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1. For each of the following pairs of goods, which good would you expect to have more elastic
demand and why?
a. required textbooks or mystery novels
b. Beethoven recordings or classical music recordings in general
c. subway rides during the next 6 months or subway rides during the next 5 years d. root beer or water
2. Suppose that business travellers and vacationers have the following demand for airline
tickets from New York to Boston:
Price Demand (business travellers) Demand (vacationers) 150 2,100 1,000 200 2,000 800 250 1,900 600 300 1,800 400
a. As the price of tickets rises from $200 to $250, what is the price elasticity of demand for (i) business travellers and (ii) vacationers? (Use the midpoint method in your calculations.) b. Why might vacationers have a different elasticity from business travellers?
3. Suppose the price of elasticity of gasoline is 0.3 in the short run and 0.9 in the long run.
a. If the price of a gallon of gasoline falls from $2.50 to $2.25, what happens to the
quantity of gasoline demanded in the short run? In the long run? (Use the midpoint formula in your calculations.)
b. Why might the elasticity of demand for gasoline depend on time horizon?
4. Consider public policy aimed at smoking.
a. Studies indicate that the price elasticity of demand for cigarettes is about 0.4. If a
pack of cigarettes costs $2 and the government wants to reduce smoking by 20%, by how much should it increase the price?
b. If the government permanently increases the price of cigarettes, will the policy have
a larger effect on smoking 1 year from now or 5 years from now?
c. Studies also find that teenagers have higher price elasticity than do adults. Why
might this be true?
5. You are the curator of a museum. The museum is running short of funds, so you decide to
increase revenue. Should you increase or decrease the price of admissions? Explain.
6. Corn has an elastic demand, and gasoline has an inelastic demand. Suppose that the
government places a tax on each product that lowers the supply of each product by half (that is, the quantity supplied at each price is 50 percent of what it was).
a. What happens to the equilibrium price and quantity in each market? b. Which product experiences a larger change in price? c. Which product experiences a larger change in quantity?
d. What happens to total consumer spending on each product?
1.
a. Mystery novels have more elastic demand than required textbooks, because mystery novels have close substitutes and are a luxury good, while required textbooks are a necessity with no close substitutes. If the price of mystery novels were to rise, readers could substitute other types of novels, or buy fewer novels altogether. But if the price of required textbooks were to rise, students would have little choice but to pay the higher price. Thus, the quantity demanded of required textbooks is less responsive to price than the quantity demanded of mystery novels.
b. Beethoven recordings have more elastic demand than classical music recordings in general. Beethoven recordings are a narrower market than classical music recordings, so it is easy to find close substitutes for them. If the price of Beethoven recordings were to rise, people could substitute other classical recordings, like Mozart. But if the price of all classical recordings were to rise, substitution would be more difficult (a transition from classical music to rap is unlikely!). Thus, the quantity demanded of classical recordings is less responsive to price than the quantity demanded of Beethoven recordings.
c. Subway rides during the next five years have more elastic demand than subway rides during the next six months. Goods have a more elastic demand over longer time horizons. If the fare for a subway ride was to rise temporarily, consumers could not switch to other forms of transportation without great expense or great inconvenience. But if the fare for a subway ride was to remain high for a long time, people would gradually switch to alternative forms of transportation. As a result, the quantity demanded of subway rides during the next six months will be less responsive to changes in the price than the quantity demanded of subway rides during the next five years.
d. Root beer has more elastic demand than water. Root beer is a luxury with close substitutes, while water is a necessity with no close substitutes. If the price of water were to rise, consumers have little choice but to pay the higher price. But if the price of root beer were to rise, consumers could easily switch to other sodas. So the quantity demanded of root beer is more responsive to changes in price than the quantity demanded of water.
2.
a. For business travelers, the price elasticity of demand when the price of tickets rises from $200 to $250 is [(2,000 – 1,900)/1,950]/[(250 – 200)/225] = 0.05/0.22 = 0.23.
For vacationers, the price elasticity of demand when the price of tickets rises from $200 to $250 is [(800 – 600)/700] / [(250 – 200)/225] = 0.29/0.22 = 1.32.
b. The price elasticity of demand for vacationers is higher than the elasticity for business travelers because vacationers can choose more easily a different mode of transportation (like driving or taking the train). Business travelers are less likely to do so because time is more important to them and their schedules are less adaptable.
3.
a. The percentage change in price is equal to (2.25 – 2.50)/2.375 = -0.105 = -10.5%. If the price elasticity of demand is 0.3, quantity demanded will rise by 3.15% in the short run [0.3 × 0.105]. If the price elasticity of demand is 0.9, quantity demanded will rise by 9.45% in the long run [0.9 × 0.105].
b. Over time, consumers can make adjustments to their lives such as buying a more fuel efficient vehicle, using public transportation, carpooling, or reducing the amount of
driving they do. Thus, they can respond more easily to the change in the price of gasoline in the long run than in the short run.
4.
a. With a price elasticity of demand of 0.4, reducing the quantity demanded of cigarettes by 20% requires a 50% increase in price, because 20/50 = 0.4. With the price of cigarettes currently $2, this would require an increase in the price to $3.33 a pack using the midpoint method (note that ($3.33 – $2)/$2.67 = .50).
b. The policy will have a larger effect five years from now than it does one year from now. The elasticity is larger in the long run, because it may take some time for people to reduce their cigarette usage. The habit of smoking is hard to break in the short run.
c. Because teenagers do not have as much income as adults, they are likely to have a higher price elasticity of demand. Also, adults are more likely to be addicted to cigarettes, making it more difficult to reduce their quantity demanded in response to a higher price.
5. In order to determine whether you should raise or lower the price of admissions, you need to know if
the demand is elastic or inelastic. If demand is elastic, a decline in the price of admissions will increase total revenue. If demand is inelastic, an increase in the price of admissions will cause total revenue to rise. 6.
a. As Figure 1 shows, the decrease in supply increases the equilibrium price and decreases the
equilibrium quantity in both markets. Please note that, as a result of the tax that reduces the quantity supply by 50%, the quantity supplied for S1 (before the tax) is always half of the quantity supplied for S2 (after the tax). For instance, for the graph regarding gasoline, for S1 a price of 4 (6) is associated with a quantity demanded of 4 (10) for S1 and a quantity demanded of 2 (5) for S2.
b. In the market for gasoline (with inelastic demand), the decrease in supply leads to a relatively
large rise in the equilibrium price and a small decrease in the equilibrium quantity.
Figure 1
Price of gasoline
Price of corn
S2 9 S1 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Demand 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 S2 9 S1 8 7 6 5 4 Demand
3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 c. In the market for corn (with elastic demand), the decrease in supply leads to a relatively large decrease in the equilibrium quantity and a small rise in the equilibrium price.
d. Because demand is inelastic in the market for gasoline, the percentage decrease in quantity will be lower than the percentage rise in price; thus, total consumer spending will rise. Because demand is
elastic in the market for corn, the percentage decrease in quantity will be greater than the percentage rise in price, so total consumer spending will decline.
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