What does the cross-price elasticity of demand measure? How is it calculated?

What will be an ideal response?


The cross-price elasticity of demand measures the responsiveness of the quantity of one good demanded to changes in the price of another good. It is calculated by dividing the percentage change in quantity of good Y demanded by the percentage change in the price of good X.

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