Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Elasticity

Elasticity is a general economic term for a ratio of change. Elasticity in business is most commonly applied to supply and demand, and how they respond to changes in price. For example, demand for gold is much more sensitive to price increases as compared to price changes in gasoline. Product substitution factors heavily in demand and supply price elasticity.
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