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A measure of responsiveness to changes in prices or income.
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| The importance of the Price Elasticity of Demand is: |
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The measure of the responsiveness of DEMAND to income.
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| The significance of the Price Elasticity of Supply is a measure of: |
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The responsiveness of the quantity supplied to price.
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| Income Elasticity of Demand is: |
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A measure of the responsiveness of demand to income.
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| The Price Elasticity of Supply measures: |
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The responsiveness of the quantity supplied to price.
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| The Price Elasticity of Demand is the ratio of the: |
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Percentage in the quantity demanded to the percent change in the price (as we move along the demand curve).
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| The midpoint method is a technique for calculating: |
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| The Price Elasticity of demand is equal to the percent change in the quantity demanded divided by: |
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The percent change in the price as you move along the demand curve.
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| PErcent changes are best measured using the _________ method. |
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| The midpoint (method) is calculated by: |
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Quantity demanded divided by the percent change in the price.
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| Demand is Perfectly ELASTIC when: |
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Any price increase will cause the quantity demanded to drop to zero.
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| When demand is perfectly inelastic, the demand curve is a _________ line. |
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| Demand is Perfectly ELASTIC when any price increase will cause the: |
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Quantity demanded to drop to zero.
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| When demand is perfectly ELASTIC, the demand curve is a ____________ line. |
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The price elasticity of demand is GREATER than 1. A fall in price increases total revenue.
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The price elasticity of demand is less than 1. A fall in price reduces total revenue.
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| Demand is unit-elastic if: |
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The price elasticity of demans is exactly 1. A fall in price has no effect on total revenue.
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The total value of sales of a good or service.
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| Total revenue is equal to: |
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The price multiplied by the quantity sold.
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| When a seller raises the price of a good, two countervailing effects are present: |
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Price and Quantity Effect.
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After a price increase, each unit solf sells at a higher price, which tends to raise revenue.
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After a price increase, fewer units are sold, which tends to LOWER revenue.
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