If demand is inelastic, the absolute value of the price elasticity of demand is
A) one.
B) less than one.
C) greater than one.
D) greater than the absolute value of the slope of the demand curve.
Answer: B
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Which of the following statements is true?
A) If the domestic price of a good in a country is lower than the world price, the country will become an exporter of the good. B) Whether a country becomes an importer or an exporter of a good depends only on the domestic price of the good and is independent of the world price of the good. C) If the domestic price of a good in a country is lower than the world price, the country will become an importer of the good. D) Whether a country becomes an importer or an exporter of a good depends only on the world price of the good and is independent of the domestic price of the good.
A total product curve shows the
A. aggregate output of many firms in an industry. B. amount of product consumers will take off the market. C. maximum amount of product that it is technically possible to produce. D. relationship between units of inputs and total output.
Three gas stations are located at different corners of a busy intersection. Kelly manages one of them, and he notices that when he raises his gas prices, the other stations don't follow suit, but that when he cuts his gas prices, his competitors follow. What does demand for Kelly's gas look like, and how should he respond to a change in the wholesale price of gasoline?
The theory of rational expectations says that
a. workers make excellent choices of places to work. b. workers make the best possible forecasts of inflation. c. economists make rational expectations of inflation. d. economists expect workers to be rational.