Principles of Economics 2e
Principles of Economics 2e
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781947172364
Author: Steven A. Greenlaw; David Shapiro
Publisher: OpenStax
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Suppose you are in change of sales at a pharmaceutical company, and your firm has a new drug that causes bald men to grow hair. Assume that the company wants to earn as much revenue as possible from this drug. If the elasticity of demand for your company’s product at the current price is 1 . 4 , would you advise the company to raise the price, lower the price, or to keep the price the same? What if the elasticity were 0. 6 ? What if it were 1? Explain your answer.

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