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Price elasticity of demand

Elucidate any four factors which affect the price elasticity of demand.

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A) Nature of Commodity: Requirements such as Salt, Kerosene oil and so on have inelastic demand and luxuries elastic demand.

B) Availability of substitutes: The Demand for goods which contain close substitudes is relatively much elastic and goods devoid of close substitutes having less elastic demand.

C) Different uses: Commodities which can be put to various uses contain elastic demand for instance electricity has different utilizations.

D) Habit of the consumer: The Goods to which consumers become habitual will contain inelastic demand. Illustration:? Liquor and Cigarette.

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