In Australia, governments set the fares that taxi owners/drivers can charge. At various times, taxi owners/drivers stage protest asking to be allowed to increase their taxi fares so that their total revenue will increase.
a) What are taxi owners/drivers assuming about the price elasticity of demand for taxi rides, given their confidence that an increase in price will increase their revenue? Explain and provide a graph.
b) Why do they have such an assumption? Is it a realistic assumption? Explain and provide a graph.