Elasticity and consumption expenditure, Managerial Economics

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The relationship between, total expenditure and price elasticity of demand has summed up in the below table:

Table: Elasticity and Consumption Expenditure

Elasticity

(ece)

Price change M

Marginal Expenditure

Total Consumer

Expenditure

ece< 1

Rise

ME < 1

Decreases

Fall

ME > 1

Increases

ece = 1

Rise

ME = 1

Constant

Fall

ME = 1

Constant

ece > 1 R

Rise

ME < 1

Increases

Fall

ME < 1

Decreases

As illustrated in Table above, when ece> 1, for example demand is elastic, an increase in price causes more than proportionate decrease in quantity demanded. Therefore, total expenditure decreases. And, if price decreases quantity demanded increases more than proportionately. Consequently total expenditure increases.

When ece = 1, a rise (or fall) in price causes a proportionate fall (or rise) in quantity demanded leaving total expenditure unchanged.

When ece< 1, it implies when demand is inelastic, a rise in price causes a rise in the total expenditure since demand decreases less than proportionately and a fall in price decreases it as quantity demanded increases less than proportionately.


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