"The price elasticity of demand for a particular good is smaller in the long run because consumers adapt to higher prices over time." Do you agree or disagree? Explain
What will be an ideal response?
Disagree. Price elasticity of demand is related to a particular good rather than all the goods that individuals may consume. In the long run, consumers can find more substitutes. Thus, the price elasticity of demand of a particular good is actually greater in the long run than in the short run.
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A) why B) social interest versus self-interest C) how D) for whom E) what
Which of the following statements is true?
A) A worker who undertakes general training is likely to earn above his value of marginal product. B) Firm-specific training results in gains to a worker and not to an employer in the labor market. C) Job-specific training results in gains to a worker's employer, but it does not result in gains to the worker in the labor market. D) Training received by a worker does not affect his wages as wage rates are determined by the forces of demand and supply in the labor market.
The above figure represents a perfectly competitive industry that is taken over by a single firm and operated as a monopoly
a) What was the competitive price and quantity? b) What is the monopoly price and quantity? c) What area represents consumer surplus under perfect competition? d) What area represents consumer surplus under monopoly? e) What area represents the deadweight loss of monopoly?
Hurricane Katrina destroyed oil and natural gas refining capacity in the Gulf of Mexico which subsequently drove up natural gas, gasoline, and heating oil prices
Three years later, once the refining capacity was restored, these prices came back down. The restoration of refining capacity should A) move the economy up along a stationary short-run aggregate supply curve. B) move the economy down along a stationary short-run aggregate supply curve. C) shift the short-run aggregate supply curve to the left. D) shift the short-run aggregate supply curve to the right.