A local pizza owner decides to hire an economic consultant to help him set his prices. Currently, one slice of pizza costs $2 and the store sells about 800 slices per week. The economic consultant estimates that the price elasticity of demand is equal to -0.5, and suggests that the shop owner should increase the price of a slice of pizza by $0.25; that is, the consultant recommends increasing the price of pizza by %. The consultant claims that doing so would result in a decrease in the number of slices sold by and result in in revenue.

A local pizza owner decides to hire an economic consultant to help him set his prices. Currently, one slice of pizza costs $2 and the store sells about 800 slices per week. The economic consultant estimates that the price elasticity of demand is equal to -0.5, and suggests that the shop owner should increase the price of a slice of pizza by $0.25; that is, the consultant recommends increasing the price of pizza by %. The consultant claims that doing so would result in a decrease in the number of slices sold by and result in in revenue.

ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

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ISBN:9780190931919

Author:NEWNAN

Publisher:NEWNAN

Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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