Elasticity and Taxation

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Elasticity  and  Taxation   Important  Knowledge     • •

Elasticity  is  the  measure  of  responsiveness  of  one  thing  to  another   Price  Elasticity  of  Demand  is  the  measure  of  responsiveness  of  price  to  a  change  in   quantity.  PED=  %Change  in  Quantity                             %Change  in  Price      



Price  Elasticity  of  Supply  is  the  measure  of  responsiveness  of  price  to  a  change  in   Supply.  PED=  %Change  in  Supply                         %Change  in  Price      



Income  Elasticity  of  Demand  is  the  measure  of  responsiveness  of  Income  to  a  change   in  quantity.  PED=  %Change  in  Quantity                               %Change  in  Income  .   Elasticity  

Absolute  Value  

Elastic  

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Inelastic