Assume you have modeled the short run price elasticity of gasoline demand. Policy makers are likely more interested in the long run elasticity. We think drivers may respond differently to short run price changes compared with long run changes. List specific actions drivers may take in the short-run to respond to price changes. List specific long-run responses drivers may take.
Gasoline is a good of necessity that can be avoided at least in long run.
In short run of prices goes down, demand will shoot up. But if the prices go really up, drivers will most likely go on strike and give up on their work because as gasoline has no close substitutes that can not replaced.
In long run, Both the suppliers and the drivers will have to come a price of agreement as, neither suppliers can go without demand nor the drivers can completely leave their occupation. Also, the reduction that will happen in prices( if they were increased) will be the result of lower demand causes by drivers.
Assume you have modeled the short run price elasticity of gasoline demand. Policy makers are likely...
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Suppose that the long-run price elasticity of demand for gasoline is 0.45. Assume that the price of gasoline is currently $4.00 per gallon, the quantity of gasoline is 140 billion gallons per year, and the federal government decides to increase the excise tax on gasoline by $1.00 per gallon. Suppose that in the long run the price of gasoline increases by $0.60 per gallon after the $1.00 excise tax is imposec. a. Using the midpoint formula, after the tax is...
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Question 9 Assume the price elasticity of demand (Ed) is 0.4 for gasoline in the long run. Some argue that we need a 50% reduction in gasoline consumption to be sustainable. What percentage price increase would reach that goal of 50% reduction in consumption? Group of answer choices 125% 20% 0.4% 40% 50%
Determinants of the price elasticity of demand Consider some determinants of the price elasticity of demand: The availability of close substitutes . Whether the good is a necessity or a luxury How broadly you define the market . The time horizon being considered A good with many close substitutes is likely to have relatively _______ demand, since consumers can easily choose to purchase one of the close substitutes if the price of the good rises A good's price elasticity of demand depends in part on how necessary...
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