A. an elastic good
B. an inferior good
C. a normal good
D. a luxury good
Related Mcqs:
- In food demand growth equation D = Φ + a E, a is the income elasticity of demand for food E is the per capita income growth and Φ is ?
A. Poverty rates
B. food security index
C. change in the quantity of food demanded per capita
D. population growth - If consumers always spend 15 percent of their income on food. then the income elasticity of demand for food is ?
A. 1.50
B. 1.15
C. none of these
D. 0.15
E. 1.00 - Suppose that at a price of Rs 30 per month there are 30000 subscribers to cable television in small Town. If small Town Cablevision raises its price Rs40 per month the number of subscribers will fall to 20000 Using the midpoint method for calculating the elasticity what is the price elasticity of demand for cable TV in Small Town ?
A. 1.4
B. 0.66
C. 0.75
D. 2.0 - If the cross-price elasticity of demand between two goods is negative, then the two goods are ?
A. normal goods
B. unrelated goods
C. Substitutes.
D. Complements - The price elasticity of demand is a negative number this means ?
A. Demand is price elastic
B. Demand is price inelastic
C. The demand curve is downward sloping
D. An increase in income will reduce the quantity demanded - If demand is linear (a straight line) then price elasticity of demand is ?
A. elastic in the upper portion and inelastic in the lower portion
B. inelastic in the upper portion and elastic in the lower portion
C. inelastic throughout
D. constant along the demand curve - The kinked demand curve model of oligopoly assumes the elasticity of demand ?
A. in response to a price increase is less elastic than the elasticity of demand in response to a price decrease
B. is perfectly elastic if price increases and perfectly inelastic if price decreases
C. is constant regardless of whether price increase of decrease.
D. in response to a price increases is more elastic than the elasticity of demand in response to a price decrease - The income elasticity is +2 and income increases by 20% sales were 5000 units, what will they be now ?
A. 3000
B. 7000
C. 5500
D. 4500 - If the cross-price elasticity between two goods is negative the two goods are likely to be ?
A. substitutes
B. complements
C. necessities
D. luxuries - An increase in consumer income will increase demand for a _________ but decrease demand for a?
A. substitute good, inferior good
B. normal good inferior good
C. inferior good normal good
D. normal good, complementary good
