The Concept of Elasticity Themes of Today’s Lecture What is an Elasticity? Why Economists Use Elasticity Definitions of Elasticity How to Compute the Elasticity of Demand and Supply Examples of Elasticity of Demand and Supply What is an Elasticity? Measurement of the percentage change in one variable that results from a 1% change in another variable. When the price rises by 1%‚ quantity demanded might fall by 5%. The price elasticity of demand is -5 in this example. Different
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Elasticity of Paint Kirsten Bradley American InterContinental University Microeconomics- ECON220 August 9th 2011 Elasticity of Paint I am a local painter dealing with the rise in paint cost. Paint previously cost three dollars per gallon and I used thirty-five gallons of paint per week. The cost of paint rose to three-and-a-half dollars per gallon. Accordingly‚ my usage of paint dropped to twenty gallons a week. As a result of the price increase‚ the price of elasticity demand has changed
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correct pricing for a product would be to use the concept of elasticity of demand. This paper will look at elasticity and the factors that go into calculating it‚ and describe how using elasticity could help Apple Inc. (Apple) maximize its revenue from the iPod. Finally‚ this paper will describe how a change in consumer income will affect the overall demand for iPods. Price elasticity is a tool designed to identify the overall change in demand or supply of a product compared to the overall movement of
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Managerial Economics & Business Strategy Chapter 3 Quantitative Demand Analysis Michael R. Baye‚ Managerial Economics and Business Strategy‚ 6e. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc.‚ 2008 The Elasticity Concept • How responsive is variable “G” to a change in variable “S” EG ‚ S % ΔG = % ΔS If EG‚S > 0‚ then S and G are directly related. If EG‚S < 0‚ then S and G are inversely related. If EG‚S = 0‚ then S and G are unrelated. Michael R. Baye‚ Managerial Economics and Business Strategy
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(PBNA)‚ PepsiCo International (PI) and Quaker Foods North America (QFNA). The Pepsi Bottling Group is the company that packages and distributes Pepsi products (Pepsico‚ 2008). The product selected from PepsiCo and analyzed for income and price elasticity is Pepsi. Pepsi is a product of PBNA. PBNA also includes Mountain Dew‚ Sierra Mist‚ Tropicana‚ SoBe and Aquafina. “PBNA manufactures and sells concentrate for some of these brands to licensed bottlers‚ who sell the branded products to independent
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situation changed.” This quotation brings to mind the old saying‚ “If you are a farmer‚ the weather is always bad.” Discuss the sense in which this saying might be true. (Hint: What happens to price if there is a bumper crop? What is the price elasticity of demand for wheat? Is it inelastic or elastic? What happens to total revenue if there is an increase in supply?) If a product like corn or wheat has a bumper crop season‚ the selling price for the good would fall. This is because a bumper crop season
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Anthony Cunningham Microeconomics Mr. G. E. Fitzgerald October 17‚ 2012 Tax Elasticity and Tax Policy No matter what‚ taxes matter. People talk about them‚ complain about them‚ and try to dodge them when they can. Businesses also react to taxes‚ both in how they organize their activities and‚ perhaps‚ in where they carry them out. How people and businesses react in turn affects the level and structure of taxation. The purpose of taxation is to raise revenue to pay for public goods‚ but
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SIMULATION • WHAT is Simulation ? • WHY is Simulation required ? • HOW is Simulation applied ? • WHERE is Simulation used ? DEFINITION • Simulation is a representation of reality through the use of model or other device‚ which will react in the same manner as reality under a given set of conditions. • Simulation is the use of system model that has the designed characteristic of reality in order to produce the essence of actual operation. • According to Donald G. Malcolm‚ simulation
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competition Customers exploited if firms colluded and monopolies could gain too much power Stimulates economy as there is more freedom‚ creativity‚ and motivation The weak will suffer (E.g. disabled people unlikely to be employed Price works as a demand indication and
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Demand is the quantity of goods or services consumers will buy at a particular price‚ at a particular time period. Market demand refers to the sum of individual demand for a good or service. It is assumed that the demand being represented is effective demand- the ability of consumers not just to want‚ but be able to buy the product. Quantity demanded is the inverse function of price‚ however there are other factors which influence the level of demand. Factors influencing individual demand differ
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