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Elasticity: the measure of the sensitivity of one variable to another.Example: In practical terms, elasticity indicates the degree to which consumers respond to changes in price. It is obviously important for...; Elasticity definition on BNET »

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Elastic skin.(SPA and SALON: new professional products, promotions and events): Similar to the spring-back ability of a rubber band, according to Relastin--part of biopharmaceutical company Revance Therapeutics--the brand's new Neck Rejuvenating Cream restores the skin's elasticity. The cream, used in spas nationwide, is enhanced with Relastin's own Zinc Firming Complex, the same used in their Eye...; Tags: brand, Branding, cream, elasticity, MARKETING, Salon; Research articles 2008-03-01
Post-fire assessments, methodology, and equations for directly determining wood's residual flexural properties.(Statistical table): Abstract Currently, because field-ready approaches are not available, individual wood members used in light-frame construction are typically replaced when fire reduces the total dimension of a member by approximately 1/4 inch or more in depth. Accordingly, the objective of this study is to...; Tags: elasticity, Engineering, inertia, slope, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wisconsin; Research articles 2008-01-01
Brand-supermarket demand for breakfast cereals and retail competition: One of the most influential market equilibrium models for differentiated products is that of Berry, Levinsohn, and Pakes (1995; hereafter, BLP), who use a random coefficients logit demand approach at the product brand level. The BLP approach, originally applied to automobiles, has also been applied at city or national levels...; Tags: alphA, Boston, brand, Branding, cereal, elasticity, fiber, General Motors Corp., GMM, Grape, income, MARKETING, markup, Retail, supermarket; Research articles 2007-05-01
Evaluating alternative prescribed burning policies to reduce net economic damages from wildfire: Expenditures to prevent, control, and suppress wildfire in the United States have been expanding rapidly (Mutch 2002). For example, fire suppression expenditures by the USDA Forest Service rose from $160 million in 1977 to $760 million in 2005, when adjusted to 2003 dollars. Increases in wildfire costs have been attributed...; Tags: analysis, elasticity, Florida, intensity, U.S. Department of Agriculture, welfare; Research articles 2007-02-01
Urban influence on costs of production in the Corn Belt: The intrusion of low-density nonfarm development into traditionally rural areas is affecting more and more U.S. farmland (Heimlich and Anderson 2001). The direct effect of such development, the conversion of rural lands to housing and other nonfarm uses is well documented (Barnard 2000; Vesterby, Heimlich, and Krupa 1994; Fischel 1982;...; Tags: analysis, Beef, Dairy, elasticity, Farm, FINANCE, Frontier, income, Labor, MARKETING, Poultry, Productivity, Seed, survey, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Research articles 2006-11-01

Working Papers Series Abstracts: Complete texts of papers in this series are available on the Bank's website at http://www.frbsf.org/publications/economics/papers/index.php Electronic subscriptions are available through this site; paper copies are no longer available. WP 2005-01 The Welfare Consequences of ATM Surcharges: Evidence from a Structural Entry Model Gautam Gowrisankaran, Washington University, St. Louis John Krainer,...; Tags: asset, bank, banking, elasticity, Federal Reserve Board, FINANCE, knowledge, R&D, welfare; Research articles 2006-01-01
The case for cross-media environmental policy: I. INTRODUCTION Prevailing environmental regulations focus on only one environmental medium at a time, such as air pollution without addressing the potential for simultaneously occurring deleterious effects on other environmental media such as water and land. For example, the federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 CAAA mandate the...; Tags: analysis, Annual, Benefits, blend, California, derivative, elasticity, emission, Environmental, Ethanol, FINANCE, G., gasoline, HEALTHCARE, M., Quality, SOFTWARE, Taxes, U.S., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Research articles 2005-10-01
Economics is Everywhere, 2d ed: HB172 2005-041452 0-07-298260-8 Economics is everywhere, 2d ed. Hamermesh, Daniel S. McGraw-Hill Irwin, [c]2005 252 p. $13.12 pa Hamermesh (economics, U. of Texas at Austin) presents 400 vignettes inspired by everyday events from news articles, films, family, and popular culture. These vignettes...; Tags: elasticity, McGraw-Hill Companies; Research articles 2005-08-01
Economics of the "critical use" of methyl bromide under the Montreal Protocol: I. INTRODUCTION Methyl bromide MeBr, a powerful pesticide used for fumigation of soils and of agricultural products in shipment, is one of the chemicals--like chlorofluorocarbons CFCs and halons--that is known to destroy stratospheric ozone. MeBr was first controlled under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer...; Tags: CFC, Delta, elasticity, Environmental, exemption, M., nomination, ozone, Technology, U.S. Department of Agriculture, vegetable; Research articles 2005-07-01
Alteon licenses skin technology to Avon.: Alteon, Inc. (Parsippany, NJ) announced that it has granted a non-exclusive worldwide license to Avon Products, Inc. for the use of 2-amino-4,5-dimethylthiazole HBr to improve skin wrinkles and elasticity. The compound is to be used in a formulation of the anti-aging skin care product branded as...; Tags: Alteon Networks, Avon Products Inc., compound, elasticity, FINANCE; Research articles 2005-06-01
