Analyze demand and supply responsiveness to price changes
Price Elasticity of Demand: Measures how responsive quantity demanded is to price changes. Values greater than 1 (in absolute terms) indicate elastic demand.
Price Elasticity of Supply: Measures how responsive quantity supplied is to price changes. Higher values indicate more flexible production.
Cross-Price Elasticity: Measures how the demand for one good responds to price changes of another good. Positive values suggest substitutes, negative values suggest complements.
Income Elasticity: Measures how demand responds to income changes. Positive values indicate normal goods, negative values indicate inferior goods.
Elastic vs. Inelastic: Elastic (|E| > 1) means quantity is very responsive to changes. Inelastic (|E| < 1) means quantity is not very responsive.