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stevenposner

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During a recession when people's incomes drop, grocery chains experience much smaller declines in sales than do upscale department stores. Explain this phenomenon using the concept of elasticity.
 
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In the personal computer (PC) market in the first half of 2008, Hewlett-Packard maintained its worldwide No. 1 ranking at a market share of 19.1 percent.
 
  Dell's market share was 16 percent and Acer held onto third place with a 9.5 percent share, and Lenovo maintained fourth place, with a 7.9 percent share. What is the four-firm concentration ratio in the PC market?
  A) 60.3
  B) 52.5
  C) 45
  D) 36.5


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jliusyl

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Reply #1 on: Jun 29, 2018
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During a recession, people's income decreases leading to a decrease in the quantity of normal goods they buy. The demand for necessities, however, is less income elastic, that is, less responsive to a change in income, than the demand for luxuries. So grocery stores, which sell mainly necessities, lose fewer sales than do upscale department stores, which sell luxury items.

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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