Survey Of Economics
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ISBN: 9781337111522
Author: Tucker, Irvin B.
Publisher: Cengage,
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Chapter 5, Problem 11SQ
To determine
The increasing of tuition fee for increasing total revenue and its success.
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The price elasticity of demand coefficient for a good will be lower in all of the following cases EXCEPT
Select one:
a. If the good is luxury
b. If a small portion of the budget will be spent on the good.
c. In the short run than in the long run.
d. If there are few or no substitutes.
For a normal good with a downward sloping demand curve:
Select one:
a. The price elasticity of demand is negative; the income elasticity of demand is negative.
b. The price elasticity of demand is negative; the income elasticity of demand is positive.
c. The price elasticity of demand is positive; the income elasticity of demand is negative.
d. The price elasticity of demand is positive; the income elasticity of demand is positive.
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The government wants to increase the taxes on alcohol to increase tax revenue. This tax would only be effective in raising new tax revenues if the price elasticity of demand is:
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perfectly elastic.
b.
unit elastic.
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elastic.
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Survey Of Economics
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