Price elasticity of demand

          When demand is more elastic, consumers are more price sensitive (that is, there is a more pronounced change in quantity associated with a change in price). Can you think of a product whose price elasticity of demand might change over...

Price elasticity of demand

Suppose demand is given by Q xd = 50 − 4Px + 6Py + Ax, where Px = $4, Py = $2, and Ax = $50. (a) What is the quantity demanded of good x? Please show your calculations.(b) What is the own price elasticity of demand (point elasticity) when PX = $4? Is demand elastic or...

Price elasticity of demand

a. If the price elasticity of demand is equal to 2, the price elasticity of supply is equal to 3, and government imposes a $10 tax on this market, what fraction of this $10 tax will be paid by the buyers? What fraction of this tax will be paid by the sellers? b. If...