Essays Tagged: "substitute goods"

Notes for a freshmen college microeconomics course.

and is InelasticP TR P TRP TR P TRIII. What Determines Price ElasticityA. The number and quality of substitute goods.B. The proportion of income the purchase makes up.C. The size of the expenditure.D. ... le goods tend to be elastic. H. Promotion.IV. Cross Elasticity of DemandShows whether two goods are substitutes orcomplements.Cross Elasticity Percentage Change in QFormula Percentage Change in PIf tw ...

(22 pages) 444 0 1.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

What is monopolistic competition?

ed by a lack of economic competition for the good or service that they provide and a lack of usable substitute goods. Perfect competition is a model in economic theory. It describes a hypothetical mar ... er of small firms, all producing nearly identical products, means that a very large number of close substitutes exists for the output produced by any given firm.Freedom of entry into and exit out of t ...

(2 pages) 116 0 5.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Supply and Demand and Price Elasticy Paper

nd.Demand is affected by (i) price demanded for the product and price of complementary goods and of substitute goods, (ii) income of the consumer, along with (iii) the tastes, preferences, and expecta ... mpetitor, or is considered too high of a cost by the customer, the buyer may consider alternatives. Substitute goods will lend themselves to be suitable alternatives if the consumer determines that re ...

(4 pages) 37 0 0.0 Jun/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers