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Elasticity

Peter Smith discusses some of the issues that arise in calculating and interpreting elasticity

How sensitive is one economic variable to changes in another? If the price of a product increases, how will this affect the quantity demanded? Elasticity is the measure that economists use to answer this sort of question.

On pages 6–10 of this issue of ECONOMIC REVIEW, Steve Stoddard explores how the concept of elasticity can arise in exam questions.

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