Price Discovery: Supply and Demand · Supply & Demand

Elasticity of Demand and Supply

Measuring the responsiveness of consumers and producers to changes in price and income.

Key Questions

  1. 1Why do some goods remain in demand regardless of steep price increases?
  2. 2Who benefits and who bears the costs of a tax on inelastic goods?
  3. 3How does time affect the elasticity of supply for producers?

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

ON: Market Models and Economic Structures - Grade 12ON: Price Determination - Grade 12
Grade: Grade 12
Subject: Economics
Unit: Price Discovery: Supply and Demand
Period: Supply & Demand

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