CHAPTER 6| Elasticity: The Responsiveness of Demand and Supply SOLUTIONS TO END-OF-CHAPTER EXERCISES Answers to Thinking Critically Questions 1. Even if the overall demand for gasoline is inelastic‚ a revenue increase for Joe’s Gas-and-Go will occur only if the percentage increase in price is greater than the percentage decrease in quantity demanded. If Joe’s price increase is too large and Joe has other competitors who do not raise their prices‚ then it is possible that the percentage
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item’s price is increased or decreased by a particular proportion.” (Douglas‚ (2012) In terms of elasticity and inelastic both describe how shift demand or supply for a certain goods it is elastic. Addicted nicotine users are considered inelastic while social smokers are considered elastic. When a price change results in little or no change in the level of supply or demand‚ the good is inelastic. The effectiveness of government policy aimed at reducing the negative effects of smoking on health. One
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helps a producer to fix the price of his product. A higher price is charged if the demand for the product is inelastic and a lower price is charged if the demand for the product is elastic. Thus‚ the price-increase policy is to be followed if the demand is inelastic in the market and the price-decrease policy is to be followed if the demand is elastic. 2) Poverty in the midst of plenty: Inelastic demand for agricultural products helps to explain why bumper crops or rice or wheat depress the prices and
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1. F. James McDonald the former president of the US automobile workers federation suggested an average reduction of 4% in the price of the car. The automobile market was weak‚ which resulted in unemployment. Lower price would lead to greater sales and stimulate employment. McDonald believed that a 4% reduction in price would increase sales by 16%.David black‚ representing the management of the automobile manufacturers disagreed with McDonald’s estimation. Black cited studies which indicated price
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particular amount can have on demand. The example in our book refers to using dollars or pennies‚ in one instance the dollar amount leads to a demand that is elastic‚ however that same dollar amount in pennies would lead one to see that demand is inelastic. The amount is the same‚ regardless of the currency‚ therefore the demand should be the same too. This is one reason why economists use percentages. The second reason deals with comparisons. Percentages help us more accurately compare the consumer
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Unit 2: Supply and Demand Study Guide and Review Questions Rachel Bracker‚ Scott Doyle‚ Lyra Hall and Christine Wong Winter 2010 Period 3 Terms Background and Straightforward concepts: 1. Competition: rivalry in supplying or acquiring an economic service or good 2. Free Market: a market where the price is arranged by the mutual consent of sellers and buyers‚ without government or trader manipulation 3. Equilibrium: when supply and demand are balanced at a price
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PED as a positive value always. From this we can see that the value of PED would be 1.6 making the product elastic. However‚ if the 0<PED<1‚ then it would be inelastic as the change in price is greater then the change in quantity. If PED = 1 then the elasticity would be unitary and if it were 0 then it would be perfectly inelastic. It is only brands
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The demand of a product varies with the price. There are three categories of elasticity of demand; elastic‚ inelastic and unit elasticity. Elastic demand is one in which the change in quantity the consumer demands is due to the change in price of the product being larger. Inelastic demand is one in which the change in quantity demanded due to a change in price is small. Inelastic demand usual causes a negative effect on the product. Elasticity of demand is measured by dividing the percentage
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Lecture1 1.What’s the “ economizing problem”? Scarce resources VS. unlimted wants. ( labor‚ capital‚ land) 2. Are “normative statements”(规范声明) merely factual and free of value-judgment? No‚ normative is prescriptive. Things should be postive and factual. 3. Define the “fallacy of composition”. Fallacy of composition(组合谬误) is false generation. 4. Money is not considered a resource. Why? Because money is not a product. 5. Why is the production possibilities curve downsloping? Because
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TERM PAPER FIRST SEM MBA MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS “Kinds Of Elasticity Of Demand” “Factors Influencing Elasticity Of Demand” GROUP 2 ROLL NO | NAME | 7 | PRAVEEN KUMAR K L | 8 | PRAVEEN R | 9 | PRITHVI LINGH HONNESH | 10 | PRITHVI P M | 11 | PRIYA DARSHINI B A | 12 | PRIYANKA JAHAGIRDAR | ------------------------------------------------- ABSTRACT From the managerial point of view‚ the knowledge of nature of relationship between
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