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    Module 2: Demand Elasticity - Chapter 3 Notes

    1. What is Demand Elasticity?


     Demand Elasticity is a quantitative measurement (coefficient) showing the percentage change in the
    quantity demanded of a particular product relative to the percentage change in any one of the variables
    included in the demand function for that product. Thus, an elasticity can be calculated with regard to
    product price, consumer income, the prices of other goods and services, advertising budgets, education
    levels, or any of the variables included in a demand function
     The important point is that an elasticity measures this responsiveness in terms of percentage changes in
    both variables. Thus, an elasticity is a number, called a coefficient, that represents the ratio of two
    percentage changes: the percentage change in quantity demanded relative to the percentage change in
    the other variable.

    2. How can managers use Percent Changes?


     Percentage changes are used so that managers and analysts can make comparisons among elasticities
    for different variables and products. If absolute changes were used instead of percentage changes and
    the quantities of products were measured in different units, elasticities could vary by choice of the unit
    of measurement.
     For example, using absolute values of quantities, managers would find it difficult to compare consumer
    responsiveness to demand variables if the quantity of one product is measured in pounds and another is
    measured in tons, because they would be comparing changes in pounds with changes in tons.

    3. What is price elasticity of demand (ep)?


     The price elasticity of demand (ep) is defined as the percentage change in the quantity demanded of a
    given good, X, relative to a percentage change in its price, all other factors assumed constant, as shown
    in Equation 3.1
     Percentage change in a variable is the ratio of the absolute change (Q2 – Q1 or ΔQ; P2 – P1 or ΔP) in that
    variable to a base value of the variable, as shown in Equation 3.2

    4. What is price elasticity of demand Formula?

    where
    eP = price elasticity of demand
    Δ = the absolute change in the variable: (Q2 − Q1) or (P2 − P1)
    QX = the quantity demanded of good X
    PX = the price of good X

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    5. Draw a change in Price Elasticity of Demand?
    Figure 3.1
    Price elasticity of demand is illustrated by the change in
    quantity demanded from Q1 to Q2 as the price changes
    from P1 to P2, or the movement along the Demand curve
    from point A to point B in Figure 3.1. Because we are
    moving along a demand curve, all other factors affecting
    demand are assumed to be constant, and we are
    examining only the effect of price on quantity demanded.
    All demand elasticities are defined with the other factors
    influencing demand assumed constant so that the effect of
    the given variable on demand can be measured
    independently.

    Price Elasticity and the Movement Along a Demand Curve: Price elasticity is measured as a
    movement along a demand curve from point A to point B.

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    7. What is total revenue?
     The amount of money received by a producer for the sale of its product, calculated as the price per unit
    times the quantity sold.

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