raise prices when facing an inelastic demand curve but might or might not raise price when facing an elastic demand curve? Explain and justify your answers in detail. Elasticity and profit maximization behavior When facing an inelastic demand curve‚ a profit maximizing businessman would always raise price because increase in price will bring about increase in total revenue. On the other hand‚ when facing an elastic demand curve‚ he might or might not raise price because increase in price will
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Market Structure o Perfect (pure) competition Price–taking firms each with no influence over the ruling market price (see diagram below) Free entry and exist of businesses in the long run – drives down profits towards a normal profit equilibrium level Each supplier produces homogeneous products – each a perfect substitute – hence the perfectly elastic demand curve for the individual supplier Key factor - interdependent nature of pricing decisions between rival firms Each firm must consider
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Assignment (4) - Elasticity Managerial Economics : Dr. Fakhry El Fiky _________________________________________________________________________ Name: Mahmoud Ahmed Ibrahim Abd- Elnaiem – Group B – MBA. ID# _____ _____________________________________________________________________ 1. When the Sony TV price decreases from LE 1‚000 to LE 800‚ consumers increases their quantity demand from 100‚000 units / month to 120‚000 units / month. Calculate the price elasticity of demand (PED). Also
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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 the price of WTP‚
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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 the price of ice skates increases from $10 to $20 per pair
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A STUDY ON THE CHANGE IN DEMAND FOR OUTBOUND TRAVEL DUE TO THE GLOBAL RECESSION‚ FOR RESIDENTS OF BANDRA‚ MUMBAI. UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI LALA LAJPAT RAI COLLEGE OF COMMERCE AND ECONOMICS MUMBAI‚ MAHARASHTRA Submitted By: Dhruv Gupta Class: TYBMS – A V Semester Project Guide: Prof. Arun Poojari Academic Year : 2012-2013 CERTIFICATE This is to certify
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LAW OF DEMAND‚ IT ’ S . EXCEPTIONS AND ELASTICITY . OF DEMAND SUBMITTED TO :- Prof. S. RAMU TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION MEANING OF DEMAND LAW OF DEMAND DEFINITIONS ASSUMPTIONS OF THE LAW DEMAND SEHEDULE DEMAND CURVE REASONS FOR THE LAW OF DEMAND OR THE SLOPING DOWNWARDS OF THE DEMAND CURVE EXCEPTIONS TO OR LIMITATIONS OF THE LAW OF DEMAND ELASTICITY OF DEMAND
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ELASTIC DEMAND Demand is elastic when the percentage change in the quantity demanded is greater than the percentage change in the price‚ i.e. when: Percentage change in the quantity demanded > 1 Percentage change in the price Example A fall in the price of cotton in Antigua and Barbuda from $20 to $18 causes the quantity demanded to increase from units to 150 units In the figure above‚ the price range $20 to $18‚ demand is elastic. Percentage change in the quantity
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Chapter 5 Elasticity and Its Application Multiple Choice Table 5-2 Price Quantity $100 0 $80 10 $60 20 $40 30 $20 40 $0 50 102. Refer to Table 5-2. Using the midpoint method‚ if the price falls from $80 to $60‚ the absolute value of the price elasticity of demand is a. 20. b. 10. c. 2.33. d. 0.43. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 5-1 NAT: Analytic LOC: Elasticity TOP: Midpoint method | Price elasticity of demand MSC: Analytical 103. Refer to Table 5-2. Using the midpoint method‚ if the price falls from
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Demand Analysis : Demand refers to the quantity of a commodity that customers are willing to buy at a given price over a specified period of time. Law of Demand states that quantity demanded varies inversely with price of the commodity‚ that means‚ people will buy more at lower price and buy less at higher price‚ other factors remaining same. Elasticity of Demand : Elasticity of Demand for a commodity is the measure or degree of change in the quantity demanded in response to a given price
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