Most people buy salt infrequently and in small quantities. Even a doubling of the price of salt is likely to result in a small decline in the quantity of salt demanded. Therefore
A) the price elasticity of demand for salt is greater than 1 (in absolute value).
B) the demand for salt will be perfectly inelastic.
C) salt is a normal good.
D) the demand for salt is relatively inelastic.
D
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Which of the following statements about rent seeking is false?
A) A person is engaging in rent-seeking behavior when he uses the political process to acquire ownership of a resource that belongs to the public. B) If a firm can benefit from government intervention in the economy, it is more likely to spend resources attempting to secure this intervention than toward innovating its product to gain a competitive edge in the market. C) Because rent seeking redistributes society's resources, anyone engaging in such behavior is violating the law. D) Rent seeking often involves governments because governments transfer huge amounts of funds that economic agents must compete for.
Which of the following is NOT necessary for price discrimination to occur?
A) The firm must be able to separate the market into identifiable groups. B) The firm must be selling a durable good. C) The firm must have a downward sloping demand curve. D) The firm has to be able to prevent resale of the product or service.