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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=economics">economics</a>, the <b>Jevons paradox</b>, or <b>Jevons effect</b>, is said to occur when <a href="page.php?w=Technological_change">technological improvements</a> that increase the <a href="page.php?w=efficiency">efficiency</a> of a resource's use lead to a rise, rather than a fall, in total consumption of that resource. Greater efficiency reduces the amount of the resource needed per application, lowering its effective cost; if demand is sufficiently <a href="page.php?w=Price_elasticity_of_demand">price elastic</a>,</p><p>
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