What does a horizontal demand curve indicate about the price elasticity of demand?
What will be an ideal response?
If the demand curve for a good is horizontal, the demand for the good is perfectly elastic. Hence the price elasticity of demand is infinite.
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Economists concerned about economy-wide trends in the unemployment of labor, the rate of inflation, and the level of economic production are studying:
A) microeconomics. B) macroeconomics. C) specific units or parts of the economy. D) the "trees" of economic behavior, rather than the "forest."
When firms price discriminate they
A) sell to new consumers who would not have bought at the profit-maximizing uniform price but lose sales to existing consumers because of the higher prices. B) sell to new consumers that would not have bought at the profit-maximizing uniform price. C) lose surplus from consumers who would have bought at the profit-maximizing uniform price. D) None of the above.