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bobbie

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Jill Borts believes that the price elasticity of demand for her economics textbook is relatively inelastic. She argues "I was told I had to purchase a book written by Hubbard and O'Brien that is required by my instructor. If I wanted to buy a mystery novel I would have many authors to choose from. Therefore, the demand for mystery novels is more elastic than the demand for my textbook." Is Jill correct?


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She is correct that the textbook has a more inelastic demand, but that is because most students pay for their textbooks with credit cards. Most people pay for novels and other books with debit cards.


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She is confused. She should have concluded that the textbook has a more elastic demand than a novel.


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The demand for the textbook is more inelastic, but Jill's reasoning is incorrect. The reason the textbook has an inelastic demand is that it is more expensive than any novel.


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She is correct.

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Marked as best answer by bobbie on Oct 5, 2019

Tonny

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Reply #1 on: Oct 5, 2019
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bobbie

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Reply 2 on: Oct 5, 2019
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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