ECO102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4-9: Luxury Goods, Economic Surplus, Normal Good

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Chapter 4: price elasticity of demand, n = %change qd / % change p, law of demand p goes up qd goes down, 5 cases, perfectly inelastic demand, n = 0 ii. Demand is elastic: as p goes down qd goes up, tr goes up when p goes down if demand is elastic, unitary elastic, tr stays the same regardless of prices changes when demand is unit elastic. Terry consumer surplus: willingness to pay (wtp): maximum amount that a consumer will pay for a good. Reflected by the demand curve / demand schedule: law of diminishing returns. Wtp for additional unit continues to go down as a consumer acquires more of a good: market price (price @ . 40): . 40 - . 40 = sh. 00: learn to graph. = the area between demand curve and market price: p. s. = the area between market price and supply curve.

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18. Which of the following statements about the elasticity of demand are likely to be true? 1) the elasticity of demand is generally larger in the long run than in the short run II) the elasticity of demand is generally larger in the short run than in the long run III) if the elasticity of demand is perfectly elastic, the buyer bears all of the burden of a tax IV) if the elasticity of demand is perfectly inelastic, the buyer bears all of the burden of a tax A) only! B) only 11 C) only III D) only IV E) I & II F) I & III G)I & IV H) II & III 1) II & IV J) III & IV K) I, II & III L) I, II & IV M) I, III & IV N) II, III & IV O) all four P) none of the four

PROBLEM SET ONE -2 - PRICE-ELASTICITY OF DEMAND

	P₁	P₂	Q_D1	Q_D2	I	II	III	IV	V
1	1	2	10	5
2	5	3	40	90
3	12	20	200	200
4	3	2	9	9
5	0.40	1.40	30	15
6	1.2	4.0	20	15
7	7.5	4.6	40	30
8	5	5.000â¦01	1x10⁶	0
9	5	4.9999â¦.	10	1x10⁹
10	6	12	12	6
11	18	36	360	180
12	7	15	24	16
13	7	16	78	78
14	25	65	150	100
15	65	91	1300	780
16	4	5	21	11
17	8	4	30	54
18	140	275	625	495
19	78	91	780	780
20	91	78	780	780

Column I - determine the Price-Elasticity of Demand Coefficient. Find material in Chapter 6 and the Powerpoint of Elasticity Chap 004 19e.ppt

change in quantity demanded change in price

E_D = ---------------------------------------- â ----------------------------

sum of quantities demanded / 2 sum of prices / 2

The data in the first four columns represent price (P) and quantity demanded (Qd) in time 1 (before change in price) and time 2 (after change in price). Note that results should be expressed in absolute terms (see paragraph Elimination of Minus Sign). For example, -1 should be expressed as â1â.

Column II â Based on topic concerning Interpretations of E_D, indicate which applies based on how the quantity demanded changed subsequent to a change in price (elastic, inelastic, etc.)

Column III - you need to determine if the good in question would be considered a necessity, a luxury or neither.

Column IV â Indicate, in monetary terms, how much is the change in total revenue or total expenditure (TR = P X Q_D), from the first price level to the second.

Column V - the direction of the change, also in monetary terms, that is, increasing or decreasing, and by how much? (show a + sign for increasing and a â sign for decreasing).

Note: for any monetary result please include the applicable currency symbol ($, â¬, etc.)

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A. A competitive firm

can consider only its location in setting the price.
must base its competitive price on product differentiation.
has the ability to set its own price.
must accept the price determined by the intersection of the market supply and demand curves.
has no supply curve.

B. If a firm is making an economic profit, then

the factors of production are being paid their opportunity costs.
there will be no change in the number of firms if the industry is perfectly competitive.
the factors of production are being paid less than their opportunity costs.
the factors of production are being paid more than their opportunity costs.
the firm will exit the industry

C. Along a downward-sloping monopoly demand curve,

marginal revenue is greater than price.
the elasticity of demand is constant.
marginal revenue decreases when the price decreases.
marginal revenue is equal to zero when the price is equal to zero

D. If, in the short run, a perfectly competitive firm is producing at a point where the total cost is greater than total revenue, then the firm should

shut down because economic profits are negative.
continue to produce as long as P > AVC.
continue to produce because accounting profits are positive.
set a higher price for its output.
set a lower price for its output

E. For a perfectly competitive firm, the demand curve is

the marginal revenue curve.
perfectly inelastic.
always equal to marginal cost.
the same as the market demand curve

F. A firm in a(n) industry will have the most elastic demand curve

monopolistic
oligopolistic
monopolistically competitive
perfectly competitive

G. If the demand curve of a monopolist is in the inelastic range, then

total revenue will fall if the price increases.
total revenue will be unchanged if the price increases.
total revenue will rise if the price increases.
the total supply will increase by an equal amount if demand increases.
the price will be unchanged if total revenue increases

H. Monopolistic competition and oligopoly are examples of

monopoly.
perfect competition.
theories of consumer behavior.
imperfect competition.
the extreme cases on the market structure continuum

I. Under which market structure do firms face the flattest (most elastic) demand curve?

perfect competition
monopolistic competition
oligopoly
monopoly

J. At the point of long-run equilibrium for a perfectly competitive firm,

economic profits are zero.
TR > TC.
TR < TC.
P = AVC.
normal profits are zero.

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