As prices change, the elasticity of supply describes the movement
A) of a shift in the supply curve.
B) of the equilibrium price.
C) along the supply curve.
D) from a necessity to a luxury good.
C
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Neither the demand nor the supply of sugar is perfectly elastic or inelastic. If the government imposes a 5 percent tax on sugar, the
A) price of sugar buyers pay falls by 5 percent. B) price of sugar buyers pay increases by less then 5 percent. C) price of sugar buyers pay does not change. D) quantity of sugar increases. E) price of sugar buyers pay rises by 5 percent.
The economic way of thinking claims there are substitutes for
A) any good. B) most goods except non-renewable resources. C) most goods except clean air and clean water. D) most goods except wetlands and tropical rain forests.
Repeated games are conducive to
A) explicit cooperation. B) tacit cooperation. C) corruption. D) failing to have a Nash equilibrium.
The price elasticity of demand is measured by the
A) percentage change in quantity demanded divided by the percentage change in price. B) percentage change in price divided by the percentage change in quantity demanded. C) change in quantity demanded divided by the change in price. D) change in price divided by the change in quantity demanded.