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Commerce · Q333

Economics

Graduate and Post Graduate · Commerce · question 333

Q333

The upper portion of the kinked demand curve is relatively

A.
More inelastic
B.
More elastic
Answer
C.
Less elastic
D.
Inelastic

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
The upper portion of the kinked demand curve is relatively more elastic. The kinked-demand curve is a demand curve comprised of two segments, one that is relatively more elastic, which results if a firm increases its price, and the other that is relatively less elastic, which results if a firm decreases its price. These two segments are joined at a corner or "kink."