Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

The American Economist is a leading refereed journal published by the International Honor Society in Economics – Omicron Delta Epsilon – for the enhancement of research in economics. It publishes ...

Elasticity in the financial sense is a term used to describe the degree to which a change in one variable leads to a change in another variable—how a price increase or decrease affects sales. If, for ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Elasticity is a method of measuring the likelihood of one economic factor affecting another, such as when the price of an item affects consumer demand or when supply affects how much something costs.