The determinants of life expectancy: an analysis of the OECD health data: 1. Introduction This study is concerned with understanding the determinants of life expectancy in developed countries. The level and variability of life expectancy has important implications for individual and aggregate human behavior; it affects fertility behavior, economic growth, human capital investment, intergenerational transfers, and incentives for pension benefit claims...; Tags: Alcohol, analysis, Benefits, elasticity, female, HEALTHCARE, M., Miller, OECD, regression, SOFTWARE, tobacco; Research articles 2005-04-01
A stable money demand: looking for the right monetary aggregate.: Introduction and summary The stability of a money demand relationship has been a major concern in monetary economics for the last 50 years. It is conventional to call the relationship between real money, a nominal interest rate, and a measure of economic activity...; Tags: deposit, elasticity, Federal Reserve Board, FINANCE, income, Lucas; Research articles 2005-03-22
Technological change and economies of scale in U.S. poultry processing: Over the past thirty years poultry processing changed from an industry of numerous small plants producing generic whole birds to one consisting of much larger plants producing deboned poultry, traypacks, and further processed products. The innovations that drove structural change had diverse impacts on costs: new processed products raised production...; Tags: Chicken, coefficient, elasticity, M., Macdonald, poultry, Strategy, Transportation, Turkey, Tyson Foods Inc., U.S. Department of Agriculture; Research articles 2005-02-01
IV. Oil price developments: drivers, economic consequences and policy responses: Introduction The price of oil has risen significantly At the end of October the oil price had more than doubled in dollar terms since the late 1990s, while increasing substantially, though somewhat less, in terms of the other major currencies (Figure IV.1). The chapter begins by investigating the...; Tags: elasticity, FINANCE, income, inflation, Investment, OECD, Oil, OPEC, Transport, volatility; Research articles 2004-12-01
Productivity, economies, and efficiency in U.S. agriculture: a look at contracts.: The growing importance of production contracts, especially for some livestock species and in certain regions, suggests that contracts confer economic benefits on farmers. This trend has, however, stimulated concerns about the impacts of contracting on farm structure and concentration, and environmental degradation, which have led to efforts by various levels...; Tags: analysis, cohort, elasticity, MARKETING, Productivity, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Research articles 2004-12-01
Effects of Country-of-Origin Labeling on Meat Producers and Consumers: Although several studies have estimated the costs of country-of-origin labeling COOL, no previous study has documented how these costs will be distributed across the live-stock sector or how producer and consumer welfare will be affected. This analysis presents an equilibrium displacement model of the farm, wholesale, and retail markets for...; Tags: analysis, beef, benefit, Econ, Editor, elasticity, M., MARKETING, meat, processor, Retail, substitution, U.S., U.S. Department of Agriculture, welfare; Research articles 2004-08-01
V. The challenges of narrowing the US current account deficit: Introduction The pattern of current account imbalances may not be sustainable ... The US current account deficit has recently reached its highest level ever recorded (Figure V.1) and OECD projections suggest that it will remain high over the next few years. The counterparts to this deficit are spread...; Tags: adjustment, baseline, consolidation, depreciation, elasticity, FINANCE, income, inflation, OECD, U.S.; Research articles 2004-06-01
Global Demand for U.S. Environmental Goods and Services: This paper reports import demand elasticities for environmental goods and services EGS for the world in aggregate and for six world regions. The paper involves a pooled cross-section and time-series estimation procedure and makes per capita demand for EGS a function of economic, political, and structural factors. The results show...; Tags: elasticity, environment, import, liberty, OECD, pollution, technology, U.S., U.S. Department of Commerce; Research articles 2004-04-01
Impacts of long-range increases in the fuel economy standard: I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND In 1975 the U.S. government enacted legislation regulating the fuel efficiency of new motor vehicles. The apparent objective of this law is to reduce American dependence on foreign oil. After large increases in the price of petroleum in the late 1990s, and with continued conflict...; Tags: car, Delta, elasticity, emission, externality, FINANCE, gasoline, General Motors Corp., Quality, standards, Taxes, U.S., WELFARE; Research articles 2004-04-01
Increasing the United States Tariff-Rate Sugar Quota for Cuba and Mexico: A Partial-Equilibrium Simulation: Increases in the United States tariff-rate quota for sugar are simulated to determine the impact of Cuban market access and an increased Mexican allotment. The effects on both domestic and international sugar markets, including production, consumption, prices, and trade, are determined and welfare effects identified. This analysis is carried out...; Tags: Cuba, elasticity, FINANCE, Mexico, MISS, quota, Transportation, U.S., U.S. Department of Agriculture; Research articles 2003-12-01