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What is ELASTICITY?

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A measure of how much one economic variable responds to changes in another economic variable

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What does the law of demand state?

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When price increases, demand decreases.

When price decreases, demand increases.

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What is the PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND?

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Responsiveness of the quantity demanded to a change in price.

Measured by dividing % change in quantity demanded by % change in price.

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Can PED be determined by the slope of the demand curve?

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Yes - the slope shows how much quantity demanded changes as price changes.

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Why is slope not best measurement to PED?

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It is sensitive to units chosen for quantity and price (e.g. gram vs kg). Hence, % change is used.

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What is formular for PED?

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% change in QD divided by % change in price

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Is PED always negative?

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Yes, but only the absolute number is considered.

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What is ELASTIC DEMAND?

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When % change in QD > % change in $

PED > 1

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What is INELASTIC DEMAND?

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When % change in QD < % change in $

PED > 1

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What happens if QD is sensitive to changes in price?

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% change in QD > % change in $

PED > 1

ELASTIC

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What happens if QD is NOT sensitive to changes in price?

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% change in QD < % change in $

PED < 1

INELASTIC

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What happens if changes in QD = changes in $?

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PED = 1

UNIT ELASTIC

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What is UNIT ELASTIC?

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When % change in QD = % change in price

PED = 1

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What is the MID-POINT FORMULA?

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Used to calculate PED

Ensures only have one value for PED btw two points on demand curve

It uses:

  • average of inital and final quantity
  • average of inital and final price
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What is the MID-POINT FORMULA?

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PED = (Q2-Q1)/((Q1+Q2)/2) / (P2-P1)/((P1+P2)/2)

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What does a flatter demand curve indicate?

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A product is more elastic

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What does a steeper demand curve indicate?

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A product is more inelastic

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What is perfectly inelastic demand?

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When a change in $ results in no change in QD

QD is not responsive to $ change

Demand curve is VERTICAL

PED=0

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What is perfectly elastic demand?

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When a change in $ results in an infinite change in QD

QD is indefinitely responsive to $ change

Demand curve is HORIZANTAL

PED=INFINITY

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Elastic or inelastic, PED < 1?

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Elastic

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Elastic or inelastic, PED > 1?

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Inelastic

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If PED = 1, what is elascity?

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Unit elasticity

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If PED = 0, what is elascity?

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Perfectly inelastic

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If PED = infinity, what is elascity?

