Economics is the social science that analyzes the production‚ distribution‚ and consumption ofgoods and services. analyzes the production‚ distribution‚ and consumption of goods and services. It aims to explain how economies work and how economic agents interact. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek οἰκονομία (oikonomia‚"management of a household‚ administration") from οἶκος (oikos‚ "house") + νόμος (nomos‚"custom" or "law")‚ hence "rules of the house(hold)".
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AMITY SCHOOL OF DISTANCE LEARNING Post Box No. 503‚ Sector-44 Noida – 201303 Managerial Economics Assignment A Marks 10 Answer all questions. 1. Distinguish between the following: (i) Industry demand and Firm (Company) demand‚ (ii) Short-run demand and Long run demand (iii) Durable goods’ demand and Non-durable goods demand. 2. What are the problems faced in determining the demand for a durable good? Illustrate with example of demand for households refrigerator or television set.
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fluctuation of the price of goods‚ and what impact they have on the consumers if all the other factors are being stable. Though‚ there is a point of which I would add some more clarification information. Marija correctly refers to water as an example of inelastic demand. She refers to juices‚ sparkling water etc. as substitutes of the most essential substance for the living organisms on earth. This cannot be replaced because it is vital for our health. Furthermore‚ these substances (or substitutions) do not
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Explain whether demand for Californian is elastic or inelastic and how this would affect price and demand? The demand for Californians is an elastic demand as the percentage change in quantity demanded is greater than the percentage change in price. Number of substitute products will influence this elasticity. Elastic demand means that demand for a product is sensitive to price changes. The affect that it would have on price and
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Dr. Kris De Jaegher Extra Material complementing Pindyck and Rubinfeld Chapter 2 Learning Objectives 1. Understand the meaning of demand and supply curves‚ and see how equilibrium is established; 2. Understand the meaning of the slope and intercepts of demand (and supply) curves; 3. Understand the difference between movements along demand and supply curves‚ and shifts of demand and supply curves; 4. Understand the effect of price ceilings and price floors; 5. Understand
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audio‚ however there are copyright issues that exist. To increase revenue‚ Will has to decided if his invention is elastic or inelastic and by doing so he has to perform the total revenue test. “The total revenue test is a means for determining whether demand is elastic or inelastic. If an increase in price causes an increase in total revenue‚ then demand can be said to be inelastic‚ since the increase in price does not have a large impact on quantity demanded. If an increase in price causes a decrease
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Associate Level Material Appendix B Price Elasticity and Supply & Demand Xeco – 212 02/07/2012 Peter D. Brothers Fill in the matrix below and describe how changes in price or quantity of the goods and services affect either supply or demand and the equilibrium price. Use the graphs from your book and the Tomlinson video tutorials as a tool to help you answer questions about the changes in price and quantity Event | Market affected by event | Shift in supply‚ demand‚ or both.
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than is slope because it is independent of units of measurement. (LO6-1) To calculate percentage changes in prices and quantities‚ use the average of the end values. (LO6-1) Five elasticity terms are elastic (E > 1); inelastic (E < 1); unit elastic (E = 1); perfectly inelastic (E = 0); and perfectly elastic (E = ∞). (LO6-1) The more substitutes a good has‚ the greater its elasticity. (LO6-2) Factors affecting the number of substitutes in demand are (1) time period considered‚ (2) the degree to which
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means less total cost. Would it be reasonable for a profit maximizing firm to raise price if demand were unit elastic? If demand were inelastic? If the demand were unit elastic the total revenue function is maximized. But if the price increases‚ total revenue would remain constant because the decrease in quantity demanded balanced the price increase. When demand is inelastic is the best moment to raise prices because it increases revenue. 5. Would you forecast quantity
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determines how the burden of tax is divided between buyers and sellers? Why? The elasticity of demand and the elasticity of supply determine the burden of tax divided between the sellers and buyers. Take an extreme case of a highly elastic good and a highly inelastic good. In the former
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