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B. In each of the following cases, do you think the price
elasticity of supply is...
B. In each of the following cases, do you think the price
elasticity of supply is (i) perfectly elastic; (ii) perfectly
inelastic; (iii) elastic, but not perfectly elastic; (iv)
inelastic, but not perfectly inelastic? Explain your
answer.
- An increase in demand this summer for domestic travel leads
to a huge jump in the price of motel rooms.
- The price of a kilowatt of electricity is the same during
periods of high electricity demand as during periods of low
electricity demand.
- Fewer people want to fly during February than any other
month. The airlines cancel about 10% of their flights as ticket
prices fall about 20% during this month.
- Owners of Airbnb vacation homes in Maine rent them out
during the summer. Due to the covid pandemic, a 30% decline in the
price of Airbnb rental leads more than half of homeowners to occupy
their vacation homes themselves during the summer.