Elasticity Week 4

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Frage 1

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The price elasticity of demand is a measure of
Antworten
  • the amount of a product purchased when income increases.
  • how much a change in demand affects the equilibrium price.
  • he equilibrium price of a product
  • buyers' responsiveness to changes in the price of a product
  • whether a product is a substitute or a complement.

Frage 2

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The price elasticity of demand calculated as the ________ divided by the ________.
Antworten
  • change in quantity demanded; change in price
  • change in price; change in the quantity demanded
  • percentage change in the quantity demanded; percentage change in price
  • percentage change in the quantity demanded; change in price
  • percentage change in price; percentage change in the quantity demanded

Frage 3

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Suppose that a 5% increase in the price of a book resulted in a 2.5% decrease in the quantity demanded of the book. The price elasticity of demand for the book is ________, which can be described as ________.
Antworten
  • 2, unit elastic.
  • 0.5, elastic
  • 2.5, elastic
  • 2.5, inelastic
  • 0.5, inelastic

Frage 4

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If a good has many close substitutes, then its demand is most likely
Antworten
  • Unit Elastic
  • Elastic
  • Perfectly inelastic
  • inelastic
  • elastic or inelastic depending on whether the price of the good is increasing or decreasing

Frage 5

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Which of the following is true? i. The easier it is to find substitutes for a good, the more price elastic the demand for the good is. ii. The demand for a good is more price elastic the smaller the proportion of income spent on it. iii. If demand is price elastic, lowering the price leads to a decrease in total revenue.
Antworten
  • Only i
  • Only ii
  • Only iii
  • i and ii
  • i and iii

Frage 6

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When we use the midpoint method to compute the price elasticity of demand we use
Antworten
  • The original price and the average quantity
  • The original quantity and the average price
  • The average price ad the original quantity
  • The average price and the average quantity
  • Either the original or new price, and the average quantity

Frage 7

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What is measured by the price elasticity of supply?
Antworten
  • The price elasticity of supply measures how responsive producers are to changes in income
  • The price elasticity of supply measures how responsive producers are to changes in the price of other goods.
  • The price elasticity of supply measures how responsive producers are to changes in the price of a product.
  • The price elasticity of supply is a measure of the slope of the supply curve.
  • The price elasticity of supply measures how responsive producers are to changes in the cost of producing a product

Frage 8

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If the price elasticity of supply for a good is 10, then supply is
Antworten
  • Elastic
  • Perfectly Elastic
  • Unit Elastic
  • Inelastic
  • Perfectly inelastic

Frage 9

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The extent to which the demand for a good changes when the price of a substitute or complement changes, other things remaining the same, is measured as the
Antworten
  • price elasticity of supply
  • cross elasticity of demand
  • price elasticity of demand
  • income elasticity of demand
  • cross income elasticity of demand

Frage 10

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The income elasticity of demand is ____________ if the good is ___________ good.
Antworten
  • positive; an inferior
  • less than one; an inferior
  • positive; a substitute
  • negative; a normal
  • positive; a normal
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