The price elasticity of demand will be larger in absolute value if

a. expenditure on the good represents a smaller proportion of the consumer's total expenditure
b. we define the good more broadly
c. we define the good more narrowly
d. the number of substitutes is smaller
e. the number of consumers is larger

C

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a. always exist in pure strategies. b. generally come in even numbers. c. always exist in finite games. d. all of the above.

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