To Determine Whether an Increase in the Price of Gasoline

question 18

Multiple Choice

To determine whether an increase in the price of gasoline results in a consumer spending a larger share of their expenditure on gasoline we need to know

• A) only how much money the consumer spends on gasoline before the price change
• B) only the change in the price of gasoline
• C) only the change in the price of gasoline as a percentage of the original price
• D) only the own price elasticity of demand for gasoline
• E) none of the above

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