Some environmental groups are on record suggesting that the price of gasoline should be much higher than it was in the early 1990s. Why might they say this?
A) They own stock in oil companies.
B) They anticipate that the longer the price is high, the more elastic the response by consumers will be.
C) They anticipate that the longer the price is high, the less elastic the response by consumers will be.
D) They anticipate that higher prices will reduce the price elasticity of supply of oil.
ANSWER
B
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