the quantity sells. Under this background‚ Qantas may use price discrimination to achieve high profit. As it knows the exact willingness to pay for each customer‚ Qantas would charge different customers accurately based on their different price elasticity of demand which is perfect price discrimination strategy. As a result‚ Qantas wins the total producer surplus (also is the whole revenue) because ‘it [continues] to sell units to the customer provided that their MB ≥ MC. Consequently‚ [Qantas] will
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Selected Answer: a. charge a higher price in A where MR is higher Question 4 4 out of 4 points The ability of a monopoly to charge a price that exceeds marginal cost depends on Selected Answer: the price elasticity of demand. Question 5 4 out of 4 points The next 2 questions refer to the following: A news magazine offers students a discount on the regular subscription rate. The total number of subscriptions is optimal‚ and‚ at the current
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also the most effective way to influence adolescent people to refrain from smoking. On the other hand‚ an increase in the price on cigarettes has had slight effect on demand from smokers since demand has been inelastic. Thus‚ what really is the elasticity of the demand for cigarettes to the mass? The purpose of this paper is to stimulate the impact of sin tax on the consumption of cigarettes of regular smokers. Point of view From an economic perspective‚ the researcher finds it more sensible
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When P = $4‚ R = ($4)(5) = $20. When P = $2‚ R = ($2)(6) = $12. Thus‚ the price decrease results in an $8 decrease total revenue‚ so demand is inelastic over this range of prices. What price maximizes the firm’s total revenues? What is the elasticity of demand at this point on the demand curve? | Total revenue is maximized at the point where demand is unitary elastic. We also know that marginal revenue is zero at this point. For a linear demand curve‚ marginal revenue lies halfway between
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Answers to End-of-Chapter Questions in Chapter 3 1. Assume that the (weekly) market demand and supply of tomatoes are given by the following figures: |Price (£ per kilo) |4.00 |3.50 |3.00 |2.50 |2.00 |1.50 |1.00 | |Qd (000 kilos) |30 |35 |40 |45 |50 |55 |60 | |Qs (000 kilos) |80 |68 |62 |55 |50 |45 |38 | (a) What are the equilibrium price and quantity
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In-class exercises – Tute 3 - Elasticities & Welfare Price elasticity of demand: How to calculate Sign and sizes – illustration by demand curve E & TR Determinants/factors MCQs: 1. Question 4 (Quiz - topic 3): If Sam‚ the Pizza Man‚ lowers the price of his pizzas from $6 to $5 and finds that sales increase from 400 to 600 pizzas per week‚ then the demand for Sam’s pizzas in this range is: a. price inelastic. b. price elastic. c. unit elastic. d. cross elastic. e. income inelastic
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PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND (PED) & REVENUE Price elasticity of demand (PED) is particularly important to businesses‚ because of its effect on their revenue (income). Consider the following examples: 1) Mrs Robinson wants to increase her business’s revenue‚ but can’t decide whether she should increase or lower her prices. She currently charges £1 per unit and sells 1‚000 units. She knows that the PED for her product is (-) 0.4. What will happen to sales‚ sales revenue and profit if she: a) raises
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Subject : Managerial Economics (102) Case No: 05 Objective: a) To apply the concept of elasticity of demand b) To correlate elasticity with decision making University fees – part I President Jones of Indian Institute of Business Economics (IIBE) is concerned about the financial state of his institution. Last year there was a loss of Rs.1.5 million and the trustees are getting restless. Currently there are 1000 full-time students‚ 700 of whom are degree students from their country
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Jaypee Business School A constituent of Jaypee Institute of Information Technology (Declared Deemed to be University u/s 3 of UGC Act) A-10‚ Sector 62‚ Noida (UP) India 201 307 www.jbs.ac.in ECONOMICS OF STRATEGY - 13MCEC05 PORTER FIVE FORCE ANALYSIS – TEXTILE INDUSTRY SUBMITED BY Page Submission date – September 13‚ 2013 Word count – 3804 1 Five Forces Analysis Template 1) Factors Affecting Rivalry among Existing Competitors To what extent does pricing rivalry or non-price
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DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY OF RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS IN DASMARIÑAS‚ CAVITE A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate Studies in Business De La Salle University-Dasmariñas Dasmariñas‚ Cavite In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master in Business Administration ANANIAS V. PERMALINO‚ JR. November 29‚ 2008 DEED OF DECLARATION I‚ Ananias V. Permalino‚ Jr.‚ hereby submit my thesis for oral examination‚ entitled “Demand
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