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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 1 ECON Designed by Amy McGuire, B-books, Ltd. McEachern 2008-2009 5 CHAPTER Elasticity of Demand and Supply Micro
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 2 Price Elasticity of Demand LO 1 Elasticity –Responsiveness Price elasticity of demand –Consumers’ responsiveness to a change in price –Percentage change in quantity demanded divided by percentage change in price
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 3 Price Elasticity of Demand LO 1 Law of demand E D negative Absolute value of E D positive
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 4 Exhibit 1 LO 1 Demand Curve for Tacos D 10595 Thousands per day 0 0.90 Price per taco $1.10 b a If the price of tacos drops from $1.10 to $0.90, the quantity demanded increases from 95,000 to 105,000.
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 5 Categories of E D LO 1 If %∆q < %∆p –E D between 0 and 1 –Inelastic D If %∆q > %∆p –E D greater than 1 –Elastic D If %∆q = %∆p –E D = 1 –Unit elastic D
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 6 Elasticity and Total Revenue LO 1 Total revenue = price * quantity demanded at this price TR= p * q As p decreases If D elastic, TR increases If D inelastic, TR decreases If D unit elastic, TR constant
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 7 Price Elasticity and the Linear D Curve LO 1 Linear D curve –Constant slope –Different elasticity –D becomes less elastic as we move downward D upper half: elastic D lower half: inelastic D midpoint: unit elastic
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 8 Exhibit 2 LO 1 Demand, Price Elasticity, and Total Revenue Where D is elastic, a lower P increases TR Where D is inelastic, a lower P decreases TR TR reaches a maximum at the rate of output where D is unit elastic
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 9 Constant Elasticity Demand Curves LO 1 Perfectly elastic D curve –Horizontal; E D = ∞ –Consumers don’t tolerate P increases Perfectly inelastic D curve –Vertical; E D = 0 –‘Price is no object’ Unit-elastic D curve –%∆p causes an exact opposite %∆q
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 10 Exhibit 3 LO 1 Constant-Elasticity Demand Curves 0 Quantity per period Price per unit p E D = ∞ (a) Perfectly elastic D Price per unit E D’ = 0 (b) Perfectly inelastic E D’’ = 1 (c) Unit elastic D’ 0 Quantity per period Q Price per unit $10 6 0 Quantity per period 60100 D’’ a Consumers demand all quantity offered for sale at p, but demand nothing at a price above p Consumers demand Q regardless of price Total revenue is the same for each p-q combination b
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 11 Exhibit 4 LO 1 Summary of Price Elasticity of Demand
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 12 Determinants of Price Elasticity of D LO 2 E D is greater: –The greater the availability of substitutes, and the more similar the substitutes –The more important the good as a share of the consumer’s budget –The longer the period of adjustment (time)
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 13 Exhibit 5 LO 2 Demand Becomes More Elastic over Time DwDw Price per unit $1.25 1.00 DmDm Quantity per day9510075500 DyDy e D y is more elastic than D m, which is more elastic than D w D w : one week after the price increase D m : one month after the price increase D y : one year after the price increase
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 14 Elasticity Estimates LO 2 Short run –Consumers have little time to adjust Long run –Consumers can fully adjust to a price change Demand is more elastic in the long run
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 15 Exhibit 6 LO 2 Selected Price Elasticities of Demand (Absolute Values)
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 16 LO 2 Case Study Deterring Young Smokers Health hazard Kills 440,000 Americans a year Lung cancer; Heart disease; Emphysema; Stroke Cost to society $7.18 per pack sold Higher health cost Lost worker productivity Total: $150 billion a year $3,400 per smoker per year
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 17 LO 2 Case Study Deterring Young Smokers Discouraging smoking Prohibit the sale of cigarettes to minors Higher cigarette tax E D is higher for teens Big share of budget Less peer pressure Not an addiction yet Reduces teen smoking Change consumer tastes
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 18 Price Elasticity of Supply LO 3 Elasticity –Responsiveness Price elasticity of supply –Producers’ responsiveness to a change in price –Percentage change in quantity supplied divided by percentage change in price
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 19 Price Elasticity of Supply LO 3 Law of supply E S positive
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 20 Exhibit 7 LO 3 Price Elasticity of Supply S Price per unit p p’ Quantity per periodqq’0 If the price increases from p to p’, the quantity supplied increases from q to q’. Price and quantity supplied move in the same direction, so the price elasticity of supply is a positive number.
