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MBA, Ph.D in Management
Harvard university
Feb-1997 - Aug-2003
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Strayer University
Jan-2007 - Present
•Suppose the price elasticity of petrol is 0.3 in the short run and 0.9 in the long run.
a)If the price of a litre of petrol falls from $2.00 to $1.80,what happens to the quantity of petrol demanded in short run? In the long run?(Use the midpoint formula in your calculations)
b)Why might the elasticity of demand for petrol depend on a time horizon?Â
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