Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · 7.6

7.6 — practice question

Steel producer X acquires its chief rival, steel producer Y. As a result of this takeover, what would X anticipate will happen to the price elasticity of demand for its product and to its long-run average cost?

  • Aprice elasticity of demand decrease, long-run average cost decrease
  • Bprice elasticity of demand decrease, long-run average cost increase
  • Cprice elasticity of demand increase, long-run average cost decrease
  • Dprice elasticity of demand increase, long-run average cost increase

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