A more precise description of the demand conditions show that it also depends on a number of other factors, including the CO2 quota price, the interest rate and the price of electricity in the Nordic wholesale market, Nordpool. An overall demand function can thus be described as: Q = 33.33 - 0.000004167 * P + 0.04167 * PCO2 - 0.4167 * r - 0.00833 * Pel, where Q is the quantity sold, P is the price, PCO2 is the price of the EU's CO2 quotas, measured in euros per tonnes, cf. Chart 1, r is the banks' average lending rate measured in per cent. pa., and Pel is the Nordpool wholesale price of electricity excl. network and system tariffs as well as charges, measured as Danish kroner per MWh (mega-watt-time). P can here be set to DKK 4,000,000, PCO2 can be set to 62, r to 2.37 and Pel can be set to 250. Define the concept of price elasticity more generally and calculate the price elasticity as well as the cross-price elasticities with regard to the CO2 price, the interest rate and the electricity price. Then discuss whether the signs of the elasticities can be justified.
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Q = 33.33 - 0.000004167 * P + 0.04167 * PCO2 - 0.4167 * r - 0.00833 * Pel, where
Q is the quantity sold, P is the price, PCO2 is the price of the EU's CO2 quotas, measured in euros per tonnes, cf. Chart 1, r is the banks' average lending rate measured in per cent. pa., and Pel is the Nordpool wholesale price of electricity excl. network and system tariffs as well as charges, measured as Danish kroner per MWh (mega-watt-time).
P can here be set to DKK 4,000,000, PCO2 can be set to 62, r to 2.37 and Pel can be set to 250.
Define the concept of price elasticity more generally and calculate the price elasticity as well as the cross-price elasticities with regard to the CO2 price, the interest rate and the electricity price. Then discuss whether the signs of the elasticities can be justified.
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