Question

"In the summer 2012 the lobster catch in Maine was especially large, but instead of celebrating the fisherman were suffering from a lower total revenue. (Source: New York Times, July 28, 2012) We learn from the article that despite the larger quantity of lobster caught, the total revenue of the fisherman decreased. This fact means that the demand for lobster is"

Answer 1

Answer:

Inelastic

Explanation:

The inelastic demand means the demand of the product does not vary when there is much change in the price. Let us assume that if the price is increased by 20% so the demand decreased only by 1% so here we can said there is inelastic demand

Also due to increased in the supply, the demand does not increased that much. So if the price is decreased so the demand does not respond due to which the total revenue comes down

So as per the given situation, having the large quantity caught the revenue is decreased so here the demand should be considered inelastic