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For a firm confronted with a fixed schedule of possible new investments, any policy that lowers the firm's cost of capital will increase the profitable capital expenditures the firm takes on and increase the wealth of the firm's shareholders. One such policy is


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Income Elasticity

A measure of how much the demand for a product or service changes relative to a change in consumers' income.

Total Revenue

The total income a firm receives from the sale of its goods or services before any costs or expenses are subtracted.

Least Elastic

Refers to the degree of responsiveness or sensitivity of demand or supply to changes in prices, with the least elastic being the least responsive.

Straight-Line Demand

Straight-Line Demand refers to a demand curve that shows a constant rate of change in the quantity demanded as price changes.

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