ELASTICITY

the ability of a body to resist a distorting influence or stress and to return to its original size and shape when the stress is removed. All solids are elastic for small enough deformations or strains, but if the stress exceeds a certain amount known as the elastic limit, a permanent deformation is produced. Both the resistance to stress and the elastic limit depend on the composition of the solid. Some different kinds of stresses are tension, compression, torsion, and shearing (see strength of materials). For each kind of stress and the corresponding strain there is a modulus, i.e., the ratio of the stress to the strain; the ratio of tensile stress to strain for a given material is called its Young's modulus. Hooke's law [for Robert Hooke] states that, within the elastic limit, strain is proportional to stress.

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The Elasticity of Demand for Health Care: A Review of the Literature and Its Application to the Military Health System
Book by Jeanne S. Ringel, Susan D. Hosek, Ben A. Vollaard, Sergej Mahnovski; Rand, 2002
...The estimates of income elasticity of demand are in the range...The positive sign of the elasticity measure indicates that as...increases. The magnitude of the elasticity, however, suggests that...tend to report higher income elasticities. The difference in estimates...
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Essays in Economic Analysis
Book by Abba P. Lerner; Macmillan, 1953
Subjects: Economics
...price is raised, the elasticity of demand is equal to...monopolistic equilibrium that elasticity of demand shall be greater...incompatibility, for the two elasticities of demand are different things. The elasticity that has to be greater...
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Trade Negotiations in the Tokyo Round: A Quantitative Assessment
Book by William R. Cline, Noboru Kawanabe, T. O.M. Kronsjö, Thomas Williams; Brookings Institution, 1978
Subjects: General Agreement On Tariffs And Trade (Organization), Nontariff Trade Barriers, Tariff, Tokyo Round--(1973-1979)
...relatively low elasticities. For the...aggregate elasticity shown in...an import elasticity for goods...individual country elasticities actually...individual state" elasticities and we construct...external elasticity by adding...
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Monetary Policy Transmission in the Euro Area: A Study by the Eurosystem Monetary Transmission Network
Book by Ignazio Angeloni, Anil K. Kashyap, Benoît Mojon; Cambridge University Press, 2003
Subjects: Euro, Monetary Policy--European Union Countries, Monetary Policy--Transmission Mechanism
...0.46 6 -0.34 Elasticity suppressing cash flow...the entries are the elasticities of investment with...compute the implied elasticity of investment. Our...estimated investment elasticities. In particular, we...estimate of the overall elasticity when all the linkages...
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Trade Policy in Developing Countries
Book by Edward F. Buffie; Cambridge University Press, 2001
Subjects: Developing Countries--Commercial Policy--Econometric Models, Free Trade--Developing Countries--Econometric Models, Investments, Foreign--Developing Countries--Econometric Models
...AU) partial elasticities of substitution...The AU partial elasticity of substitution...of the partial elasticities of substitution...3 The AU elasticity of substitution...of the proposed elasticities of substitution...the appropriate elasticity depends on the...
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Elasticities of Substitution in Real Business Cycle Models with Home Production
Journal article by John Y. Campbell, Sydney Ludvigson; Journal of Money, Credit & Banking, Vol. 33, 2001
Subjects: Business cycles--Research, Consumption (Economics)--Research, Elasticity (Economics)--Research, Households--Research, Leisure--Research, Production (Economics)--Research
...intertemporal elasticity of substitution...table reports the elasticities of market consumption...intertemporal elasticity of substitution...table reports the elasticities of market consumption...intertemporal elasticity of substitution...table reports the elasticities of market consumption...
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Tuition Elasticity of the Demand for Higher Education among Current Students: A Pricing Model
Journal article by Glenn A. Bryan, Thomas W. Whipple; Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 66, 1995
Subjects: College costs--Research, Education, Higher--Economic aspects, Elasticity (Economics)--Models, Pricing--Models
Tuition elasticity of the demand for higher education...upon current students tuition price elasticity of demand for education.(2) In...quantifies the relationship between tuition elasticity and projected net earnings is applied...
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Estimation of Food Demand Elasticities Using Hicksian Composite Commodity Assumptions
Journal article by Julie A. Nelson; Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics, Vol. 33, 1994
Subjects: Demand (Economics)--Analysis, Elasticity (Economics)--Analysis, Food consumption--Analysis
...the other two elasticities.) The income elasticity of quality is...of the price elasticity.(12) These price elasticities are appealing...final demand elasticity is (marginally...estimated income elasticities of physical...
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Input Demand Elasticities for Heterogeneous Labor: Firm-Level Estimates and an Investigation into the Effects of Aggregation
Journal article by Peter B.. Griffin; Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 62, 1996
Subjects: Demand (Economics)--Research, Elasticity (Economics)--Research, Labor economics--Research, Wages--Economic aspects
...the mean elasticity for the sample; i.e., elasticities are derived...elasticities, when elasticities are calculated...own-wage elasticity for white...own-wage elasticity, and the...cross-wage elasticities. The estimates...
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Cross Price Elasticity and Income Elasticity of Demand: Are Your Students Confused?
Journal article by Philip E. Graves, Robert L. Sexton; American Economist, Vol. 53, 2009
Subjects: Book publishing--Research, Elasticity (Economics)--Analysis, Elasticity (Economics)--Methods, Pearson Education Inc.--Research
...definition of cross price elasticity is written as follows...show here. Cross Price Elasticity of Demand With regard to cross price elasticities, Pindyck and Rubinfeld...the cross price elasticity will be positive because...
