DSM 6
Prior to the 1997 federal tobacco settlement a pack of cigarettes sold for $2.48. The terms of the settlement required a decrease in teenage smoking of 60 percent. If the elasticity of cigarette demand for teenagers is about 1.3 then the price of cigarettes should rise to __________ in order to achieve the target reduction of 60 percent.
$3.62
If a 20 percent increase in the price of Red Bull energy drinks results in a decrease in the quantity demanded of 25 percent, the price elasticity of demand is:
-1.25
The current price of wheat is $1.00 per bushel, and the price elasticity of demand for wheat is known to be 0.50. A bad harvest causes the supply of wheat to decrease and as a result the price of wheat rises by 20%. What will be the percentage change in quantity demanded for wheat and will farm revenues rise or fall?
10%, rise
The income elasticity for peanut butter is -3. This defines peanut butter as what type of good?
An inferior good
Which of the following goods is probably the most highly income elastic?
Private education
What is the cross-price elasticity of demand for two goods that are unrelated?
Zero
An increase in the price of a substitute for iPads will lead to __________ in the quantity demanded of iPads so the cross-price elasticity of demand will be __________.
an increase, positive
If the cross-price elasticity of demand between two products is -3.0, then the two products are:
complements
Personal computers and computer display monitors are:
complements
If a 20 percent increase in the price of Red Bull energy drinks results in a decrease in quantity demanded of 25 percent, we say the demand for Red Bull is __________ in this range
elastic
If the supply of Good B is perfectly elastic and price falls the quantity supplied will:
fall to zero
The more substitutes that exist for a particular product, the __________ the price elasticity of demand.
greater
If the price elasticity of supply is 0.4, then a 20% increase in price will __________ the quantity supplied by __________ %.
increase, 8.0
A perfectly inelastic supply curve:
indicates the quantity supplied does not respond to a change in price
At current prices of a highly addictive drug the demand for the drug is highly price:
inelastic
The disappearance of the family farm can be partially attributed to the fact that the elasticity of demand for wheat is __________, while at the same time, the income elasticity for wheat is __________.
inelastic, low
Along a linear demand curve, the slope __________ while the price elasticity of demand __________.
is constant, changes from one point to another
When you compute a price elasticity of demand the answer is always:
negative
Economists avoid confusion over units in the computation of elasticity by using:
percentage changes
The price elasticity of supply always has a:
positive value
The __________ is a measure of responsiveness of the change in quantity demanded of a good to the change in its price.
price elasticity of demand
If prices rise the quantity supplied will be greater:
the longer the time that elapses
If the income elasticity of SUVs is greater than 1, what is the good considered?
A luxury