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Elasticities can be usefully divided into three broad categories: elastic, inelastic, and

unitary. An elastic demand or elastic supply is one in which the elasticity is greater than one,
indicating a high responsiveness to changes in price. Elasticities that are less than one indicates
low responsiveness to price changes and correspond to inelastic demand or inelastic
supply. Unitary elasticities indicate proportional responsiveness of either demand or supply, as
summarized in TABLE 1

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