Business Economics Case Number 6 Topic : Elasticity of Demand Objective: a) To apply the concept of elasticity of demand b) To correlate elasticity with decision making Part -I President Mr. Chatterjee of Indian Institute of Business Economics (IIBE)‚ India 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‚ out of that 700 are degree students from
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How would income elasticity of demand help explain these things ? Q ( Demand ) QS0 Superior QI1 QI0 Inferior QS1 Y1 Y0 Y ( Income ) During the decline in economy activity‚ the spending power will decrease which is similar as the decline in income. Home food which is economical are inferior goods while restaurant food which is much more costly are superior goods. Therefore from the income elasticity of demand curve‚ the demand for home food will
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would consider it a scarce resource because a. water is necessary for humans ’ physical survival b. pollution will eventually destroy all life in the Great Lakes c. water is limited relative to people ’s unlimited wants d. water commands a very high price 3. The difference between a good and a service is a. that goods help satisfy unlimited wants; services do not b. that services are available in unlimited quantities; goods are not c. that goods are available in unlimited quantities; services are
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Chapter 04 Demand 10. The long-run price elasticity of demand for a product is generally _________ the short-run elasticity for the same product. A. lower than B. equal to C. higher than D. not comparable to 11. Assume the demand function for skin care products is given by Q = 1‚000 – 20 P + 5I. If P=$25 and I=$1‚000 currently‚ then: A. skin care products are a normal good. B. the elasticity of demand is equal to 11. C. skin care products are inferior. D. The price is too high
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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 18 10 15 8 12 8 7 100
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[pic] BUSINESS ECONOMICS FINAL REPORT ON ELASTICITY OF DEMAND OF PETROL AND CNG SUBMITTED TO: SIR FAISAL SULTAN QADRI PREPARED BY: Syeda Tabinda Naz Anum Zehra Madiha Khan ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We owe our profound thanks and deepest gratitude to ALMIGHTY ALLAH‚ most merciful‚ who blessed us with determination‚ strength‚ ability and divine help to complete this report. This Report is on ELASTICITY OF DEMNAD OF PETROL. This report is a part of our course titled as Business economics
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(i) What is meant by ’cross-price elasticity of demand’? It is a measure of the responsiveness of demand for a good to a change in the price of another good. This good can either be a substitute good or complementary good. (ii) Comment on the cross-price elasticity of demand between platinum and gold. When the price of platinum rises demand for gold rises. Because gold can be a substitute for platinum people will want to buy gold more when the price of platinum increases. (b)
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The price elasticity of demand (PED) is “a measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in price of the good” (Mankiw 2007‚ p.90). It is a form of measure to determine how willing consumers are to move away from the good as the price of the good rises. Most of the time‚ there are factors that determines the PED‚ such as availability of close substitutes‚ necessities versus luxuries‚ definition of the market and time horizon. In order to calculate the PED‚ a formula is
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Analyzing Elasticity of Demand Simulation DigiVal & DigiVal Plus Manufacturing Company sells a range of computers‚ notebook computers‚ desktop computers‚ high-end servers and has a market share of 22 percent‚ along with another office in the U.K. with sales in Europe at 30 percent total sales. There are three team members who are qualified to get the companies market back on track. CEO‚ B.J. Downey‚ who targets the strategies‚ goals and revenue targets has steered DigiVal for the past 12 years
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There are some reasons that may affect the decrease of price elasticity of supply among the three districts. Theoretically‚ the land restriction and increase in the transaction cost will cause a negative effect on the elasticity through different channels. The insufficient land resources in Hong Kong will physically limit the housing supply‚ but the land sale system makes it even worse. The land sale system in Hong Kong restricted the supply of land by abandoning regular selling after 1998. There
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