Essay Questions
Five essay questions. It is a cumulative exam and covers all material in this course. Answer the questions as completely as possible and use examples to help illustrate your point. Make sure these answers are in your own words and not plagiarized. Good luck and thank you for a fun class!
Prepare a Word document that addresses each of the following questions and submit to your instructor.
- Some economists believe that supply determines what happens to demand while others believe demand determines what happens to supply. Explain both sides with examples.
- The supply and demand for one product can affect the supply and demand for complementary items. Explain and give examples.
- The supply and demand for one product can affect the supply and demand for substitute items. Explain and give examples.
- What is “Elasticity?” Identify products which have an elastic demand. Identify products which have an inelastic demand. Identify products with a unitarily elastic demand. Explain what this means for all three.
- A lot of rules in Economics are based off of having perfect competition. What is this? What does it mean to have an imperfectly competitive market? Explain with examples.
