We also think that the late 2011 demand surge, although it will very likely reverse in Q1, is evidence that demand price elasticity exists in solar.

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This law rules the world of technology because of what economists call price elasticity of demand.

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The price elasticity of demand is such that if prices rose by 10%, volume only falls by 4%.

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They will try to understand price elasticity of demand by segment.

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Export-led growth works well in a world where the price elasticity of demand for the exported goods is effectively infinite, where any decrease in costs will always lead to an expansion in sales.

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In response, several bloggers have argued that these elasticities are underestimated, pointing to the unreliability of estimates of long-run price elasticity of oil demand in general and to other literature with higher estimates than the IMF study.

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If food demand or supply has a very low elasticity with respect to price in the short term then when we have only a minor change in supply and or demand then we will see large changes in food prices.

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