Elasticity (economics)

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Elasticity is defined as the proportional change of a dependent variable divided by the proportional change of a related independent variable at a given value of the independent variable. The term was introduced by Alfred Marshall and is explained with great clarity in his Principles of Economics

Price elasticity of demand

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