Question : The concept of price elasticity of demand was introduced by:
Option 1: Alfred Marshall
Option 2: John Maynard Keynes
Option 3: Adam Smith
Option 4: William Stanley Jevons
Correct Answer: William Stanley Jevons
Solution : The correct answer is (d) William Stanley Jevons
William Stanley Jevons, an English economist, was one of the pioneers in the development of marginal utility theory and the concept of elasticity in economics. He introduced the concept of price elasticity of demand in his book "The Theory of Political Economy" published in 1871.
Question : The concept of elasticity was first introduced by:
Option 1: Adam Smith.
Option 2: Karl Marx.
Option 3: Alfred Marshall.
Option 4: John Maynard Keynes.
Question : The concept of "human capital" was first introduced by:
Option 1: Adam Smith
Option 3: Amartya Sen
Option 4: Gary Becker
Question : "An Enquiry into the Nature and Cause of the Wealth of Nations" is an influential work by economist ______.
Option 3: Millicent Fawcett
Option 4: Adam Smith
Question : The Liquidity Preference Theory of Interest was propounded by :
Option 1: J. M. Keynes
Option 2: David Ricardo
Option 3: Alfred Marshall
Question : Who gave the concept of 'money illusion' for the first time?
Option 1: Robertson
Option 2: Adam Smith
Option 3: Irving Fisher
Option 4: John Maynard Keynes
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