ELASTICITY OF DEMAND AND MARKET STRUCTURE Janet Gordon and Phil Hopkins graduated several years ago with M.S. degrees in accounting and set up a full-service accounting firm. Janet and Phil have many small business clients and have noticed some pricing trends while compiling annual financial statements. The following data are for five of the pizza parlors which are Janet and Phil’s clients: Quantity Sold Average Price Mamma Mia’s 18,000 $10.00 Happy Time Pizza 21,000 7.90 Keg and Pie Pizza 22,000 8.00 Fast Freddy’s Pizza 30,000 7.00 Pizza-pizza 24,000 7.50 Required: 1. Is the demand for pizza relatively more elastic or inelastic? 2. What type of market structure characterizes the pizza industry? How do you suppose that Mamma Mia’s can charge so much more per pizza than Fast Freddy’s does?

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ELASTICITY OF DEMAND AND MARKET STRUCTURE

Janet Gordon and Phil Hopkins graduated several years ago with M.S. degrees in accounting and set up a full-service accounting firm. Janet and Phil have many small business clients and have noticed some pricing trends while compiling annual financial statements. The following data are for five of the pizza parlors which are Janet and Phil’s clients:

	Quantity Sold	Average Price
Mamma Mia’s	18,000	$10.00
Happy Time Pizza	21,000	7.90
Keg and Pie Pizza	22,000	8.00
Fast Freddy’s Pizza	30,000	7.00
Pizza-pizza	24,000	7.50

Required:

1. Is the demand for pizza relatively more elastic or inelastic?

2. What type of market structure characterizes the pizza industry? How do you suppose that Mamma Mia’s can charge so much more per pizza than Fast Freddy’s does?

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David answered on Dec 24 2021

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