If airline companies were able to distinguish between groups of people with different price elasticities, it would charge the highest price to:
senior citizens, because senior citizens have positive price elasticities of demand.
government workers, because government workers have higher price elasticities of demand.
people with relatively low incomes, because lower income people have higher price elasticities of demand.
business people, because business people have lower price elasticities of deman
business people, because business people have lower price elasticities of demand.
Airline companies would charge higher price from business people because they are inelastic with the price of ticket as they have to travel for business. Person who travels for vacations have elastic demand so higher price decreases demand of airline tickets but increase in price for business people does not reduce its demand. So, charging higher price from business people gives more revenue to firm.
If airline companies were able to distinguish between groups of people with different price elasticities, it...
Comparing Operating Characteristics Across Industries Following are selected income statement and balance sheet data for companies in different industries. $ millions Sales Net Income Assets Liabilities Cost of Goods Sold $53,299 20,441 Stockholders' Equity $11,297 9,812 $75,356 36,397 $2,937 1,933 $41,290 22,536 $29,993 12,724 Target Corp. Nike, Inc. Harley- Davidson 531 5,717 53,647 3,352 11,248 10,666 159,422 8,892 95,664 1,774 63,758 Pfizer 11,188 (a) Compute the following ratios for each company. • Round all answers to one decimal place (percentage...
1) 1) A single-price monopolist is currently producing an output level where P-520, MR = $13, ATC = $15, and MC = $14. In order to maximize profits, this monopolist should A) shut down B) decrease production and increase price. C) not change his output level, because he is currently at the profit-maximizing output level. D) increase production and reduce price. E) there is insufficient information to make a recommendation 2) 2) Consider a monopolist that is able to distinguish...
How
are the elasticities in the below questions different? Beyond the
math, why?
Recreational marijuana was legalized in the state of Washington in July of 2014 creating a new source of revenue for the government. July 1,2015, the state government raised excise taxes paid by marijuana retailers on final sales leading to the following effects on prices and quantity sold: Quantity Sold (average grams per day) Price (per Date gram) 13.18 13.48 13.48 June 2015 (e 310.0 tax change) July...
7. Suppose an increase in the world price of corn is sustained throughout a long time period. The supply of corn over time will likely, a. become more elastic because consumers have more choices over longer time horizons. b. become more elastic because it takes corn a relatively long amount of time to mature from planting to harvest. c. become less elastic (more inelastic) because consumers have fewer choices over longer time horizons. d. become less elastic (more inelastic) because...
How would you respond to this post? People who are addicted to nicotine are loyal customers to tobacco companies because individuals must smoke to avoid painful withdrawal. “Price elasticity of demand is defined as the percentage change in quantity demanded divided by the percentage change in price” (Douglas, 2012, sect. 4.2, para. 2). Price seems to have little effect on nicotine-addicted individuals as they will adjust their budgets to ensure that they have the money to purchase tobacco products as...
Suppose that you are the CEO of a discount airline that caters to students on tight budgets who want to travel to warm locations when the weather gets cold. Currently, your airline flies small regional jets from Columbus to 6 cities in Florida; Miami, Tampa, Ft. Myers, Orlando, Ft. Lauderdale and Key West. To keep your business model simple and to better compete with other airlines, you charge a flat round-trip airfare to all of these destinations. As CEO, you...
The U.S. government bans the practice of drug reimportation. In
other words, it's illegal to buy pharmaceuticals in a foreign
country and then sell them in the United States. Drag each word or
phrase to the appropriate blank space in order to complete the
paragraph correctly.
The U.S. government bans the practice of drug reimportation. In other words, it's illegal to buy pharmaceuticals in a foreign country and then sell them in the United States. Drag each word or phrase...
6. OligopoliesThis chapter discusses companies that are oligopolists in the market for the goods they sell. Many of the same ideas apply to companies that are oligopolists in the market for the inputs they buy. If sellers who are oligopolists try to increase the price of goods they sell, the goal of buyers who are oligopolists is to try to decrease the prices of goods they buy.Major league baseball team owners have an oligopoly in the market for baseball players.The...
15. Which of the following is a true statement about the difference between a price-taker firm and a competitive price-searcher firm in the long run (more than one answer is correct)? a. Both will sell their products at a price equal to average total cost, but only the price-searcher will produce at minimum average total cost. b. Both will sell their products at a price equal to marginal cost, and only the competitive price searcher will produce at minimum average...
Note: All Supply and Demand questions are ceteris paribus– that is only assuming the given changes in the problem 1. San Francisco, and California in general, has very restrictive policies on building living spaces. (The city of Houston from 2011 to 2014 authorized more 1 unit building permits than all of California from 2011 to 2014). With (assume) a fixed housing stock but many tech workers moving to the city, the effect is ________ prices due to a ________ shock....