The coconut oil demand function (Buschena and Perloff, 1991) is Q = 1,200-9.5p+16.2pp +0.2Y, where Q is the quantity of coconut oil demanded in thousands of metric tons per year, p is the price of coconut oil in cents per pound, pp is the price of palm oil in cents per pound, and Y is the income of consumers. Assume that p is initially 45¢ per pound, p, is 31¢ per pound, and Q is 1,322 thousand metric tons per year. Calculate the income elasticity of demand for coconut oil. The income elasticity of demand for coconut oil is (Enter a numeric response using a real number rounded to three decimal places.)
The coconut oil demand function (Buschena and Perloff, 1991) is Q = 1,200-9.5p+16.2pp +0.2Y, where Q is the quantity of coconut oil demanded in thousands of metric tons per year, p is the price of coconut oil in cents per pound, pp is the price of palm oil in cents per pound, and Y is the income of consumers. Assume that p is initially 45¢ per pound, p, is 31¢ per pound, and Q is 1,322 thousand metric tons per year. Calculate the income elasticity of demand for coconut oil. The income elasticity of demand for coconut oil is (Enter a numeric response using a real number rounded to three decimal places.)
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![The coconut oil demand function (Buschena and Perloff, 1991) is
Q = 1,200 -9.5p + 16.2pp +0.2Y,
where Q is the quantity of coconut oil demanded in thousands of metric tons per year, p is the price of coconut oil in cents per pound, pp is the price of palm oil in cents per pound, and Y is the
income of consumers. Assume that p is initially 45¢ per pound, pp is 31¢ per pound, and Q is 1,322 thousand metric tons per year.
Calculate the income elasticity of demand for coconut oil.
The income elasticity of demand for coconut oil is
(Enter a numeric response using a real number rounded to three decimal places.)](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F9fa6e388-0019-46dc-9506-b6fbaa669d90%2F8d96018c-242a-4159-988a-9192cb4b3845%2Ffbtzci_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:The coconut oil demand function (Buschena and Perloff, 1991) is
Q = 1,200 -9.5p + 16.2pp +0.2Y,
where Q is the quantity of coconut oil demanded in thousands of metric tons per year, p is the price of coconut oil in cents per pound, pp is the price of palm oil in cents per pound, and Y is the
income of consumers. Assume that p is initially 45¢ per pound, pp is 31¢ per pound, and Q is 1,322 thousand metric tons per year.
Calculate the income elasticity of demand for coconut oil.
The income elasticity of demand for coconut oil is
(Enter a numeric response using a real number rounded to three decimal places.)
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