What is the most likely effect of the development of DVDs, rental movies, and online movie streaming on the movie theater industry?  A. Increased costs of producing movies B. Increased demand for movie theater tickets C. Movie theater tickets become an inferior good D. Increased price elasticity of demand for movie theater tickets

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What is the most likely effect of the development of DVDs, rental movies, and online movie streaming on the movie theater industry? 
A. Increased costs of producing movies
B. Increased demand for movie theater tickets
C. Movie theater tickets become an inferior good
D. Increased price elasticity of demand for movie theater tickets

 

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The demand is inelastic when there are no close substitutes available and elastic when there are substitutes available for the product.

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