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Simple Pricing Flashcards

1
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Profit equation is

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(P - AC) x Q

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2
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Many companies think about

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how to sell more or how to reduce costs and not much time thinking about price

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3
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A demand curve tells you

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how much consumers will purchase at a given price

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4
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The First Law of Demand says

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the consumer will purchase more if the price falls

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5
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An aggregate demand curve

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is the sum of all individual demand curves

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6
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An aggregate or market demand curve

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is the relationship between the price and the number of purchases made by a group of consumers

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7
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As price decreases, the

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quantity of demand increases

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8
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If something other than price causes an increase in demand,

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the demand shifts to the right or demand increases

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9
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Demand curves are used to

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change the pricing decision into a quantity decision

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10
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Consumers are using marginal analysis to

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maximize consumer surplus

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11
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Sellers use marginal analysis to

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maximize profits

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12
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If MR > MC

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reduce price

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13
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If MR < MC

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increase price

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14
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To get the best price by taking steps

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and recomputing MR and MC to see whether to take another step

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15
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To estimate Marginal Revenue

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measure quantity responses to past price changes, experimenting with price changes, or surveying potential customers

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16
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Price elasticity of demand is computed as

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percentage of change in quantity demanded divided by percentage of change in price

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17
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Price elasticity measures

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the sensitivity of quantity to price

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18
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A demand curve for which quantity changes more than price

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is said to be elastic or sensitive to price

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19
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A demand curve for which quantity changes less than price

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is said to be elastic or insensitive to price

20
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if |e| > 1

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demand is elastic

21
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if |e| < 1

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demand is inelastic

22
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In general, elasticity tells you

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how revenue changes as you change price

23
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Elastic Demand: Price increase

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Revenue Decrease

24
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Elastic Demand: Price decrease

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Revenue Increase

25
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Inelastic Demand: Price increase

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Revenue decrease

26
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Inelastic Demand: Price decrease

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Revenue increase

27
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The more elastic the demand is

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the lower the profit-maximizing price is

28
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Products with close substitutes

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have more elastic demand

29
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Consumers respond to price increases

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by switching to their next best alternative

30
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Demand for an individual brand is

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more elastics than industry aggregate demand

31
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Brand price elasticity is

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approximately equals to industry price elasticity divided by brand share

32
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Products with many complements have

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less elastic demand

33
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Individual products that are consumed as part of a larger bundle

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are complementary goods and have less demand

34
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Another factor affecting elasticity is

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time. Given more time, consumers are more responsive to time changes

35
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In the long run, demand curves

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become more elastic

36
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As price increases,

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demand becomes more elastic

37
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With elasticity and percentage change in price,

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you can predict the corresponding change in quantity

38
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Income elasticity of demand measures

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the change in demand arising from changes in income

39
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Positive income elasticity means

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that the good is normal. That is as income increases, demand increases.

40
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Negative income elasticity means

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that the good is inferior. That is as income increases, demand declines

41
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Cross price elasticity of demand measures

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the change in good A owing a change in price of good B

42
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A positive cross-price elasticity means

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that Good B is a substitute for A

43
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Negative cross-price elasticity means

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that Good B is a complement for A

44
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Stay even analysis allows

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you to do marginal analysis of pricing by determining the volume required to offset change in price

45
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If predicted quantity decrease is bigger than the stay-even quantity decrease,

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then the price increase is not profitable

46
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The stay-even quantity is the function

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of the size of the price increase and contribution margin

47
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A proposed price change is profitable

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if the predicted quantity loss is less than the stay-even quantity

Applied Macroeconomic Theorys (14 decks)

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