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

Price elasticity of demand — practice question

(a)[8]

Explain, with the aid of a diagram, what happens in the market for a product when the price of a substitute rises, and how economists would measure the link between these two products.

(b)[12]

Discuss how habit-forming demerit goods and goods with lots of substitutes are each likely to react to price rises, and assess how far knowledge of their likely response would be helpful to government policymakers.

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This 20-mark question has a full step-by-step worked solution and mark scheme. One marking point: Understanding of how a rise in the price of a substitute affects demand, shown with a supply and demand diagram

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