Shifts in Demand and Supply Market equilibrium under the assumption that tastes and preferences of the consumers, prices of the related commodities, incomes of the consumers, technology, size of the…
Price Elasticity of Supply The price elasticity of supply (PES or Es) is an economic measure that shows the responsiveness, or elasticity, of the quantity supplied of a good…
Price Elasticity of Demand The price elasticity of demand is the ratio of the percentage change in quantity demanded to the percentage change in price for a product. Economists…
Elasticity of Demand The degree to which demand responds to a change in an economic factor is referred to as demand elasticity. A good’s demand moves in the…
According to Economists, Combating Climate Change can Boost the World Economy The recovery of the global economy from the coronavirus epidemic may be significantly aided by increasing investment in policies and technologies to combat climate change.…
Inferior Good An inferior good is a term used in economics to describe a good whose demand decreases as people’s incomes rise. As incomes and the economy…
Shifts in the Demand Curve When a demand determinant other than price changes, the demand curve shifts. It happens when the demand for goods and services changes but the price…
Normal and Inferior Goods The amount of a commodity that a customer demands can rise or fall in response to an increase in earnings, depending on the commodity’s characteristics.…
Centrally Planned Economy In a centrally planned economy, the government or the central authority plans all the important activities in the economy. All important decisions regarding production, exchange,…
Public Investment in Energy Innovation is Primarily Fueled by International Cooperation and Competitiveness Some European nations have started to reduce their consumption of oil and natural gas as the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to put pressure…
Buying a Home Lowers Happiness Than Expected, a Study Reveals We struggle to accurately estimate what will make us joyful. That is one result of a Basel economists’ study. They looked into how home ownership…
OPEC Continues to Reduce Production Even as the West Intensifies its Sanctions Against Russian Oil Just hours before fresh Western sanctions on Russian crude shipments take effect, OPEC and its allies voted on Sunday to maintain their current strategy of…