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Assuming the underlying demand for cases of O Be Joyful beverages is a linear function of...

  1. Assuming the underlying demand for cases of O Be Joyful beverages is a linear function of O Be Joyful per-case price and state income (000s), use the data to obtain least squares estimates for each state's beverage demand function (three separate regressions). Report each estimated demand function in your memo. Please feel free to attach summary results to your memo. Your memo should stand alone, however, as communication. Do not ask the reader to go to attachments to justify any argument.
    1. Estimate own-price and income elasticities for each state and interpret the results. (Please see three tables below)

Wisconsin

Quantity Price Income
309 29.77 25.59
341 26.49 28.16
600 28.56 54.66
298 32.38 26.15
241 26.15 17.63
202 30.37 14.63
654 27.29 60.42
459 29.44 40.15
490 32.83 44.4
399 36.68 36.91
351 27.39 29.81
157 29.46 10.93
457 28.49 40.72
322 29.16 27.29
306 29.91 25.48
536 32.3 48.43
416 26.44 36.27
411 32.12 35.94
628 29.84 57.61
393 32.37 33.75
446 28.59 39.46
288 32.14 24.19
432 32.22 38.45
350 31.52 29.52
423 31.81 38.05
316 33.36 27.18
275 33.44 24.07
342 28.14 29
454 26.04 40.16
239 30.37 19.74
368 32.19 32.02
407 30.84 35.43
252 31.56 20.19
151 33.11 10.8
314 31.42 26.46
451 34.14 40.69
395 30.52 34.81
229 25.32 17.36
340 28.66 28.36
415 32.2 37.04
476 32.52 43.47
285 26.36 22.97
345 30.79 29.52
420 35.14 38.4
394 34.1 35.73
443 28.5 38.81
393 25.72 33.23
269 30.64 22.66
565 31.27 51.13
515 26.23 46.6

  

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Expert Solution

1. In order to find the own elasticity and income elasticity first we need to convert the data to log form as below using function = log() in excel

Quantity

Price

Income

2.49

1.47

1.41

2.53

1.42

1.45

2.78

1.46

1.74

2.47

1.51

1.42

2.38

1.42

1.25

2.31

1.48

1.17

2.82

1.44

1.78

2.66

1.47

1.60

2.69

1.52

1.65

2.60

1.56

1.57

2.55

1.44

1.47

2.20

1.47

1.04

2.66

1.45

1.61

2.51

1.46

1.44

2.49

1.48

1.41

2.73

1.51

1.69

2.62

1.42

1.56

2.61

1.51

1.56

2.80

1.47

1.76

2.59

1.51

1.53

2.65

1.46

1.60

2.46

1.51

1.38

2.64

1.51

1.58

2.54

1.50

1.47

2.63

1.50

1.58

2.50

1.52

1.43

2.44

1.52

1.38

2.53

1.45

1.46

2.66

1.42

1.60

2.38

1.48

1.30

2.57

1.51

1.51

2.61

1.49

1.55

2.40

1.50

1.31

2.18

1.52

1.03

2.50

1.50

1.42

2.65

1.53

1.61

2.60

1.48

1.54

2.36

1.40

1.24

2.53

1.46

1.45

2.62

1.51

1.57

2.68

1.51

1.64

2.45

1.42

1.36

2.54

1.49

1.47

2.62

1.55

1.58

2.60

1.53

1.55

2.65

1.45

1.59

2.59

1.41

1.52

2.43

1.49

1.36

2.75

1.50

1.71

2.71

1.42

1.67

2. Using data analysis run regression, keeping Y as Q, and Price, Income as X

3. The results is expressed as below

SUMMARY OUTPUT

Regression Statistics

Multiple R

0.9981

R Square

0.9961

Adjusted R Square

0.9960

Standard Error

0.0088

Observations

50.0000

ANOVA

df

SS

MS

F

Significance F

Regression

2.0000

0.9287

0.4644

6049.3363

0.0000

Residual

47.0000

0.0036

0.0001

Total

49.0000

0.9324

Coefficients

Standard Error

t Stat

P-value

Lower 95%

Upper 95%

Intercept

1.5665

0.0486

32.2614

0.0000

1.4688

1.6641

Price

-0.1742

0.0322

-5.4054

0.0000

-0.2391

-0.1094

Income

0.8385

0.0076

109.9932

0.0000

0.8232

0.8539

  4. The expression is log(Q) = 1.57-0.1742*log(P)+0.84*log(Income)

Where Own price elasticity = -0.1742, means for one percent increase in price the quantity decreases by -0.1742 percent

Income elasticity  = 0.84, means for one percent increase in price the quantity increases by 0.84 percent


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