1. Define three types of elasticity of demand. Indicate how you would use inform
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1. Define three types of elasticity of demand. Indicate how you would use information from recent research paid by your company that the own price elasticity of your product is -1.2 and not -0.8 as previously thought.
2. Many cities have experienced a substantial decrease in the amount of garbage being collected after they changed from levying a tax on each household to pay for the pickup to charging a fee for each bag or can picked up. Would this have been the result of a change in Demand? If so, why; if not, why not? If not, what was the probable reason?
Explanation / Answer
ELASTIC DEMAND - a change in price, results in a greater than proportional change in the quantity demanded ED>1.
INELASTIC DEMAND - a change in price results in a less than proportional change ED<1.
UNITARY DEMAND - a change in price results in n equal proportional change ED=1.
PERFECTLY ELASTIC DEMAND - demand changes even when price remains unchanged.
PERFECTLY INELASTIC DEMAND - change in price does not result in any change.
2. due to inelastic demand
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