value for WTP‚ one can estimate elasticity of demand. If there is no switching cost between lens and medicine‚ under any price above WTP‚ farmers will choose only medicine. On the other hand‚‚ farmers will chose only lens at any price below WTP. Therefore‚ demand curve is perfectly horizontal. If we assume there is some switching cost‚ and the cost is different from farmers‚ demand increase when price goes down. If we assume liner demand curve‚ we can say slope of demand curve is negative. Still‚ at
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the concepts of price elasticity of demand‚ income elasticity of demand and cross elasticity of demand. Income elasticity of demand measures the responsiveness of demand to a change in income‚ ceteris paribus. It is the percentage change in demand for a good resulting from a percentage change in income‚ ceteris paribus. When income changes with other price or non-price factors‚ such as income‚ remaining unchanged‚ income elasticity of demand measures how much to which demand will change‚ ceteris
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Elasticity is the ability of an object or substance to return quickly to its original shape and size after being bent‚ stretched‚ or squashed. When an elastic material is deformed due to an external force‚ it experiences internal forces that oppose the deformation and restore it to its original state if the external force is no longer applied. There are various elastic moduli‚ such as Young’s modulus‚ the shear modulus‚ and the bulk modulus‚ all of which are measures of the inherent stiffness of
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Problem Set 1 Solutions 1. Calculating Taxes. The Herrera Co. had $246‚000 in taxable income. Using the rates from Table 2.3 in the chapter calculate the company’s income taxes. What is the average tax rate? What is the marginal tax rate? The total amount of income tax is 0.15($50‚000 = $7‚500 + 0.25(($75‚000 – 50‚000) = $6‚250 + 0.34(($100‚000 – 75‚000) = $8‚500 + 0.39(($246‚000 – 100‚000) = $56‚940 Total = $79‚190 The average tax rate is the total amount of tax
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Gas Price Elasticity The Energy Information Administration of the Department of Energy began tracking weekly gasoline prices in 1990 by means of a survey of 800 service stations around the country. The average retail price for unleaded gasoline posted its fourth record high during the week of June 12‚ 2000‚ increasing 5 cents a gallon to an average of $1.681. The price at the pump is higher than the same period last year by 56 cents and has risen 16.2 cents over the past month (Anonymous‚ 2000)
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Finding long-term drugs at low prices has been a dilemma for many individuals in the general population. However‚ these set prices—more often than not—are usually seen as obscene and unorthodox due to their low supply compared to such high demand‚ rendering a deficit in quantity demanded for a large number of consumers. As a conflict‚ contrary to what many would hope for‚ a vast number of drugs are not extensive which then cause the pricing methods to be rigorous. More importantly‚ several pricing
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What is the formula for measuring price elasticity of demand? Percentage change in quantity demanded / Percentage change in price When the price elasticity coefficient is less than 1‚ the percentage change in quantity demanded is smaller than the change in price. When the price elasticity coefficient is equal to 1‚ the percentage change in quantity demanded is equal to the change in price. When the price elasticity coefficient is greater than 1‚ the percentage change in quantity demanded
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week‚ but when the bookstore marks them down to $10 it finds that it can sell 50 t-shirts per week. What is the price elasticity of demand for the logo t-shirts? Is the demand elastic or inelastic? Answer Ed = -1.675 (elastic) 2. Check out the following video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncZkrO06le8). Do the early shoppers appear to have elastic or inelastic demand on Black Friday? Answer Elastic. Very responsive to price changes. 3. In the accompanying table‚ assume that
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Price Elasticity of Supply * Price Elasticity of Supply: * The degree of price elasticity of supply depends on how easily - and therefore quickly - producers can shift resources between alternative uses. Unlike PED‚ there is no Total Revenue Test for Price Elasticity of Supply. * Because there is a direct relationship between Price & Total revenue‚ they always move together. DETERMINANT OF PRICE ELASTICITY OF SUPPLY: TIME! THREE PERIODS: Market period--> short run --> long
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Questions 12DM001 1.If the market demand curve is given by QD=15-8P and the market supply curve QS=2P‚find the equilibrium price & quantity graphically & mathematically. 2.Suppose the technology to manufacture computers improves but due to some recession in the economy ‚the income of the consumer falls. Assuming computers to be normal good‚ what will be the equilibrium price & quantity for computers in this case? 002 1. Managerial economics helps in decision
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