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

Price elasticity of demand — practice question

(a)[8]

Using diagrams, use the concept of income elasticity of demand to Explain the effect of a fall in incomes on the equilibrium price and equilibrium quantity of a normal good and an inferior good.

(b)[12]

Discuss the difficulties businesses may face when they try to control the factors that determine the price elasticity of demand for a product, and consider whether efforts to control those factors are likely to succeed.

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