Answer to Question #50613 in Microeconomics for nana

Question #50613
the demand equation is estimated to be 50 - 3p + 2po where po is the price of other good. assume the average value of P is $3 and the average value of po is $6.
a. what is the price elasticity at the average values of P and Po? how should the price of the good can changed to increase total revenues?
b. what is the cross elasticity at the average values of P and Po? what is the relationship between the two goods?
c. if equation is correctly estimated is good inferior a necessity or a luxury? Explain.
Expert's answer
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Expert's answer
2015-06-04T00:00:45-0400
Qd = 50 - 3P + 2Po, P = $3, Po = $6.
a. The price elasticity at the average values of P and Po is: Edp= -3 and Edpo = -2, so the demand for both goods is elastic. The price of the good can be decreased in this case to increase total revenues.
b. The cross elasticity at the average values of P and Po is zero, because these two goods are neither complements, nor substitutes.
c. To calculate if the good is inferior, a necessity or a luxury, we need to know the change in income of the consumer.

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Assignment Expert
13.02.18, 21:29

Dear visitor, please use panel for submitting new questions

sanchit
13.02.18, 12:22

Can you clearly show steps to calculate price elasticity and how cross elasticity came to be zero

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