Microeconomics (9th Edition) (Pearson Series in Economics)
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Author: Robert Pindyck, Daniel Rubinfeld
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If a 3-percent increase in the price of corn flakes causes a 6-percent decline in the quantity demanded, what is the
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Microeconomics (9th Edition) (Pearson Series in Economics)
Ch. 2 - Prob. 1RQCh. 2 - Prob. 2RQCh. 2 - If a 3-percent increase in the price of corn...Ch. 2 - Prob. 4RQCh. 2 - Explain why for many goods, the long-run price...Ch. 2 - Why do long-run elasticities of demand differ from...Ch. 2 - Prob. 7RQCh. 2 - Prob. 8RQCh. 2 - Prob. 9RQCh. 2 - In a discussion of tuition rates, a university...
Ch. 2 - Suppose the demand curve for a product is given by...Ch. 2 - Prob. 12RQCh. 2 - Prob. 13RQCh. 2 - Prob. 1ECh. 2 - Consider a competitive market for which the...Ch. 2 - Prob. 3ECh. 2 - Prob. 4ECh. 2 - Prob. 5ECh. 2 - Prob. 6ECh. 2 - In 2010, Americans smoked 315 billion cigarettes,...Ch. 2 - In Example 2.8 we examined the effect of a...Ch. 2 - In Example 2.8 (page 52), we discussed the recent...Ch. 2 - Prob. 12E
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