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Question1:

Suppose a firm has the following demand equation:

Q = 1,000 - 3,000P + 10A,

where Q = quantity demanded

P = product price (in dollars)

A = advertising expenditures (in dollars)

Assume for the questions below that P = $3 and A = $2,000

1. Assume the firm decreased the price to $2.50. Would this be beneficial? Explain. Illustrate your answer with the use of a demand schedule.
2. Assume the firm increased the price to $4.00 while increasing the advertising expenditures by $100. Would this be beneficial? Explain. Illustrate your answer with the demand schedule.

Question2:

A bookstore opens across the street from the University Book Store (UBS). The new store carries the same textbooks but offers a price 30 % lower than UBS. If the cross-elasticity is estimated to be 1.5, and UBS does not respond to its competition, how much of its sales is it going to lose?

 

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