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Commerce · Q75

Economics

Graduate and Post Graduate · Commerce · question 75

Q75

Identify the coefficient of price-elasticity of demand when the percentage increase in the quantity of a commodity demanded is smaller than the percentage fall in its price

A.
Equal to one
B.
Greater than one
C.
Small than one
Answer
D.
Zero

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
The coefficient of price-elasticity of demand is smaller than one when the percentage increase in the quantity of a commodity demanded is smaller than the percentage fall in its price.