(i) What is meant by ’cross-price elasticity of demand’? It is a measure of the responsiveness of demand for a good to a change in the price of another good. This good can either be a substitute good or complementary good. (ii) Comment on the cross-price elasticity of demand between platinum and gold. When the price of platinum rises demand for gold rises. Because gold can be a substitute for platinum people will want to buy gold more when the price of platinum increases. (b)
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Will Bury’s Price Elasticity Scenario Kuitina Smith Economics/ECO 561 Professor Sadu Shetty April 13‚ 2009 Will Bury’s Price Elasticity Scenario In the Will Bury Scenario‚ supplied by the University of Phoenix online‚ my paper will explain some economic concepts from this week’s reading assignment. This information will in turn be used to relate to the context of the scenario. The concept of scarcity and choice states that because there are scarce resources‚ this
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Business Economics Case Number 6 Topic : Elasticity of Demand Objective: a) To apply the concept of elasticity of demand b) To correlate elasticity with decision making Part -I President Mr. Chatterjee of Indian Institute of Business Economics (IIBE)‚ India is concerned about the financial state of his institution. Last year there was a loss of Rs.1.5 million and the trustees are getting restless. Currently there are 1000 full-time students‚ out of that 700 are degree students from
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There are some reasons that may affect the decrease of price elasticity of supply among the three districts. Theoretically‚ the land restriction and increase in the transaction cost will cause a negative effect on the elasticity through different channels. The insufficient land resources in Hong Kong will physically limit the housing supply‚ but the land sale system makes it even worse. The land sale system in Hong Kong restricted the supply of land by abandoning regular selling after 1998. There
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Name two types of market failure. Explain why each may cause market outcomes to be inefficient. Market Power- In some markets‚ a single buyer or seller may be able to control the market prices. Market Power can cause inefficiency because it keeps the price and quantity away from the equilibrium of supply and demand. Externalities- The impact of one person’s actions on the well-being of a bystander. Since buyers and sellers do not consider these side effects when deciding how much to consume and
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Demand‚ Supply‚ Market Equilibrium and Elasticity A. Elasticity of demand is shown when the demands for a service or goods vary according to the price. Cross-price elasticity is shown by a change in the demand for an item relative to the change in the price of another. For substitutes‚ when there is a price increase of an item‚ there is an increase in the demand for another item. When viewing complements‚ if there is an increase in the price of an item‚ the demand
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increase in income results in an increase in the demand for chicken‚ then chicken is a/ an ___________________________. A. neutral good B. luxury good C. normal good D. inferior good 2. Two goods are complements if the ____________________. A. cross elasticity of demand is negative B. income elasticity of demand is negative C. cross elasticity of demand is positive D. income elasticity of demand is positive 3. If a 5% decrease in the price of AAA brings
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Elasticity is a measure of responsiveness. It shows us how much something changes when there is another change in one of the other variables that determines it. There are three elasticities of demand that we consider‚ price elasticity of demand (PED)‚ income elasticity of demand (YED) and cross elasticity of demand (XED). An important aspect of a product’s demand curve is how much the quantity demanded changes when price is changed. The economic measure of this response in the price elasticity
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listening to it with a realistic synthetic voice (UoP‚ 2011). Carlos business is focused on selling these digital books online and is convinced on the potential success of his business. However‚ he is facing a dilemma concerning how to appropriately price his product. This paper briefly covers certain economic principles and evaluates Carlos ’ dilemma and compares it to this principles. SCARCE RESOURCES The concept or reality of scarce resources is fundamental to economics. Resources include land
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The price elasticity of demand is the percentage change in price divided by the percentage change in quantity demanded. F 2. Demand is said to be inelastic when a reduction in price results in a decrease in total revenue. T / F 3. When the price of coffee increases 8%‚ quantity demanded decreases 5%. The elasticity of coffee must be inelastic. (PERCENTAGE OF PRICE IS GREATER THAN THE PERCENTAGE OF QUANTITY BY 1/1/2) T 4. The more substitutes there are for the product the more price elastic
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