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So what is today about then?
Title: Price Elasticity of Demand
aka PED
Elasticity
“Elasticity is a measure of the
extent to which a quantity responds to
a change in a variable.”
Price Elasticity of Demand
Elastic Inelastic
Percentage change in
Demand will be
Greater than change in price.
Percentage change inprice will be
Greater than change in demand.
“The responsiveness of Demand to a change in
price.”
Price Elastic Goods
• Very responsive to Price changes
• Many Substitutes (undifferentiated)
• Products widely available
Price Inelastic Goods
• Less responsive to Price changes
• *** Inelastic goods are still affected by price rises! ***
• Inelastic goods tend to be…– Highly branded (highly fashionable) – Innovative – In short supply– Few Substitutes – Habit Forming
Calculating P.E.D.
P.E.D. = Percentage change in Demand
Percentage change in Price
% Change = Difference x 100 = _____ % Original
Calculating P.E.D.
Value Description Explanation• 0 Perfectly Inelastic Price has no
effect on demand at all
• 0<1 Inelastic Price has a small effect on demand
• 1 Unitary Changes are the same
• 1<Infinity Elastic Demand is very sensitive to price
• Infinity Perfectly Any Increase in price, kill Elasticdemand
A Demand Curve of an Elastic GoodPrice
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Total Revenue at £150Price
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Total Revenue at £200Price
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A Demand Curve of an Elastic GoodPrice
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A Demand Curve of an Inelastic GoodPrice
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A Demand Curve of an Inelastic GoodPrice
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A Demand Curve of an Inelastic GoodPrice
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A Demand Curve of an Inelastic GoodPrice
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A Demand Curve of an Perfectly Inelastic Good
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A Demand Curve of an Perfectly Inelastic Good
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A Demand Curve of an Perfectly Elastic Good
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A Demand Curve for a Good with Unitary Price Elasticity
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Summing Up
Elastic Goods • Percentage change in Demand is greater than percentage change in price.
• Highly responsive to price change • Increases in price will lead to fall in total revenue.
Inelastic Goods • Percentage change in Demand is Less than percentage change in price.
• Slightly responsive to price change (BUT STILL RESPONSIVE!)
• Increases in price will lead to a raise in total revenue.
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