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elasticity

elasticity

3 5.1
How much demand or supply changes when price changes
  • noun
  • /ɪˌlæstəˈsɪti/
  • Specialized
translation icon : elasticidad
  • Table 2 presents the estimated own-price elasticities, evaluated at the mean of each input vector.
  • price elasticity
  • demand elasticity
  • income elasticity

You have to buy something with price supply in elasticity.

Examples

  • With respect to income elasticity, she cites a range from 0.54 to 0.66.

    Academic text (1990)
  • So, OK, so how do we get the price elasticity of demand?

  • And so you can use these, these tax data in order to, to, to estimate the earnings elasticity in, in, in the US.

  • Few of the cross and own price elasticities in our analysis are greater than or close to unity.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The estimated partial elasticity of vehicle use with respect to fuel cost-per-mile is -0.21.

    Academic text (1999)
  • In economics, elasticity measures how much the quantity demanded of a good changes in response to a change in its price.

  • Understanding the price elasticity of demand helps businesses set effective marketing strategies during sales.

  • Economists often analyze the elasticity of supply to predict how producers will respond to shifts in market demand.

Antonyms

inelasticity
  • Specialized
8.4

The state of not changing much when something like a push or a price change acts on it

Compounds

skin elasticity
  • Specialized
1 4.1

How well the skin stretches and goes back to its normal shape

7.9

A number that shows how much a material changes shape when you push or pull it

elasticity of shear
  • Specialized
7.8

How well a material returns to its original shape after a sideways force

modulus of elasticity
  • Specialized
7.5

A number that shows how stiff a material is when force makes it stretch

How Elastic

elasticity
  • Specialized
3 5.1
flexibility
37 3.0
inelasticity
  • Specialized
8.4

Surface Forms

elasticity singular
elasticities plural

Morphology

elasticity = elastic (semi-transparent) = elastic + ity

The morphological formation 'elastic' + '-ity' is straightforward and forms an abstract noun meaning 'degree/quality of being elastic'.

Etymology

In economics, elasticity uses the picture of an elastic band and 'stretch' to show change: it measures how much demand or supply moves when price changes, so you can see how responsive something is.