ECON 101 Lecture 5: Economics101-Lecture 5- Caldwell

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When a seller raises the price of a good, there are two countervailing effects in action (except in the rare case of a good with perfectly elastic or perfectly inelastic demand) A price effect: after a price increase, each unit sold sells at a higher price, which tends to raise revenue. A quantity effect: after a price increase, fewer units are sold, which tends to lower revenue. If demand for a good is elastic (less than -1): The quantity effect is stronger than the price effect. An increase in price reduces total revenue. If demand for a good is inelastic (between 0 and -1): The price effect is stronger than the quantity effect. An increase in price increases total revenue. If demand for a good is unit elastic (exactly -1) The quantity effect and price effect exactly offset each other. An increase in price does not change total revenue.

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1. __________________ A measure of consumersâ sensitivity or responsiveness to changes in the price of a good or service.

2. ___________________ When the percentage change in price (in absolute value) is more than the percentage change in quantity demanded (in absolute value).

3. ___________________ When the percentage change in quantity demanded (in absolute value) is more than the percentage change in price (in absolute value).

4. ___________________ When the percentage change in quantity demanded (in absolute value) is just equal to the percentage change in price (in absolute value).

5. ___________________ Total amount paid to a producer for a good or service P * Q.

6. ___________________ The effect on total revenue of a change in price, holding quantity constant.

7. ___________________ The effect on total revenue of a change in quantity, holding price constant.

8. ___________________ An elasticity calculated over an interval of a demand curve or demand schedule.

9. ___________________ Elasticity at a specific price or point on a demand curve.

10. ___________________ A measure of how responsive quantity demanded is to a change in income, all other things constant.

11. ___________________ A measure showing how responsive the quantity demanded of one good is to changes in the price of another good, other factors constant.

12. ___________________ The additional revenue received by producing and selling one more unit of output.

13. ___________________ Units of output that could have been sold at a higher price had the firm not lowered its price to sell additional (marginal) units.

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1. An increase in the price of a good will

a. increase quantity demanded

b. increase demand

c. decrease demand

d. decrease quantity demanded

2. An increase in the price of good will

a. decrease quantity supplied

b. increase quantity supplied

c. decrease supply

d. increase supply

3. An increase in price causes an increase in total revenue when demand is

a. inelastic

b. elastic

c. unit elastic

d. all of the above

4. Which of the following could be the price elasticity of demand for a good for which a price increase would decrease revenue?

a. 1.0

b. 0.6

c. 2.6

d. 0.9

5. Other things equal, when the price of good falls, the

a. quantity supplied of good increases

b. demand increases

c. supply decreases

d. quantity supplied of the good decreases

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1. The concept of price elasticity of demand measures:

a. the slope of the demand curve.

b. the number of buyers in a market.

c. the extent to which the demand curve shifts as the result of a price decline.

d. the sensitiveness of quantities demanded to price changes.

2. When the percentage change in price is less than the resulting percentage change in quantity demanded:

a. demand is elastic.

b. demand is inelastic.

c. demand is unit elastic.

d. none of the above.

3. The elasticity of demand:

a. will be the same at each price-quantity combination on a stable demand curve.

b. tends to be elastic in high-price ranges and inelastic in low-price ranges.

c. tends to be inelastic in high-price ranges and elastic in low-price ranges.

d. is infinitely large for a perfectly inelastic demand curve.

4. Suppose that as the price of Y falls from $2.00 to $1.80 the quantity of Y demanded increases from 110 to 121. It can be concluded that the price elasticity of demand is: _______.

5. Total revenue rises as the price of a good increases if price elasticity of demand is:

a. unitary elastic

b. perfectly inelastic.

6. The demand for such products as salt, bread, and electricity tend to be:

a. relatively price elastic.

b. relatively price inelastic.

c. of unit price elasticity.

d. perfectly price elastic.

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