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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companies control the entire market. These firms are in a highly concentrated industry. Oligopolies can result from various forms of collusion which reduce competition and lead to higher costs for consumers. Once a company in an oligopoly changes price or strategy both profit and other companies are impacted. In other words‚ the companies in this industry will change at the same time‚ especially facing a challenge. In their current market position‚ Kodak retains the highest market share. Kodak receives
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Everyday there is a change in prices of a good due to economic changes. The outcome of any situation determines the price of a good. There are three types of elasticity of demand that each good has‚ which are elastic‚ a situation in which the supply and demand for a good or service can vary significantly due to the price (Elastic Definition‚ 2012); unitary elastic‚ a situation where a change in one factor causes an equal or proportional change in another factor (Unitary Elasticity‚ 2012); and inelastic‚
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Chapter 5 DEMAND ANALYSIS QUESTIONS & ANSWERS Q5.1 Q5.1 Is the economic demand for a product determined solely by its usefulness? ANSWER No‚ two basic conditions must be met before economic demand is created. First‚ there must be value associated with acquiring and using the good or service. For individuals‚ this value is in terms of utility‚ well being‚ or satisfaction through consumption. For firms‚ this value is measured in terms of the profit created through resource employment. Second‚ there
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market. i) The nature of the market and demand ii) Elasticity of demand iii) Competitor’s cost‚ price and offers iv) Inflation and deflation v) Interest rate vi) Reseller reaction vii) Social consideration viii) Government policies and regulation ix) Customer Expectation i) The nature of the market and demand - have knowledge about the relationship between market and demand Types of market a) Perfect competition - one
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Producer surplus is the difference between the minimum price the producer is willing to receive and what they actually receive. The surplus is their profit‚ and the larger the surplus‚ the greater their profit on the good. When it decreases‚ the producer receives a price closer to the minimum acceptable. The consumer surplus measures what the consumer is willing to pay and that price’s difference from the market price. The closer to the market price‚ the higher the consumer surplus‚ as consumers are
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Chapter 4: a. Discussion Questions: 8 and 11. 8. {5 points] If the price increases by 10 percent‚ by how much does the quantity of household ( a) natural gas and ( b) electricity change in the short run and in the long run? ( Hint: Use the price- elasticity values in Table 4- 3.) In general‚ . Using the numbers we have Short-run Long-run Gas Electricity 11. [5 points] Suppose that the cross- price elasticity of demand between McIntosh and Golden Delicious apples is 0.8‚ between apples
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Applied Problem 3 - 1 Chapter 5: Applied Problem 1 Bridget has limited income and consumes only wine and cheese; her current consumption choice is four bottles of wine and 10 pounds of cheese. The price of wine is $10 per bottle‚ and the price of cheese is $4 per pound. The last bottle of wine added 50 units to Bridget’s utility‚ while the last pound added 40 units. a) Is Bridget making the utility-maximizing choice? Why or why not? In simplest terms wine is 50 units/$10 = 5 and cheese is 40
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subscriptions is optimal‚ and‚ at the current prices‚ the marginal revenue from the last subscription sold to a student is $6‚ while the marginal revenue from the last subscription sold to a regular customer is $10. In order to maximize profit‚ the magazine should a. stop offering students a discount on the regular subscription rate. b. offer students a higher discount (lower the price to students). *c. offer students a lower discount (raise the price to students). d. offer all customers the same
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HkkÏvuqi POLICY PA P E R 21 ICAR Demand and Supply Projections for Livestock Products in India M. B. Dastagiri jk"Vªh; d`f"k vkfFkZdh ‚oa uhfr vuqla/kku dsUnz NATIONAL CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND POLICY RESEARCH NCAP Publication Committee S Selvarajan B C Barah Suresh Pal Rasheed Sulaiman‚ V P Adhiguru NCAP has been established by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) with a view to upgrading agricultural economics research through integration
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