2. For each pair of price elasticities, which elasticity would you expect to be larger (relatively more elastic)? Explain your answers.
a. The price elasticity for the fast food industry or the price elasticity for McDonald’s?
b. The price elasticity for weekly electricity demand or the price elasticity for annual electricity demand?
c. The price elasticity for home furnaces or the price elasticity for rooftop solar panels?
2. For each pair of price elasticities, which elasticity would you expect to be larger (relatively...
For the following pairs of goods, would you expect the cross-price elasticity of demand to be positive, negative, or zero? Briefly explain. a) Peanut Butter and Jelly b) Shoes and sandals c) Orange Juice and Apple Juice d) Televisions and DVD players e) T-shirts and gasoline
7. For the following pairs of goods, would you expect the cross-price elasticity of demand to be positive, negative, or zero? Briefly explain. a) Peanut Butter and Jelly b) Shoes and sandals c) Orange Juice and Apple Juice d) Televisions and DVD players e) T-shirts and gasoline
For each of the following product pairs, what would you guess about their cross price elasticity of demand. Would you expect it to be positive or negative? Would you expect it to be a large or small number? Explain your answer? a) dress pants and belts b) gasoline and SUVs c) bread and bagels d) butter and margarine
5. In each of the following pairs of goods, identify the one which you would expect to have a more elastic price elas- ticity of demand. Briefly explain. a) Bread vs. fresh pineapples b) Airline travel in the long-run versus the short-run. c) Massages vs. prescription drugs. d) Sugar vs. restaurant meals. er
What would you predict about the relative own price elasticity of demand for each of the following items? Explain your reasoning. a. food b. vegetables c. leafy vegetables d. leafy vegetables sold at your local supermarket e. leafy vegetables sold at your local supermarket on Wednesdays
2. (20 points) For each of the following pairs of goods, identify which one you would expect to have more own-price elastic demand. Please explain your reasoning. (a) (5 points) Computers (generally) vs. Apple MacBook Pro laptops. (b) (5 points) Stereo headphones (generally) vs. hearing aids. For each of the following goods, identify whether you would expect demand to be more (own- price) elastic in the short run or the long run. As above, please briefly explain your reasoning. (c)...
Consider the following pairs of goods. For which of the two goods would you expect the demand to be more price elastic? Why? (In order to receive full credit for your answer, be sure to provide explanation for your answer.) (a) water or diamonds (b) insulin or nasal decongestant spray (c) food in general or breakfast cereal (d) gasoline over the course of a week or gasoline over the course of a year (e) personal computers or IBM personal computers
6. Which Sw2 reaction of each pair would you expect to take place more rapidly? Show products and explain your answer. 1-bromobutane + methanol or 1-bromobutane + sodium methoxide
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ensures that resources are allocated to their highest-valued uses. a. Monopoly b. Government C. The consumer d. Competition e. Arbitrage Styles 3 As the wago rato increases, the quantity supplied of labor in a market will a. increase. b. decrease c. first increase and then decrease. d. first decrease and then increase. e. remain constant. 4 As the wage rate increases, the quantity demanded of labor in a market will a. increase. b. decrease. c. first...
h) If the price of tomatoes increase how would you explain the change in demand for avocados with substitution and income effects? Explain in detail. 1) What is income elasticity of demand for avocado at the market clearing equilibrium price and quantity in Brooklyn avocado market? Explain. Also, based on your results explain what type of good tomatoes must be in Brooklyn. 1) Explain why as the price of avocado increases the demand for avocados becomes relatively more elastic? Also...