Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Cross elasticity of demand

Cross elasticity of demand — practice question

(a)[8]

With the aid of diagrams, Explain how consumer surplus changes when the price of a luxury product with many substitutes decreases, and when the price of an essential product with few substitutes decreases.

(b)[12]

Discuss the extent to which knowledge of the income elasticity of demand for its product is likely to be more useful to a business than knowledge of the cross elasticity of demand for its product.

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