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Perfectly elastic

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What are the key determinants of PED?
- availability of substitutes - time - luxury vs necessity - type of market - share of consumers' budget
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Why is availability of substitutes an determinant of PED?
Because how consumers react to $ changes depends on alternatives e.g. petrol $ - consumers have few alternatives
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Elasticity if a product has more close substitutes?
More elastic
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Elasticity if a product has few close substitutes?
Less elastic
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Why is passage of time an determinant of PED?
Because it takes time for consumers to adjust their buying habits when $ change
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Elasticity if more times passes?
More elastic
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Elasticity if less times passes?
Less elastic
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Elasticity if a product is a luxury?
More elastic
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Elasticity if a product is a necessity?
Less elastic
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Elasticity if a narrowly defined market?
More elastic Because consumers have more alternatives
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Elasticity if a broadly defined market?
Less elastic Because consumers have fewer alternatives
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Why is share of consumer budget/spend?
Because low-segment priced products take less share of consumers' budget/income Increase in $ therefore negligible impact on a consumer budget
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Elasticity if a small % of consumer budget?
Less elastic
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Elasticity if a larger % of consumer budget?
More elastic
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Total Revenue - what is it?
The total amount received by a seller of a good/service
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What is the formula for total revenue?
Unit price x quantity supplied
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When demand is inelastic, what direction do price and revenue move in?
Same direction. Price Increase, Total Revenue Increase Price Decrease, Total Revenue Decrease
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When demand is elastic, what direction do price and revenue move in?
Opposite directions. Price Increase, Total Revenue Decrease Price Decrease, Total Revenue Increase
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Why does revenue decrease when demand is inelastic and price falls?
Because | - revenue lost from price decrease greater than revenue gained from increase in QD
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Why does revenue decrease when demand is elastic and price falls?
Because | - revenue lost from price decrease less than revenue gained from increase in QD
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What happens to revenue when product is unit elastic?
Change in $ is exactly offset by a proportional change in QD. Revenue is not affected.
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What is competitive market?
a market with many buyers and sellers
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Does a competitive market result in economic efficiency? Why?
Yes Because: 1. MB = MC 2. the sum of the consumer surplus and producer surplus are at maximum
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What is necessary for economic efficiency?
MB of last unit sold = MC of production Occurs at Competitive Equilibrum
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What is Economic Surplus?
The sum of consumer surplus and producer surplus
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What is consumer surplus?
area below demand curve, above equilibrum $
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What is producer surplus?
area above the curve, below equilibrum $
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What is deadweight loss?
the reduction in economic surplus resulting from market not being in competitve equilibrium
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What is consumer surplus?
Measures NET BENEFIT to consumers from buying a particular product
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What is producer surplus?
Measures NET BENEFIT to firms from supplying a particular product
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What is economic surplus?
the sum of the net benefit to society from the production of particular goods/services
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What is economic efficiency of a competitive market?
Equilibrium in a competitive market result in the greatest amount of economic surplus, or the total benefit to society, from the production of good/service
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What reduces economic efficiency?
Anything that causes the market for a good/service not to be in competitive equilibrium reduces total benefit to society
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What is economic efficiency?
a market outcome in which 1) the MB = MC 2) the sum of the consumer surplus and producer surplus are at maximum
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How can taxes affect a product's market equilibrium?
Because can reduce economic efficiency
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What is the true burden of tax?
1. the amount consumers/firms pay to the Gov | 2. the deadweight loss
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What is EXCESS BURDEN?
deadweight loss from tax
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When is a tax-efficient?
When it imposes a small excess burden relative to tax revenue raised
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What is tax incidence?
The division of tax burden btw - buyers, and - sellers
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What is Elasticity?
a measure of how much one economic variable responds to changes in another e/variable
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What is Price Elasticity of Demand?
the responsiveness of QD to change in $
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What is formula for Price Elasticity of Demand?
PED = % change in QD / % change in $
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What is Unit Elastic Demand?
PED = 1 When the % change in QD = % change in price
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What is Elastic Demand?
PED > 1 When the % change in QD > % change in price
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What is Inelastic Demand?
PED < 1 When the % change in QD < % change in price
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What is Perfectly Elastic Demand?
PED = Infinity when change in $ results in INFINITE CHANGE in QD
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What is Perfectly Inelastic Demand?
PED = O when change in $ results in NO CHANGE in QD
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What are the determinates of demand?
- subsitutes - timeframe - income share - luxury v. necessity - breadth of market
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If there are MORE substitutes, then elasticity is...
MORE ELASTIC
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If there are timeframe is LONGER, then elasticity is...
MORE ELASTIC
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If there are price takes GREATER SHARE of consumer income, then elasticity is...
MORE ELASTIC
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If there the product is MORE LUXURY , then elasticity is...
MORE ELASTIC
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If there the MARKET IS NARROWER substitutes, then elasticity is...
MORE ELASTIC
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What is total revenue?
total amount received by sellers of goods/services
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What is formula for total revenue?
TR = Price x Quantity
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What is the TOTAL REVENUE TEST?
a method of estimating the price of elasticity of demand by observing the change in TR resulting from price change
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If Inelastic and price increases,
TR increases
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If Inelastic and price decreases,
TR decreases
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If Elastic and price increases,
TR decreases
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If Elastic and price decreases,
TR increases
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If Unit Elastic and price changes,
TR is not affected
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If Elastic and price changes, TR moves in the ____ direction
Opposite
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If Elastic and price changes, TR moves in the ____ direction
Same
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If Unit Elastic and price changes, TR moves in the ____ direction
No - it is unaffected
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What is consumer surplus?
benefit/value for consumers above $ paid
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What is producer surplus?
how much more producers are getting relative to their opportunity cost

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