How Do Consumers Who Are Subject to a Binding Price

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Multiple Choice

How do consumers who are subject to a binding price ceiling respond as the time frame shifts from the short run to the long run?

• A) Consumers are increasingly willing to substitute away from the good,and their elasticity of demand becomes less elastic.
• B) There are no changes,and elasticity remains unchanged.
• C) Consumers are increasingly willing to substitute away from the good,and their elasticity of demand becomes more elastic.
• D) Consumers are less willing to substitute away from the good,and their elasticity of demand becomes less elastic.
• E) Consumers are less willing to substitute away from the good,and their elasticity of demand becomes more elastic.

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Definitions:

Prices Received

Refers to the prices that producers get for their products at the point of sale.

Prices Paid

The amount of money expended by buyers to acquire goods or services.

Highly Competitive

A market situation characterized by a large number of firms vying for the same customers, leading to innovation and lower prices.

Imperfectly Competitive

A market structure in which all firms do not have equal ability to influence market prices, typically due to differentiation of products or varying number of firms.