Cattle Manure Is an Input Often Used in Making Fertilizer

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Essay

Cattle manure is an input often used in making fertilizer. Suppose a technique is discovered that can transform cattle manure into quality gasoline. What would happen in the fertilizer industry?

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Definitions:

Price Elasticity

A measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in the price of that good, reflecting the sensitivity of consumers to price changes.

Quantity Demanded

The total amount of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to purchase at a specific price level, at a given time.

Price Elasticity

Refers to a measure of how much the quantity demanded of a product changes in response to a change in its price.

Quantity Demanded

The amount of a product consumers are willing and able to purchase at a specific price.