Often economists measure the loss in consumer surplus by looking at the changing area below the Marshallian demand curve. This approach will provide a more accurate measure of the compensating variation of such a price increase if:
a. the good occupies a small portion of a person's budget.
b. the good occupies a large portion of a person's budget.
c. the good has many close substitutes.
d. the good has few substitutes.
Question 2
In the electric power industry, residential customers have relatively ____ demand for electricity compared with large industrial users. But contrary to price discrimination, large industrial users generally are charged ____ rates.
a. similar, similar
b. elastic, lower
c. elastic, higher
d. inelastic, lower
e. inelastic, higher
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