The Acmeville Metropolitan Bus Service currently charges $0.88 for an all-day ticket, and has an average of 472 riders a day. The bus company is not earning a profit, but according to their contract with the city, they cannot cut the number of buses on the road. They must therefore find a way to increase revenues. The bus company is considering increasing the ticket price to $0.99. The marketing department's studies indicate this price increase would reduce usage to 221 riders per day. Calculate the absolute value of the price elasticity of demand for bus tickets using the simple percentage change method. Round your answer to one decimal place.

The long-run own-price elasticity for corn at the farm level is –0.372. Because of a late freeze in Iowa, corn production is expected fall by 16 percent. Regional corn prices are likely to:

Which of the following figures is most likely to represent the cross price elasticity of demand of one internet service provider to another internet provider   a) -3 b) 0 c) 2.5 d) -0.55

A single producer company surveyed the elasticity data of its product X. The results indicated that: - X has an income elasticity of +0.8 - The cross-elasticity of X with Y is equal to -0.7 - The price elasticity of X is |0.8| Given these results, the company estimated that the forecast increase in consumer income is 5% next year, the expected increase in the price of Y is 10%. If the company intends to increase its sales by 3% in the following year, what is your recommendation for an adjustment in the price of X? (Hint: Consider the increase in income, then the effect of Y on X and then calculate the price adjustment to be made)

The price elasticity of demand for air travel differs radically from first-class (-1.3) t to restricted discount coach (-1.8). Given these elasticities, what will be the difference between the optimal prices (fares) of first class and discount coach on a cross-country trip with incremental variable costs (marginal costs) equal to $120?

Amy is a graduate student living in Dallas who works as a caddy to supplement their normal income. At an hourly wage rate of $15, they are willing to caddy 5 hours per week. Upping the wage to $25 per hour, they are willing to caddy 14 hours per week. Using the midpoint method, the elasticity of Amy’s labor supply between the wages of $15 and $25 per hour is approximately  (0.06, 0.53, 1.89, 10.56) , which means that Amy’s supply of labor over this wage range is  (elastic/inelastic)  .

The Potomac Range Corporation manufactures a line of microwave ovens costing $500 each. Its sales have averaged about 6,000 units per month during the past year. In August, Potomac's closest competitor, Spring City Stove Works, cut its price for a closely competitive model from $600 to $545. Potomac noticed that its sales volume declined to 4,500 units per month after Spring City announced its price cut.   a) What is the arc cross elasticity of demand between Potomac's oven and the competitive Spring City model?   b) If Potomac knows that the arc price elasticity of demand for its ovens is −2.0, what price would Potomac have to charge to sell the same number of units it did before the Spring City price cut?

Q1. Suppose the government is considering an increase in the toll on a certain stretch of highway from $3 to $4. At present, 1 million cars per week use that highway stretch; after the toll is imposed, the number of cars per week will change according to its price elasticity of demand of -0.8 (this elasticity value is estimated based on the initial-value method). If the marginal cost of highway use is constant (i.e., the supply curve is horizontal) and equal to $3 per car, what is the net annual cost to society attributable to the increase in the toll? (your answer must be rounded off to the nearest million dollars per year, i.e., no decimal places; there are 52 weeks in a year)

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