5. Using your understanding of the nonprice determinants of supply and of demand, analyze ea of the...
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5. Using your understanding of the nonprice determinants of supply and of demand, analyze ea of the following market cases. Draw a graph showing what happens in ea situation, indicate what happens to equilibrium price and quantity, and explain why, following this example: Market for gasoline: A hurricane hits the Gulf of Mexico, destroying many refineries that produce gasoline from crude oil.
The hurricane reduces the number of producers, whi shis the supply curve ba (to the le) from S 1 to S 2 ; price rises from P 1 to P 2 and quantity falls from Q 1 to Q 2 .
a. Market for bananas: New health reports indicate that people can gain important health benefits from eating bananas.
b. Market for shoes: A new tenology for shoe making means that shoes can be made at a lower cost per pair.
c. Market for Internet design services: Several thousand new graduates of design sools enter the market, ready to supply their services.
d. Market for expensive meals: A booming economy raises the incomes of many households.
e. Market for grapes from California: A freeze in Chile, usually a major world provider of fresh fruit, raises the price of Chilean grapes.
f. Market for salsa dance lessons: e only nightclub featuring salsa music triples its entrance fee.
g. Market for boled water: A rumor circulates that the price of boled water is about to triple.
(ink only about the demand side.)
h. Market for Internet design services: Several thousand new graduates of design sools enter the market, ready to supply their services, at the same time that many firms want to create new Web sites.
i. Market for bananas: New health reports indicate that people can gain important health benefits from eating bananas, while at the same time an infestation of insects reduces the banana harvest in several areas.
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Microeconomics In Context
ISBN: 9781138314566
4th Edition
Authors: Neva Goodwin , Jonathan M. Harris, Julie A. Nelson , Pratistha Joshi Rajkarnikar , Brian Roach , Mariano Torras