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It's A Stretch to Believe in High Price Elasticity
Magazine article by Michael Weingarten, Bart Stuck; Business Communications Review, Vol. 31, January 2001
Subjects: Prices--Analysis, Supply and demand--Analysis, Telecommunications industry--Prices and rates, Telecommunications services industry--Prices and rates
...distance market says that elasticity is under 1.00? Six...S. telecom demand elasticity (a copy can be found...conclusion was that the elasticities for U.S. long distance...generation telecom elasticities? Arguably, in a new...initial prices, price elasticity should be fairly high...
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Elasticity on Demand, Breakeven Analysis and Pricing Decisions
Magazine article by Jonathan Harlow; Teaching Business & Economics, Vol. 4, Spring 2000
Elasticity on Demand, Breakeven Analysis and Pricing...This reaction is represented as Price Elasticity of Demand (PED), the ratio of the...This then will be the Critical Price Elasticity of Demand (CPED). If we are raising...
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The Elasticity of Time
Magazine article by Daniel Siegel; Humanities, Vol. 26, March 2005
Subjects: Einstein, Albert (1879-1955), Inventors, Scientific apparatus & instruments, Scientists, Time, Time & motion studies, Time travel
The Elasticity of Time by Daniel Siegel IN DECEMBER OF 1923 A PIECE OF DOGGEREL appeared...And wouldnt various paradoxes and absurdities result from this kind of elasticity of time? Would an astronaut who traveled in a rocket ship at high velocity...
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Elasticity: Bandwidth or Service
Magazine article by Tom Nolle; Business Communications Review, Vol. 33, August 2003
Subjects: Bandwidth, Communications industry, Computer networks, DSL (Digital subscriber line), Digital Subscriber Line, Ethernet, Information networks, SONET (Data transmission), SONET (Telecommunications), Telecommunications industry, Telecommunications services industry
Elasticity: Bandwidth or Service. by Tom Nolle Access technology has always limited...NetMeeting session--from an email link. The idea of demand-side "elasticity" networking makes sense not only for customers, but also for the carriers...
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Economics for the Citizen, Part IV
Magazine article by Walter E. Williams; Freeman, Vol. 56, April 2006
Subjects: Economic theory, Elasticity of demand, Price variance, Property rights
...products is related to a concept known as elasticity of demand, but we wont get bogged down...government coffers. They had a zero-elasticity vision of the world, namely, that...how much and over what period. This elasticity concept is not restricted to what are...
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Half-Baked Idea about Elasticity of Money Supply; IN ASSOCIATION WITH Rensburg Sheppards the Big Feature
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), October 22, 2008
Half-Baked Idea about Elasticity of Money Supply; IN ASSOCIATION WITH Rensburg Sheppards the Big...anything else smacks of the sort of half-baked thinking about the elasticity of money supply that we saw on Wall Street in the past decade...
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My Body Is like an Overwashed Jumper -- It Has Lost Its Elasticity; I Don't Know How I Do It
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 8, 2011
My Body Is like an Overwashed Jumper -- It Has Lost Its Elasticity; I Dont Know How I Do It. Byline: Lorraine Candy MUFFIN...washed too many times and gone baggy, my body has lost its elasticity. Combine this with a newly- discovered sweet tooth and you...
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Hazards Rooted in Sept. 11; Long-Term Loss of Liquidity, Market Elasticity
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 29, 2009
Subjects: Liquidity (Finance)
...Rooted in Sept. 11; Long-Term Loss of Liquidity, Market Elasticity. Byline: Linden Blue and Herbert London, SPECIAL TO THE...industrialized nations liquidity that deprived markets of elasticity - i.e., the ability to absorb housing and other debt bubbles...
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How to Pamper Yourself through Your Pregnancy
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), July 12, 2007
Subjects: Clothing industry--Methods, Pregnancy--Methods
...damaged areas, and the associated loss of elasticity, is likely to leave you with a saggy...drying affect of water and maintain elasticity. "Drinking plenty of water, and eating...clinically tested and proven to help maintain elasticity and skin tone. During pregnancy this...
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Yes, a Tan Gives You Wrinkles. but No One Told Me It Shrinks Your Skin (or What You Have to Go through to Fix It!); Jetting from Rain-Lashed Britain to Top Up Your Tan? Read This Cautionary Tale from the Star of Changing Rooms First. Crisp Morning Light Showed the Real State of My Skin-My Girls' Little Faces Won't Cook in the Sun like Mine
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), August 2, 2009
...also responsible for skin strength and elasticity and is the main component of the lower...Collagen supplements may help maintain skin elasticity and plumpness - although this is not...help maintain the skins strength and elasticity - is to increase its supply, by stimulating...
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Elasticity
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ELASTICITY the ability of a body to resist a distorting influence or stress and to return to its original size and shape when the stress is...
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Menopause
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...osteoporosis , in which the bones lose elasticity and become brittle, increases. In...lipoproteins (LDLs) increase, arteries lose elasticity, and more body weight is redistributed...muscle tone in the pelvis, loss of elasticity in the skin, and hair thinning. Estrogen...
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Rubber
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the loosely coiled polymeric chains; elasticity occurs because the chains can be stretched...to alkalies and weak acids. Rubbers elasticity, toughness, impermeability, adhesiveness...polyester and polyether blocks provide elasticity; they are the most versatile elastomer...
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Balance
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...body to be weighed is applied. Within the springs limit of elasticity, the distance through which it is stretched is directly proportional...the spring very gradually uncoils even though its limit of elasticity has not been exceeded. For ordinary purposes the errors are...
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Matter
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...structure and thus differ from one form of matter, i.e., one substance, to another. Such properties include ductility , elasticity , hardness , malleability , porosity (ability to permit another substance to flow through it), and tenacity (resistance...
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