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#4 HOW TIME EFFECTS PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND

BY: SHANNON BRENNAN, MIKE DESALVO, STEPHANIE MAYER, AND LIZA SHAPIN
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1. Time Period considered.
2. Elasticity tends to be greater over the long run because consumers have more time to adjust their behavior to price changes. S.M.

iPhone 6:
Something that you want that has demand, but people are going to wait to buy it. Demand is still constant, so it is elastic. M.D.

Cigarettes:
Price increases on a pack, smokers will try and quit in order to save money. S.B.

Photo by Werner Kunz

Gas:
If the price of gas rises rapidly, you will still buy the same amount of gas. However, if you wait and get a new car, then you demand for gas lowers. L.S.

Photo by Pete Prodoehl