Price, Income, and Cross Elasticities (AQA A-Level Economics): Quizzes

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Price, Income, and Cross Elasticities
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What does elasticity measure in economics?

Responsiveness of one variable to another

If PED=−2.5\text{PED} = -2.5, how is demand classified?

Elastic demand

Price falls from 15,000 USD to 10,000 USD; quantity rises from 100,000 to 200,000. What is PED?

−3-3

What shape is a perfectly inelastic demand curve?

Vertical line

What is the most important determinant of price elasticity of demand?

Substitutability

If total expenditure rises when price falls, what type of demand exists?

Elastic demand

Income falls 40%; potato demand rises 20%. What is YED?

−0.5-0.5

Superior goods (luxuries) have income elasticity of demand that is:

Greater than +1+1

What does a negative cross elasticity of demand indicate?

Complementary goods

For many goods, demand is more elastic in the:

Long run than short run

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