巴黎第十二大學工商管理碩士學位可信嗎

考研英語閱讀基礎(chǔ)練習：經(jīng)濟學中的彈性是什么?

Often, e conomists speak of a demand curve, where the relationship between price and demandvaries depending upon how much or how little one of the two variables is changed.

通常，經(jīng)濟學家說的是需求曲線，即價格和需求之間的關(guān)系取決于兩個變量中的一個變化了多少。

Some Examples of Elasticity and Inelasticity

彈性和非彈性的一些例子

It's not surprising when a manufacturer substantially increases a product's price, that consumerdemand should diminish.

當制造商大幅度提高產(chǎn)品價格時，消費者的需求就會減少，這不足為奇。

Many common items, such as aspirin, are widely available from any number of sources.

許多常見物品，如阿司匹林，可以從許多來源廣泛獲得。

In such cases, the product's maker raises the price at its own risk -- if the price rises even alittle, some shoppers might stay loyal to the specific brand -- at one time, Bayer nearly had alock on the U.S. aspirin market -- but many more consumers would probably seek the sameproduct from another manufacturer at the lower price.