Elasticity Dr. Sushma Shukla Adjunct Assistant Professor Economics North Virginia Community College 1 Elasticity • In economics‚ elasticity is the measurement of how changing one economic variable affects others. For example: i. "If I lower the price of my product‚ how much more will I sell?“ ii. "If I raise the price of one good‚ how will that affect sales of this other good?“ iii. "If we learn that a resource is becoming scarce‚ will people scramble to acquire it?" 2 Price
Premium Supply and demand Price elasticity of demand Elasticity
Introduction Managerial Economics and Business economics are the two terms‚ which‚ at times have been used interchangeably. Of late‚ however‚ the term Managerial Economics has become more popular and seems to displace progressively the term Business Economics. The discovery of managerial economics as a separate course in management studies has been attributed to three major factors: i) The growing complexity of business decision-making processes‚ because of changing market conditions and the globalization
Premium Economics
Income Elasticity of Demand Income elasticity of demand may be defined as the ratio or proportionate change in the quantity demanded of a commodity to a given proportionate change in the income. In short‚ it indicates the extent to which demand changes with a variation in consumer’s income. Practical application of income elasticity of demand 1. Helps in determining the rate of growth of the firm. If the growth rate of the economy and income growth of the people is reasonably forecasted‚ in that
Premium Supply and demand Marketing Forecasting
Definition of managerial economics 7 1.2 Choice and opportunity cost 9 2.0 Basic concerns of economics 9 3.0.0 Theories of economics 12 3.1.0 The theory of demand 13 3.1.1 Tastes 14 3.1.2 Number of buyers 14 3.1.3 Income 14 3.1.5 Expectations 15 3.2 The theory of supply 16 3.3 The theory of production 16 3.4 The theory of price( in government) 17 3.5 The theory of consumer behaviour 17 3.5.1 Rational behaviour 17 3.5.2 Preferences 17 3.5.3 Budget constraint 18 3.5.4 Prices 18 4.0 Managerial Economics and Economic
Premium Economics
The change in these demand determinants brings about a change in the market demand for goods and services. Not all curves are the same‚ however‚ and the steepness or flatness of a curve can greatly alter the affect of a shift on equilibrium. Elasticity refers to the relative responsiveness of a supply or demand curve in relation to price: the more elastic a curve‚ the more quantity will change with changes in price. In contrast‚ the more inelastic a curve‚ the harder it will be to change quantity
Premium Supply and demand Price elasticity of demand Consumer theory
Characteristics of rural India: Few of the points that can be easily inferred from the case are- 1) This is a monopolistic market. This can be inferred by the fact that there exist a perfect substitute for the product to be launched‚ although not as a one-to-one substitute but in form of ‘bath soap’ and ‘washing soap’. 2) There already exist a number of local soap brands in form of Anarkali ‚ Chand ka Tukda‚ Heroine etc. and a number of local detergent cake brands in form of Ajooba‚ Chamatkar
Premium Marketing Economics Cost
Chapter 5: Question 3: Suppose that two units of X and eight units of Y give a consumer the same utility as four units of X and two units of Y. Over this range: a. If the consumer obtains one more unit of X‚ how many units of Y must be given up in order to keep utility constant ∆Y∆X=2-84-2= - 62= -3 ~ Utility unchanged‚ if consumer exchanges 3 units of Y for 1 unit of X. b. If the consumer obtains one more unit of Y‚ how many units of X must be given up in order to keep
Premium Consumer theory
THEORATICAL REVIEW: Project manger is expected to select the the project which is benificiary to the organization. Cost benefit anlysis is done by the project manger. It is highly unlikely that project manger select the the project whose cost exceeds its benefits. Benefits can be measured either finacial or non-finacial. The puposuse of idetifying the financial benefits is called copital budgeting‚ which may be defined as decision making process by which organization evaluate the projects that
Premium Net present value
Business and Economic Research ISSN 2162-4860 2012‚ Vol. 2‚ No. 2 A Meta-Analysis of the Price Elasticity of Meat: Evidence of Regional Differences Craig A. Gallet Dept. of Economics‚ California State University‚ Sacramento 6000 J Street‚ Sacramento‚ CA‚ United States Tel: 916-278-6099 Received: July 17‚ 2012 doi:10.5296/ber.v2i2.2115 E-mail: cgallet@csus.edu Accepted: July 30‚ 2012 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ber.v2i2.2115 Abstract This study addresses regional differences
Premium Supply and demand Elasticity Price elasticity of demand
Diff between economics vs managerial economics 1 The traditional Economics has both micro and macro aspects whereas Managerial Economics is essentially micro in character. 2. Economics is both positive and normative science but the Managerial Economics is essentially normative in nature. 3. Economics deals mainly with the theoretical aspect only whereas Managerial Economics deals with the practical aspect. 4. Managerial Economics studies the activities of an individual firm or unit. Its analysis
Free Economics Economics of production Microeconomics