12. The table below shows the retail price and sales for instant coffee and roasted coffee for...

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12. The table below shows the retail price and sales for instant coffee and roasted coffee for 1997 and 1998.

a. Using these data alone, estimate the short-run price elasticity of demand for roasted coffee. Derive a linear demand curve for roasted coffee.

b. Now estimate the short-run price elasticity of demand for instant coffee. Derive a linear demand curve for instant coffee.

c. Which coffee has the higher short-run price elasticity of demand? Why do you think this is the case?

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Microeconomics

ISBN: 9780132080231

7th Edition

Authors: Robert S. Pindyck, Daniel L. Rubinfeld

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