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PED from demand schedule

  • 20-11-2009 11:39am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 890 ✭✭✭


    If you are asked to find the PED at initial equilibrium price and quantity what values should you use to calculate the PED other than the equilibrium point?


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  • Posts: 5,589 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    PED what now?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 890 ✭✭✭DmanDmythDledge


    PED what now?
    Price Elasticity Demand.


  • Posts: 5,589 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Price elasticity has come up a few times before, without answering your question here is a good post by the resident guru, Economiste Monetaire which gives accesible theory behind price elasticity.

    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055426817&highlight=price+elasticity


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 890 ✭✭✭DmanDmythDledge


    Thanks for that but it doesn't really answer my question at all. :) I have no problem understanding the concept, just don't know what values to use from the demand schedule as they all give different values from the PED when I put them into either the quick formula or the full one.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,452 ✭✭✭Time Magazine


    Hiya,
    To get an answer, your best bet is to provide the actual question and (if applicable) the choices of answers.


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  • Posts: 5,589 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Correct me if I'm wong here, but you seem to have the quantity suplied and demanded for a given range of prices..

    I don't think you need much more then that to answer the question.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,294 ✭✭✭thee glitz


    You need the equilibrium price and quantity (from solving the supply and demand equations)
    and dQ/dP from the demand function. PED = P/Q * dQ/dP.


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