ECON101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Demand Curve, Negative Number, Inferior Good
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Measure of degree of responsiveness in certain factors: income, price, supply. Difference lies in demand curve (slope: note: slope is not elasticity. Price elasticity of demand: units-free measure of the responsiveness of the quantity demanded of a good to a change in its price. . 50 a pizza and 9 pizza an hour are demanded. When price falls by /pizza, the quantity demanded increase by 2 pizzas/hour. % change in quantity demanded: % q= price change average price = quantity c hange averagequantity = = -4 interpretation: negative is indication of inverse relationship between price and quantity demanded, but we take it as an absolute value. =4 interpretation: a 1% decrease in price will lead to a 4% change in quantity demanded, good is elastic, greater change in quantity demanded when the price changes. Average price and quantity: the midpoint between original price and new price.