Chapter 5: Problem 14
Describe the general appearance of a demand or a supply curve with infinite elasticity.
Chapter 5: Problem 14
Describe the general appearance of a demand or a supply curve with infinite elasticity.
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Suppose you are in charge 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.
Can you think of an industry (or product) with near infinite elasticity of supply in the short term? That is, what is an industry that could increase Qs almost without limit in response to an increase in the price?
The equation for a demand curve is \(\mathrm{P}=2 / \mathrm{Q}\). What is the elasticity of demand as price falls from 5 to \(4 ?\) What is the elasticity of demand as the price falls from 9to \(8 ?\) Would you expect these answers to be the same?
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