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  2. Elasticity (economics) - Wikipedia

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    Goods that are inelastic often have at least one of the following characteristics: Few, if any, available substitutes (e.g. precious metals) Essential goods (e.g. petrol) Addictive goods (e.g. alcohol, cigarettes) Bought infrequently or a small percentage of income (e.g. salt)

  3. Price elasticity of supply - Wikipedia

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    Relatively inelastic supply: This is when the E s formula gives a result between zero and one, meaning that when there is a change in price, the percentage change in supply is lower than the percentage change in price. For example, if a product costs $1 and then increases to $1.10 the increase in price is 10% and therefore the change in supply ...

  4. Price elasticity of demand - Wikipedia

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    For example, when demand is perfectly inelastic, by definition consumers have no alternative to purchasing the good or service if the price increases, so the quantity demanded would remain constant. Hence, suppliers can increase the price by the full amount of the tax, and the consumer would end up paying the entirety.

  5. Inferior good - Wikipedia

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    Engels curves showing income elasticity of demand (YED) of normal goods (comprising luxury (red) and necessity goods (yellow)), perfectly inelastic (green) and inferior goods (blue) In economics, inferior goods are goods whose demand decreases when consumer income rises (or demand increases when consumer income decreases).

  6. Factors of production - Wikipedia

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    Marx considered the "elementary factors of the labor-process" or "productive forces" to be: Labor; Subject of labor (objects transformed by labor) Instruments of labor (or means of labor). [10] The "subject of labor" refers to natural resources and raw materials, including land. The "instruments of labor" are tools, in the broadest sense.

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  8. Law of demand - Wikipedia

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    Quantity demanded, on the other hand refers to a specific point on the demand curve which corresponds to a specific price. A change in quantity demanded therefore refers to a movement along the existing demand curve. However, there are some exceptions to the law of demand. For instance, if the price of cigarettes goes up, its demand does not ...

  9. Supply and demand - Wikipedia

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    Supply chain as connected supply and demand curves. In microeconomics, supply and demand is an economic model of price determination in a market.It postulates that, holding all else equal, the unit price for a particular good or other traded item in a perfectly competitive market, will vary until it settles at the market-clearing price, where the quantity demanded equals the quantity supplied ...