Airlines charge business travelers more than leisure travelers because there is a more:
A. elastic demand for business travel.
B. inelastic demand for business travel.
C. elastic supply of business travel.
D. inelastic supply of business travel.
Answer: B
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A) supply of oil is elastic. B) supply of oil is inelastic. C) demand for oil is inelastic. D) demand for oil is elastic.
An efficiency wage premium serves the same function as a bond because, just as with a bond, the premium represents
A) the amount the employee loses if caught shirking. B) the expected value of the amount the employee loses if he shirks. C) the cost of monitoring the employee. D) the gain to the employee if he shirks.
You can invest $100,000 into either project A or B. You estimate that A would succeed with a probability of 0.5 in which case it doubles in value. If it fails, its scrap value is $50,000 . Project B would succeed with probability 0.8, in which case it would have a value of $150,000 . If it fails, project B's scrap value is $30,000 . Which project should you invest in?
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Zero elasticity in either a supply or demand curve occurs when a price change of one percent results in a quantity change of one percent.
Select whether the statement is true or false. A. True B. False