Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions
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It's not -10 or 10

Transcribed Image Text:In the following questions, give all your answers to two decimals.
Patrice works as an economist for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Her current project is to estimate the effect of changes in
income, prices of related goods, and the price of potatoes on the demand for beef. Patrice has the following data:
Price elasticity of demand for beef
-0.80
Income elasticity of demand for beef
+ 1.40
Cross-price elasticity between beef and chicken
+1.20
Cross-price elasticity between beef and potatoes
-0.50
Suppose the price of beef rises by 8%. All else equal, the quantity of beef demanded would
fall
by 6.4
%.

Transcribed Image Text:If the price of potatoes rises by 20%, the quantity of beef demanded would
fall
by |
%.
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Own price elasticity of demand refers to the % change in the quantity demanded due to the % change in the price level. On the other hand, the cross price elasticity between two goods is the % change in the demand for one good due to the % change in the price of other good.
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