MGTA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Price Elasticity Of Demand, Demand Curve, Economic Equilibrium

• School: UTSC
• Department: Management
• Course: MGTA01H3
• Professor: Chris Bovaird

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Mgea02 introduction to microeconomics: a mathematical approach. Topic 4 (sept 26 oct 2) elasticity & taxation. Coverage: measuring and understanding the elasticity of demand and of supply. How a sales tax will affect a market. The importance of the elasticity of demand and supply in determining the incidence and excess burden of a sales tax. Review of the concepts of consumer surplus and producer surplus. 169-190) and part of chapter 7 taxes (pp. Also read supplement a (available on the blackboard site) on excise taxes and elasticity. Do all the check your understanding questions within the parts of the text in the assigned readings. Answers for these are at the back of the textbook. Chapter 7: q3, 6, 10, 12, 13, 17-19. The diagram below shows the demand for toothpicks in toronto per month. 2 (a) (g) (m) (s) none of the above (b) (h) (n) The negatively-sloped demand for potato chips is given by the equation.