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Economics 1021A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Unit, Longrun, Inferior Good

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Measure of the responsiveness of the quantity demanded of a good to a change in its price: how much more/less people buy with a change in price, formula: % change in qd. Inelastic and elastic demand: perfectly inelastic demand: qd remains constant with price change price elasticity= 0, unit elastic demand: % change in qd = % change in price price elasticity=1. Inelastic demand: qd < % change in price 0-1 (shelter, food) Total revenue and elasticity: method of estimating the price elasticity of demand by observing total change in revenue that results from a change in the price, inelastic: when price rises, revenue rises. When price falls, revenue falls: elastic: when price rises, revenue falls. Your expenditure and your elasticity: elastic: 1% price cut quantity you buy by more than 1 % and your expenditure (spending) increases, spending more on an item when price falls.

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1. __________________ A measure of consumers’ 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.

Which is the most appropriate definition for price elasticity of demand? 
 
a) the ratio of the percentage change in quantity demanded to the percentage change in price.
b) the responsiveness of revenue to a change in quantity.
c) the ratio of the change in quantity demanded divided by the change in price.
d) the response of revenue to a change in price.

Suppose that during the past year, the price of a laptop computer fell from $2,950 to $2,450. During the same time period, consumer sales increased from 430,000 to 619,000 laptops. Calculate the elasticity of demand between these two price–quantity combinations by using the following steps. After each step, complete the relevant part of the table with the appropriate answers. (Note: For decreases in price or quantity, enter values in the Change column with a minus sign.) Original New Average Change Percentage Change Quantity 36.03% Price -18.52% Step 1: Fill in the appropriate values for original quantity, new quantity, original price, and new price. Step 2: Calculate the average quantity by adding the original quantity and the new quantity, and then dividing by two. Do the same for the average price. Step 3: Calculate the change in quantity by subtracting the original quantity from the new quantity. Do the same for the change in price. Step 4: Calculate the percentage change in quantity demanded by dividing the change in quantity by the average quantity. Do the same to calculate the percentage change in price. Step 5: Calculate the price elasticity of demand by dividing the percentage change in quantity demanded by the percentage change in price, ignoring the negative sign. Using the midpoint method, the elasticity of demand for laptops is about .