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  2. Relative change - Wikipedia

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    The relative change is independent of the unit of measurement employed; for example, the relative change from 2 to 1 m is −50%, the same as for 200 to 100 cm.The relative change is not defined if the reference value (v ref) is zero, and gives negative values for positive increases if v ref is negative, hence it is not usually defined for negative reference values either.

  3. Percentage - Wikipedia

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    If the initial amount p leads to a percent change x, and the second percent change is y, then the final amount is p (1 + 0.01 x)(1 + 0.01 y). To change the above example, after an increase of x = 10 percent and decrease of y = −5 percent , the final amount, $209, is 4.5% more than the initial amount of $200.

  4. Okun's law - Wikipedia

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    In economics, Okun's law is an empirically observed relationship between unemployment and losses in a country's production. It is named after Arthur Melvin Okun, who first proposed the relationship in 1962. [1] The "gap version" states that for every 1% increase in the unemployment rate, a country's GDP will be roughly an additional 2% lower ...

  5. Price elasticity of demand - Wikipedia

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    In other words, we can say that the price elasticity of demand is the percentage change in demand for a commodity due to a given percentage change in the price. If the quantity demanded falls 20 tons from an initial 200 tons after the price rises $5 from an initial price of $100, then the quantity demanded has fallen 10% and the price has risen ...

  6. Elasticity (economics) - Wikipedia

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    In economics, elasticity measures the responsiveness of one economic variable to a change in another. [1] If the price elasticity of the demand of something is -2, a 10% increase in price causes the quantity demanded to fall by 20%. Elasticity in economics provides an understanding of changes in the behavior of the buyers and sellers with price ...

  7. Fold change - Wikipedia

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    Fold change. Fold change is a measure describing how much a quantity changes between an original and a subsequent measurement. It is defined as the ratio between the two quantities; for quantities A and B the fold change of B with respect to A is B / A. In other words, a change from 30 to 60 is defined as a fold-change of 2.

  8. Law of demand - Wikipedia

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    The formula to solve for the coefficient of price elasticity of demand is the percentage change in quantity demanded divided by the percentage change in Price. = / / Price elasticity of demand can be classified as elastic, inelastic, or unitary.

  9. Elasticity of substitution - Wikipedia

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    Elasticity of substitution is the ratio of percentage change in capital-labour ratio with the percentage change in Marginal Rate of Technical Substitution. [1] In a competitive market, it measures the percentage change in the two inputs used in response to a percentage change in their prices. [2] It gives a measure of the curvature of an ...