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Revenue

 

A firm’s revenue is calculated using the following formula:

            volume of goods sold  ´  average selling price

 

A firm wanting to increase its revenue could raise the price or sell more units.  Remember that raising the price of an elastic good will lead to a reduction in revenue and raising the price of an inelastic good will lead to an increase in revenue.

 

Firms will often adopt one of two approaches:

  • Sell at a low price hoping to attract a high level of sales.
  • Sell at a high price in order to maximise the revenue from the items sold.

 

 

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