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Economics Topic 5.1 Exercise 1. The responsiveness of demand for one good to a change in a price of another. XED = 2. XED = = 0.9 *they are substitute goods 3. XED = = - 1 *they are complementary good 4. YED = 5. YED = = 1.1 *they are Normal goods

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Page 1: Economics Topic 5.pdf

Economics Topic 5.1 Exercise

1. The responsiveness of demand for one good to a change in a price of another.

XED =

2. XED =

= 0.9 *they are substitute goods

3. XED =

= - 1 *they are complementary good

4. YED =

5. YED =

= 1.1 *they are Normal goods

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6. YED =

= -1.1

7. The responsiveness of QS to change in price

PES =

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8. Price Elastic Supply

Product whose supply changes greatly when the is slight price change

Price Inelastic supply

Product whose supply changes slightly when there is great price change

9. PES =

= 1.5 * Elastic

* Little change in price, big change in QS

10. - Short run refers to a time period that is too short for a firm to change their factory

capacity or for new firms to enter the market.

- Product price increase, firm can’t increase supply significantly to take advantage of

higher price

- Supple inelastic