The price elasticity of demand for a good measures the willingness of
a. consumers to buy less of the good as price rises.
b. consumers to avoid monopolistic markets in favor of competitive markets.
c. firms to produce more of a good as price rises.
d. firms to respond to the tastes of consumers.
a
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