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In an article about the financial problems of USA Today, Newsweek reported that the paper was losing about $20 million a year. A Wall Street analyst said that the paper should raise its price from 50 cents to 75 cents, which he estimated would bring in an additional $65 million a year. The paper's publisher rejected the idea, saying that circulation could drop sharply after a price increase, citing The Wall Street Journal's experience after it increased its price to 75 cents. What implicit assumptions are the publisher and the analyst making about price elasticity

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Explanation:

The implicit assumptions that is masde by the publisher is that price elasticity is elastic. This implies that a change in price has a large impact on the quantity demanded. In this case, an increase in price will bring about a large reduction in demanded.

On the other hand, the analyst believee the price elasticity is inelastic. This means price change will have a little or no change in the quantity demanded.

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