Day 5 Flashcards
Define: Elasticity
How sensitive the demand, or supply of a product is to a change in price
Perfectly Elastic = 1.0
Inelastic < 1.0
MCQ-04034
Define: Collusive Pricing
Competitors will collude or conspire to maintain prices and mutual profitability.
Prices are higher than the competitive price to customers
MCQ-08302
Equation: Price Elasticity of Demand
(Q2-Q1) ÷ Q1 / (P2-P1) ÷ P1
MCQ-03708
What does it mean if a product is elastic?
Demand is elastic if a decline in Price results in an increase in Total Revenue
OR
If an increase in Price results in a decrease in Total Revenue
MCQ-03722
What does it mean when the demand for a product is price unit elastic?
An increase in Price will have no effect on Total Revenue
MCQ-03520
Define: an Inelastic good
You need the product no matter what the price
EX: Insulin for a diabetic
MCQ-03715
Define: Deflation
General decline in prices for goods and services
MCQ-06622
Equation: Real Cost
Future Value / (1 + Inflation Rate)^n
MCQ-14537
What effects does inflation have on monetary assets?
Inflation erodes the purchasing power of cash and money market accounts
MCQ-14538