You are the manager of a theater. At present the theater charges the same admission price of $8 to all customers, regardless of age. You propose a two-tier pricing scheme: $5 for children under the age of 12 and $10 for adults. You tell your supervisor
that your proposal is likely to increase revenue. What must be true about the price elasticity of demand if your proposal is to achieve its goal of raising revenue? Explain your answer.
What will be an ideal response?
You believe that the price elasticity of demand for theater tickets for children is elastic. Hence, a decrease in price will increase revenue. The demand for tickets for adults is inelastic; therefore, increasing price for this group will increase revenue.
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Welfare programs satisfy the criteria of the benefit principle
a. True b. False
If a fair gamble is played many times, the combined monetary losses or gains will
a. approach zero. b. be negative. c. be positive. d. result in an outcome that cannot be determined without more information.
Which of the following is true?
a. The majority of millionaires received most of their wealth through an inheritance. b. The percentage of the population that are millionaires in inflation-adjusted dollars has been stable since the 1970s. c. About one-third of millionaires have college degrees. d. More than 75 percent of American millionaires have college degrees.
Consider a world of two countries facing opportunity costs and producing only wheat and cloth. In one hour, residents of Country A can produce a maximum of either 1 unit of wheat or 0.5 unit of cloth,
whereas residents of Country B can produce a maximum of either 0.3 unit of wheat or 0.4 unit of cloth. Country B should export A) wheat and cloth; country A should not export anything. B) wheat and country A should export cloth. C) nothing and country A should export both wheat and cloth. D) cloth and country A should export wheat.