay more if a lower-priced option is available.

Detailed explanation-2: -If demand is elastic, the quantity demanded is very sensitive to price, e.g. when a 1% rise in price generates a 10% decrease in quantity. If demand is inelastic, the good’s demand is relatively insensitive to price, with quantity changing less than price.

Detailed explanation-3: -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: -The most commonly used measure of consumers’ sensitivity to price is known as “price elasticity of demand.” It is simply the proportionate change in demand given a change in price.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.

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