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

Price elasticity of demand — practice question

(a)[8]

Explain how economists use the idea of elasticity to tell inferior goods and necessary goods apart when consumer incomes change.

(b)[12]

Discuss the ways in which businesses might try to alter the price elasticity of demand for their products and judge which method is most likely to succeed.

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