Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · 7.7

7.7 — practice question

When a firm acquires one of its chief rivals, what is likely to occur to the price elasticity of demand for the firm’s product, and how will the acquisition affect its average cost of production?

  • Aprice elasticity of demand decreases; average cost increases
  • Bprice elasticity of demand decreases; average cost uncertain
  • Cprice elasticity of demand increases; average cost increases
  • Dprice elasticity of demand increases; average cost uncertain

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