Usually a Business Chooses a Location Where It Will Build

question 58

True/False

Usually a business chooses a location where it will build a new plant based chiefly on tax considerations.

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Definitions:

Price Elasticity of Supply

The measure of how the quantity supplied of a good changes in response to a change in its price.

Midpoint Formula

A method used in economics to calculate the elasticity of a variable, often used to estimate the price elasticity of demand by averaging the start and end points of a demand curve.

Elastic

A characteristic of a product or service demand that indicates a sensitivity to price changes, where a small change in price leads to a significant change in quantity demanded or supplied.

Immediate Market Period

A very short time frame in which the supply of goods is fixed, meaning that the quantity available for sale cannot be changed regardless of price.