kad has estimated the following demand relationship for its product over the last four years, using monthly observations: ln qt = 4.932- 1.238 ln pt + 1.524 ln yt-1 + 0.4865ln qt-1 (2.54) (1.38) (3.65) (2.87) r 2= 0.8738 where q = sales in units, p = price in rs., y is income in rs,000, and the numbers in brackets are t-statistics. a. interpret the above model. b. make a sales forecast if price is rs. 9, income last month was rs. 25,000 and sales last month were 2,981 units. c. make a sales forecast for the following month if there is no change in price or income. d. if price is increased by 5 per cent in general terms, estimate the effect on sales, stating any assumptions.
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