In: Economics
Consider the following pairs of goods. For which of the two goods would you expect the demand to be less price elastic? Why?
a. Covid-19 vaccine or Patchi Chocolate
b. Drink in general or Almarai Orange Juice
c. Demand for cigarettes over a three months or over the course of three years.
d. Petrol or the Graff Diamonds Hallucination watches.
A - Covid 19 vaccine will have less elastic demand because it is a medical necessity and hence price will not affect demand.
B - Drink in general will be less elastic because of a necessary good. Orange juice is not a necessity.
C - Demand for cigarettes over course of three Months will be less elastic. Demand is less elastic in lesser time period due to lesser substitutes.
D - Petrol will have less elastic demand because it is a necessity. Diamond watches is a luxury goods and hence its demand will be elastic in nature.