The Price Elasticity of Demand Measures

question 11

Multiple Choice

The price elasticity of demand measures

• A) the responsiveness of quantity demanded to a change in price.
• B) the responsiveness of price to a change in competition.
• C) the change in quantity demanded due to a change in price of a substitute good.
• D) the change in price due to a change in demand.

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