4.2 Worksheet – Calculating Elasticity of demand 1. Otten Industries sells notebook computers for $800 a computer. Mrs. Otten‚ owner‚ decides to decrease the price of these computers to $750. As a result‚ the quantity demanded for notebook computers rose from 500 to 550. a. Calculate the percentage change in price ___________________ b. Calculate the percentage change in quantity demanded ____________ c. Calculate the elasticity of demand _______________________ d. Is it elastic‚
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1i) Demand function for air travel between the U.S. and Europe has been estimated to be: ln Q = 2.737 - 1.247 ln P +1.905 ln I where Q denotes number of passengers (in thousands) per year‚ P the (average) ticket price and I the U.S. national income. Determine the price elasticity and income elasticity of demand (8 points). From Lecture Module 3 Equation 4 we learned the alternative formulation of elasticity. Alternative formulation of elasticity EP = dQ/dP * P/Q = dlnQ/dlnP Natural log:
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Compute the arc price elasticity of demand over this price and consumption quantity range. Ey = ((1800 – 1500) / ((1800 + 1500) / 2)) ((1.75 – 2.25) / ((1.75 + 2.25) / 2)) Ey = 300 ($4.00) -$0.50 (300) Ey = -8% 4. The subway fare in your town has just been increased from a current level of 50 cents to $1.00 per ride. As a result‚ the transit authority notes a decline in ridership of 30 percent. a. Compute the price elasticity of demand for subway rides. fare price increase
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elasticity of demand measures the responsiveness of the quantity demanded / price to a change in the quantity demanded / the quantity supplied / price. [Delete wrong words.] (b) Give the formula for price elasticity of demand. 2. Back in the mid-1990s‚ the government in the UK announced that for every 10 per cent rise in the price of cigarettes‚ the demand was likely to fall by 6 per cent. If this information was correct‚ what was the value of the price elasticity of demand for cigarettes
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population and an ever-increasing demand for health services‚ there is a growing recognition and a fragmented and specialty-centric model of health care provision would do little to improve the cost‚ quality and access of health services‚ especially for the elderly in Singapore. - Singhealth‚ Healthcare Roundtable VI‚ 1 Feb 2008 Discuss the economic reasons to support your arguments‚ whether the Singapore government currently adopts the most appropriate economic policies in the provision of healthcare
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Introduction to Economics Economics: A social science -A study of how people make decisions regarding the allocation of scarce resources to satisfy unlimited wants. Scarcity: Basic problem of Economics -Due to lack of resources (time‚ productive forces‚ etc) some opportunities must be forgone Opportunity cost -Next best alternative forgone when an Economic decision is made Can only forego known alternatives No choices/options will mean no cost Ceteris Paribus: ‘Other things being
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Question 1 0 out of 1 points A minimum wage law in a competitive labor market Answer Selected Answer: causes equality between the quantity of labor supplied and the quantity demanded. Correct Answer: creates a surplus of labor. Response Feedback: creates a surplus of labor. Question 2 0 out of 1 points A price ceiling set below the equilibrium price means that the quantity supplied ____ the quantity demanded so that a ____ exists. Answer Selected Answer: is less than;
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Are organic foods actually safer than traditionally-produced foods? Pesticide free preparation is a thorough arrangement of harvest administration and nutrient manufacturing that syndicates best ecological applications and critical level of multifariousness. While organics have become more desirable by the consumers‚ nonetheless‚ they don’t hold more nutritional value as opposed to non-organic foods. In the words of Brantsæter et al.‚ “Consumer preference for organic food is motivated in part by
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Fall 11 The Food Industry MGT 440 Research paper about the supply chain management in the food industry Alexane COLOMBET 08 Automne Sources 1 – “The cold chain and its logistics” DR. Jean Paul Rodrigue http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch5en/appl5en/ch5a5en.html 2- “Inventory control”‚ Columbus IT http://www.columbusit.com/citp-hq---food/food/inventory-control.aspx 3- “How to Manage food inventory” http://www.ehow.com/how_6511166_manage-food-inventory
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CHAPTER 3—DEMAND AND SUPPLY MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. If demand increases while supply decreases for a particular good: a. its equilibrium price will increase while the quantity of the good produced and sold could increase‚ decrease‚ or remain constant. b. the quantity of the good produced and sold will decrease while its equilibrium price could increase‚ decrease‚ or remain constant. c. the quantity of the good produced and sold will increase while its equilibrium price could increase‚ decrease or remain
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