Why the aggregate demand curve slopes downward: To answer this question‚ we recall that the components of economy’s GDP: Y = C + I + G + NX We assume that government spending is fixed. The other three components: consumption‚ investment‚ and net exports depend on economic conditions and on the price level. 1. The price level and consumption: The wealth effect: Ex: The nominal value of a dollar is fixed‚ yet‚ the real value of a dollar is not fixed. Coca Pizza 1 $ 1 0.5$ 2 → A decrease
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candidate is expected to take to answer 36 60 minutes 24 36 minutes 30 50 minutes 10 15 minutes Weightage by content Unit No 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 3. 6 6 10 10 Mark Unit Sub-Units Introduction Consumer Equilibrium and Demand Producer Behaviour and Supply Forms of Market and Price determination National income and related aggregates Money and Banking Determination of Income and employment Government Budget and the economy Balance of Payment Total Marks 4 18
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07 2. Determine the implications for each of the computed elasticities for the business in terms of short-term and long-term pricing strategies. Provide a rationale in which you cite your results. Price elasticity is -1.19. This indicates a 1% increase in the price of the product‚ which results the quantity demanded to drop by 1.19%. Therefore‚ the demand of this product is somewhat elastic. Subsequently‚ increase in price may drive customers away. Cross-price elasticity is 0.68. If the
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The supply curve shift to right Quantity Supllied Secondly‚ elasticity is a measurement of responsiveness of people to changes in economic variables whereas elasticity demand is used to measure responsiveness of consumer to a price changes. Sugar is fairly elastic demand because there are only small changes in quantity purchased if the price of sugar increases without government’s subsidy. This is because sugar is a necessity to everyone and sugar has no much close substitute
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Price Elasticity of Demand T ’s Jean Shop sells designer jeans. The latest trend setter has been Capri cuffed blue jeans. The demand for the Capri jeans has been very high with teenagers and young women. The business has increased its supply of Capri jeans due to the high demand. The owner‚ Terri Johnson‚ contemplates increasing the price from $9.00 to $10.00. Ms. Johnson needs to know the response of the consumers to the increased price. According to McConnell and Brue (2004)‚ the Price Elasticity
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THE IMPACT OF INVESTMENT AND CONCENTRATION AMONG FOOD SUPPLIERS AND RETAILERS IN VARIOUS OECD COUNTRIES Gabor Konig‚ PhD Session 2.2. Promoting responsible international investment in agriculture This paper is distributed as part of the official conference documentation and serves as background material for the relevant sessions in the programme. The views contained within do not necessarily represent those of the OECD or its member governments. OECD Global Forum on International Investment
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Week 03 Course Paper - Supply and Demand If the price for PepsiCo brands increase so does the supply. This is because as the price increases‚ PepsiCo has an incentive to supply more to meet the demand. This creates a positive supply curve. If PepsiCo competitors can produce their products for less and sell them for less money‚ than consumers will start to purchase competitor products as substitutions (Case‚ Fair‚ & Oster‚ 2009). The demand for PepsiCo brands is the price in which consumers are
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Introduction 2 Literature review 2 Conclusion 3 Bibliography/References 3 Price Elasticity of Demand Introduction Ethanol production in the U.S. has grown tremendously in the last decade. Production was averaging one billion gallons per year in the early 1990s‚ grew to four billion gallons in 2005‚ and in 2007 exceeded six billion gallons (Renewable Fuels Association (RFA)). If current plans for new construction and expansion come to completion‚ production capacity will exceed
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Case in the news: Demand/Supply and Equilibrium This article is based on the fundamental idea of supply and demand of the iPhone 5 whose demand has outstripped its supply. Due to the fact that the demand is so high‚ even those who pre-ordered the new slim iPhone 5 had to wait until October to get this new phone. The sales have broken all previous records and stand tall at 2 million phones in the first 24 hours. According to the article people had been
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TITLE : CHINA IMPORTS SLUMP‚ RAISING DEMAND CONCERNS INTRODUCTION Supply and Demand is perhaps one of the most fundamental concepts of economics. It is the backbone of a market economy. A market is defined as a group of consumers (demand) and producers (supply) of a particular product. Competitive markets are markets with many consumers and producers‚ so that each has very small influence on the price of that product. Supply and demand act as an economic model to show how consumers and producers
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