INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS I (İKTİSADA GİRİŞ I) - (İNGİLİZCE) Dersi Elasticity, Government Policies and Market Efficiency soru detayı:

PAYLAŞ:

SORU:

When the demand for the good is inelastic and the supply is elastic, what happens to the producers’ revenue if the supply increases because of the technological improvements?


CEVAP:

The equilibrium price falls and the equilibrium quantity goes up. Since there is a fall in price, the revenue from sales for the sellers goes down since the demand for their product is inelastic. Recall that when the demand of the good is inelastic, an increase in price causes the total revenue to increase but in contrast a decrease in price causes the total revenue to decrease. Result indicate that technological improvements in the agriculture sector for the goods with inelastic demand cause the farmers’ income to decrease.