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 21 Categories of E S LO 3 If %∆q < %∆p –E S between 0 and 1 –Inelastic S If %∆q > %∆p –E S greater than 1 –Elastic S If %∆q = %∆p –E S = 1 –Unit elastic S
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 22 Constant Elasticity Supply Curves LO 3 Perfectly elastic S curve –Horizontal; E S = ∞ –Producers supply 0 at a price below P Perfectly inelastic S curve –Vertical; E S = 0 –Goods in fixed supply Unit-elastic S curve – %∆p causes an exact opposite %∆q –S curve is a ray from the origin
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 23 Exhibit 8 LO 3 Constant-Elasticity Supply Curves 0 Quantity per period Price per unit p E S = ∞ (a) Perfectly elastic S Price per unit E S’ = 0 (b) Perfectly inelastic E S’’ = 1 (c) Unit elastic S’ 0 Quantity per period Q Price per unit $10 5 0 Quantity per period 1020 S’’ Firms supply any amount of output demanded at p, but supply 0 at prices below p. Quantity supplied is independent of the price Any %∆p results in the same %∆q supplied.
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 24 Determinants of Supply Elasticity LO 3 E S is greater: –If the marginal cost rises slowly as output expands –The longer the period of adjustment (time)
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 25 Exhibit 9 LO 3 Supply Becomes More Elastic over Time SwSw Price per unit 1.00 $1.25 Quantity per day1102000100140 SmSm SySy S w : one week after the price increase S m : one month after the price increase S y : one year after the price increase S w is less elastic than S m, which is less elastic than S y
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 26 Income Elasticity of Demand LO 4 Demand responsiveness to a change in consumer income Percentage change in demand divided by the percentage change in income that caused it Inferior goods –Negative income elasticity Normal goods –Positive income elasticity
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 27 Income Elasticity of Demand LO 4 Normal goods –Income inelastic Elasticity between 0 and 1 Necessities –Income elastic Elasticity > 1 Luxuries
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 28 Exhibit 10 LO 4 Selected Income Elasticities of Demand
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 29 LO 4 Case Study The Market for Food and ‘The Farm Problem’ 1950: 10 million family farms Today: less than 3 million Demand Price inelastic Total revenue falls when P falls Income inelastic D increases Technological improvements S increases
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 30 The Demand for Grain LO 4 D 51011Billions of bushels per year0 Price per bushel $5 4 3 2 1 The D for grain tends to be inelastic. As the market P falls, so does TR.
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 31 Exhibit 11 LO 4 The Effect on Increases in Demand and Supply on Farm Revenue S’ D’ D 51014Billions of bushels per year0 Price per bushel $8 4S Technological advance - sharp increase in S Increase in consumer income - small increase in D Drop in P Drop in total revenue
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 32 Cross-Price Elasticity of Demand LO 4 Responsiveness of D for one good to changes in P of another good %∆ in demand for one good divided by %∆ in price of another good –If positive: substitutes –If negative: complements –If zero: unrelated
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 33 Price Elasticity and Tax Incidence Appendix Tax –Decrease in S by the amount of tax Tax incidence –Consumers: high P –Producers: net-of-tax receipt
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 34 Price Elasticity and Tax Incidence Appendix The more price elastic the D: –The more tax producers pay –The less tax consumers pay The more elastic the S: –The less tax producers pay –The more tax consumers pay
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 35 Effects of Price Elasticity of D on Tax Incidence StSt S D’ StSt S D $0.20 Tax Price per ounce $1.15 1.00 0.95 Millions of ounces per day10 90 $0.20 Tax 107 Price per ounce $1.05 1.00 0.85 (a) Less elastic demand(b) More elastic demand The more elastic the D curve, the more tax is paid by producers (lower net-of-tax receipt) Exhibit A
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Chapter 5Copyright ©2009 by South-Western, a division of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved 36 Effects of Price Elasticity of Supply on Tax Incidence St’St’ S’ D’’ $0.20 Tax Price per ounce $1.15 1.00 0.95 (a) More elastic supply St”St” S” D’’ $0.20 Tax 109 Price per ounce $1.05 1.00 0.85 (b) Less elastic supply Millions of ounces per day 1080 The more elastic the S curve, the more tax is paid by consumers as a higher price. Exhibit B
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