A. None of these answers
B. decreases the quantity supplied of that good
C. decreases the quantity demanded for that good
D. increases the quantity supplied of that good
Related Mcqs:
- If the quantity demanded of beef increases by 5% when the price of chicken increase by 20% the cross-price elasticity of demand between beef and chicken is ?
A. -4
B. 0.25
C. 4
D. -0.25 - Price increases from 10 to 12 pence and the price elasticity of demand is -0.5 The quantity demanded was 500 units. What will it be now ?
A. 550 units
B. 500 units
C. 450 units
D. 490 units - 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 - The price of apples falls by 5% and quantity demanded increases by 6% This means that demand is ?
A. zero elastic
B. elastic
C. perfectly elastic
D. inelastic - Suppose that the world price of tin is above the target (ceiling) price that is defined by an international commodity agreement. To move the world price toward the target price, a buffer stock agreement would require its buffer stock manager to ____ tin and an export quota agreement would require that member countries _________ their export of tin?
A. purchase; decrease
B. purchase; increase
C. sell; increase
D. sell; decrease - Suppose that the demand curve for tin is highly inelastic. If the supply curve of tin decrease and increase cyclically along the demand curve for tin then in this market the size of the price fluctuation will be __________ the size of the quantity fluctuations?
A. relatively greater then
B. relatively less than
C. the same as
D. any of the above - The Phillips curve is an extension of the model of aggregate supply and aggregate demand because, in the short run, an increase in aggregate demand increase price and ?
A. decreases unemployment
B. decrease growth
C. increases unemployment
D. decreases inflation - 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 price elasticity of supply is +4 The price increases by 15% sales were originally 200 units What will they be now ?
A. 80 units
B. 320 units
C. 60 units
D. 120 units - If the price elasticity of demand is unit then a fall in price ?
A. Reduces revenue
B. Leaves revenue unchanged
C. Increase revenue
D. Reduces costs
