If the price of a movie ticket increases by 4 percent and the quantity of movies demanded falls by 2 percent, the price elasticity of demand is
A) 2.0.
B) 4.0.
C) 0.5.
D) some amount that cannot be determined without more information.
C
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Economics is generally concerned with
A. the operation of banks and the stock market. B. business management. C. how resources are allocated among alternative goals. D. the right time to start a business.
If real GDP grows at a faster rate than does population, then the standard of living, as measured by real GDP per person,
A) worsens. B) remains the same. C) cannot be measured. D) improves. E) either improves, worsens, or stays the same, depending on the size of the population and the actual level of real GDP.
Refer to Figure 16-1. With perfect price discrimination, the firm will produce and sell
A) Q1 units. B) Q2 units. C) Q3 units. D) Q4 units.
A simple model of information acquisition for shopping predicts that, the larger the percentage of dealers in an area seen by the typical shopper, the _____ will be the dispersion of the prices _____ relative to their average
a. larger; the buyers pay b. larger; the dealers quote c. smaller; the buyers pay d. smaller; the dealers quote