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Elasticity
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INTHISCHAPT
ER 20-1 Elasticity: Part 1
20-2 Elasticity: Part 2
20-3 Other Elasticity Concepts
20-4 The Relationship Between Taxes
and Elasticity
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20-1 Elasticity: Part 1 (1 of 8)
The law of demand states that price and quantity demanded are
inversely related, ceteris paribus, but it doesn’t tell us by what
percentage the quantity demanded changes as price changes
The notion of price elasticity of demand can help answer this
question
► 20-1a Price Elasticity of Demand
• Price Elasticity of Demand: A measure of the responsiveness of
quantity demanded to changes in price
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20-1 Elasticity: Part 1 (2 of 8)
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20-1 Elasticity: Part 1 (3 of 8)
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EXHIBIT 1
Calculating Price Elasticity of Demand
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20-1 Elasticity: Part 1 (4 of 8)
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20-1 Elasticity: Part 1 (5 of 8)
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EXHIBIT 3
Graphical Representation of Price
Elasticity of Demand
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20-1 Elasticity: Part 1 (6 of 8)
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20-1 Elasticity: Part 1 (7 of 8)
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20-1 Elasticity: Part 1 (7 of 8)
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EXHIBIT 4
Price Elasticity of Demand and Total
Revenue
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EXHIBIT 5
Drug Busts and Drug-Related Crime
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EXHIBIT 6
Elasticities, Price Changes, and Total
Revenue
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20-2 Elasticity: Part 2 (1 of 5)
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EXHIBIT 7
Price Elasticity of Demand Along a
Straight-Line Demand Curve
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20-2 Elasticity: Part 2 (2 of 5)
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20-2 Elasticity: Part 2 (3 of 5)
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20-2 Elasticity: Part 2 (4 of 5)
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20-2 Elasticity: Part 2 (5 of 5)
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20-3 Other Elasticity Concepts (1 of 5)
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20-3 Other Elasticity Concepts (3 of 5)
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20-3 Other Elasticity Concepts (4 of 5)
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EXHIBIT 8
Price Elasticity of Supply (1 of 2)
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EXHIBIT 8 (cont)
Price Elasticity of Supply (1 of 2)
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EXHIBIT 9
Summary of the Four Elasticity Concepts
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20-3 Other Elasticity Concepts (5 of 5)
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EXHIBIT 10
House Prices and Elasticity of Supply
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20-4 The Relationship Between
Taxes and Elasticity (1 of 3)
► 20-4a Who Pays the Tax?
• The placement of a tax is not the same as its payment
• Example: the DVD tax:
• Although the full tax was place don the sellers, they paid
only ½ of it
• Although none of the tax was placed on buyers, they paid ½
of it, too
• Lesson: government can place a tax on whomever it wants, but
the laws of supply and demand determine who actually ends up
paying it
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20-4 The Relationship Between Taxes and Elasticity (2 of 3)
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20-4 The Relationship Between Taxes and Elasticity (3 of 3)
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EXHIBIT 11
Who Pays the Tax?
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EXHIBIT 12
Different Elasticities and
Who Pays the Tax (1 of 2)
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EXHIBIT 12
Different Elasticities and
Who Pays the Tax (2 of 2)
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EXHIBIT 13
Maximizing Tax Revenues
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