If the price of orange juice rises 10%, and as a result the quantity demanded falls by 8%, the price elasticity of demand for orange juice is
A) -1.25.
B) inelastic.
C) Both A and B above.
D) Neither A nor B above.
B
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Both individual buyers and sellers in perfect competition
A) can influence the market price by their own individual actions. B) can influence the market price by joining with a few of their competitors. C) have to take the market price as a given. D) have the market price dictated to them by government.
Exhibit 9-1 A monopolistic competitive firm ? If all firms in the industry are the same as the monopolistic competitive firm shown in this Exhibit 9-1, firms in the long run will:
A. leave the industry. B. earn positive economic profits. C. experience less competition because firms will exit the industry. D. experience competition from new firms that enter the industry.