Demand tends to be more price inelastic in the short-run as consumers don’t have time to find alternatives. In the long-run, consumers become more aware of alternatives. Price elasticity of demand measures the responsiveness of demand to a change in price. Demand is price inelastic if a change in price causes a smaller % change …
Specialisation occurs when workers are assigned specific tasks within a production process. Workers will require less training to be an efficient worker. Therefore this will lead to an increase in labour productivity and firms will be able to benefit from economies of scale (lower average costs with increased output) and increased efficiency. Examples of specialisation …
I wrote a while back that I was a rather unenthusiastic supporter of remaining in Europe, and perhaps it wasn’t that important. In recent weeks, I have become more committed to staying in Europe, and feeling leaving the EU would be a regressive step. Bigger perspective The EU was formed out of the Second World …
Demand management policies are efforts to influence the level of aggregate demand (AD) in an economy. The two main types of demand management policies are: Monetary Policy Fiscal Policy To some extent, the exchange rate could be used to influence aggregate demand, but in practice, it is rarely used as a tool to influence aggregate …
During the years 1997-2007, there was a significant rise in government spending, though as a % of GDP the rise was less marked. Source: ONS Public Sector Finances MF6U – October 2014 Government spending as a % of GDP A more meaningful comparison is to look at the share of government spending as a % …
Readers Question: Can you please explain how speculators can gain a profit from a speculative attack on currencies? A speculative attack on a currency occurs when ‘investors’ believe that the value of a currency is over-valued and therefore, they sell that currency in anticipation of it falling and buy another currency (e.g. sell their holdings …
The US Dept of Food produces an interesting service on offering estimated elasticities of demand. [link] This graph shows the Cross Elasticity of demand (XED) for various goods with respect to food. I choose two countries – Bangladesh (low income) and the UK (relatively high income) Source: [link] What this means is that if the price …
How to calculate price elasticity of demand. Price elasticity of demand = % change in Q.D. / % change in Price To calculate a percentage, we divide the change in quantity by initial quantity. If price rises from $50 to $70. We divide 20/50 = 0.4 = 40% Example of calculating PED When the price …