Suppose the equilibrium price in the market is $10 and the price elasticity of demand for the linear demand function at the market equilibrium is -1.25. Then we know that
Subject: Managerial Economics Multiple Choice Quiz ( MCQ ) and Answer
When marginal revenue is negative, demand is
When marginal revenue is positive, demand is
When marginal revenue is zero, total revenue
When marginal revenue is zero, demand will be
Which of the following is a correct statement about the own-price elasticity of demand?
The demand for Cinnamon Toast Crunch brand cereal is
When a demand curve is linear,
If the own price elasticity of demand is infinite in absolute value, then
As a general rule-of-thumb, a manager can be 95 percent confident that the true value of the underlying parameter in the regression is not zero, when the absolute value of the t-statistic is
Which of the following provides a measure of the overall fit of a regression?
The statistical analysis of economic phenomenon is defined as:
You are the manager of a popular hat company. You know that the advertising elasticity of demand for your product is 0.25. How much will you have to increase advertising in order to increase demand by 5%?
If the income elasticity for lobster is.6, a 25% increase in income will lead to a
If the cross-price elasticity between ketchup and hamburgers is -2.5, a 2% increase in the price of ketchup will lead to a
If quantity demanded for sneakers falls by 6% when price increases 20% we know that the absolute value of the own-price elasticity of sneakers is
The own-price elasticity of demand for apples is -1.5. If the price of apples falls by 6%, what will happen to the quantity of apples demanded?
The demand for good X has been estimated by QX d = 6 – 2PX + 5PY. Suppose that good X sells at $3 per unit and good Y sels flor $2 per unit. Calculate the own price elasticity.
Suppose the demand for a product is QX d = 12 – 3 lnPX then product X is
Assume that the price elasticity of demand is -0.75 for a certain firm’s product. If the firm lowers price, the firm’s managers can expect total revenue to
If the demand function for a particular good is Q = 20 – 8P, then the price elasticity of demand (in absolute value) at a price of $1 is
The demand for which of the following commodities is likely to be more price inelastic?