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Economic Definition of coefficient of elasticity. Defined.

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Term coefficient of elasticity Definition: A numerical measure of the relative response of one variable (A) to changes in another variable (B). The most common applications for the coefficient of elasticity are price elasticity of demand and price elasticity of supply. Two other notable applications are income elasticity of demand and cross elasticity of demand.

 

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