For a given upward-sloping supply curve, an increase in demand for chocolate chips will result in a:

Home

Subjects

Solutions

Create

Log in

Sign up

Upgrade to remove ads

Only ₩37,125/year

  • Flashcards

  • Learn

  • Test

  • Match

  • Flashcards

  • Learn

  • Test

  • Match

Terms in this set (18)

A decrease in demand for a good generally implies that:​

​the demand curve for the good has shifted to the left.

A movement along a demand curve can be attributed to a change in:​

the quantity demanded of a good.

A new cattle feed has been found to increase the amount of milk each cow produces. Which of these is a likely impact in the market for milk, if this cattle feed is used by most of the dairies?​

A rightward shift of the supply curve for milk

A shortage of textbooks is most likely to cause:​

​an increase in the price of textbooks

A supply curve typically slopes upward because:​

​opportunity cost of production increases as quantity supplied increases.

A surplus of shoes will cause:​

​a decrease in the price of shoes.

Consider a market for coffee that is initially in equilibrium. If tea harvest is bad in a particular year, then identify the most likely impact on the equilibrium price and quantity of coffee.​

​Both the price and the quantity of coffee will increase.

Consider a market for cookies that is initially in equilibrium. For a given upward-sloping supply curve, the equilibrium price and equilibrium quantity of cookies is most likely to decline when:​

​the price of milk, a complement, increases.

For a given upward-sloping supply curve, an increase in demand for chocolate chips will result in a:​

​higher equilibrium price and a higher equilibrium quantity.

For a renter, the income effect of an increase in apartment rents will:​

​have a greater impact than the income effect of an increase in the price of a chewing gum.

If butter and margarine are substitute goods, an increase in the price of butter is most likely to:​

​shift the demand curve for margarine rightward.

If demand for personal computers increases as a result of an increase in income, _____.​

​personal computers must be a normal good

Markets reduce transactions costs:​

​by decreasing the time spent searching for information about goods and services.

Rent controls usually result in:​

deterioration and poor maintenance of the rented apartments.

Which of the following statements about a demand curve is true?​

The demand curve for a good will not shift when its price changes.

Which of the following would most likely increase the supply of college textbooks?​

An improvement in the technology used in book production

Which of these is likely to increase the supply of vanilla ice cream?​

​A decrease in the price of milk, an ingredient in ice cream

Demand for an inferior good decreases as consumer income increases.​

True

Recommended textbook solutions

For a given upward-sloping supply curve, an increase in demand for chocolate chips will result in a:

Principles of Microeconomics

7th EditionN. Gregory Mankiw

830 solutions

For a given upward-sloping supply curve, an increase in demand for chocolate chips will result in a:

Principles of Microeconomics

8th EditionN. Gregory Mankiw

796 solutions

For a given upward-sloping supply curve, an increase in demand for chocolate chips will result in a:

Principles of Economics

8th EditionN. Gregory Mankiw

1,209 solutions

For a given upward-sloping supply curve, an increase in demand for chocolate chips will result in a:

Macroeconomics

10th EditionN. Gregory Mankiw

270 solutions

Sets with similar terms

econ quiz chapter 4

48 terms

J_Causgrove

ECON EXAM 1 CHAP 4

52 terms

jkipnes22

Econ 202 - Chapter 3

65 terms

egroom23

chapter 3 quiz economy

15 terms

sg201

Other sets by this creator

Business Finance Ch. 9, 10, 11 Study Guide

69 terms

CatieCrosley

Apostles' Creed

10 terms

CatieCrosley

Chapter 24 - Microeconomics

16 terms

CatieCrosley

Chapter 23 - Microeconomics

14 terms

CatieCrosley

Verified questions

ECONOMICS

Consider the following limit order book for a share of stock. The last trade in the stock occurred at a price of $50.$ $$ \begin{matrix} \text{Limit Buy Orders} & \text{ } & \text{Limit Sell Orders}\\ \text{Price} & \text{Shares} & \text{Price} & \text{Shares}\\ \text{49.75} & \text{500} & \text{50.25} & \text{100}\\ \text{49.50} & \text{800} & \text{51.50} & \text{100}\\ \text{49.25} & \text{500} & \text{54.75} & \text{300}\\ \text{49.00} & \text{200} & \text{58.25} & \text{100}\\ \text{48.50} & \text{600} & \text{ } & \text{ }\\ \end{matrix} $$ $ At what price would the next market buy order be filled?

Verified answer

ECONOMICS

Using the data in the previous problem, calculate the first-period rates of return on the following indexes of the three stocks: A market value–weighted index

Verified answer

ECONOMICS

How does the Dow Jones Industrial Average reveal trends in the stock market?

Verified answer

ECONOMICS

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has experienced two disasters. The Challenger exploded over the Atlantic Ocean in 1986, and the Columbia disintegrated on reentry over East Texas in 2003. Based on the first 113 missions, and assuming failures occur at the same rate, consider the next 23 missions. What is the probability of exactly two failures? What is the probability of no failures?

Verified answer

Other Quizlet sets

Chemistry Test 4

13 terms

will_briscoe14

Biology Semester 1 Finals 2017-2018

77 terms

alohagirl777

SAP EWM C_S4EWM_2020

154 terms

stephenbraswell5

Related questions

QUESTION

Suppose the government intervenes in a market and imposes a price floor above the unregulated equilibrium price. It follows that compared to the unregulated market:

2 answers

QUESTION

Suppose the income elasticity of demand for U.S. automobiles is 1.0. If the level of income increases by 4 percent, the number of U.S. automobiles sold will, ceteris paribus:

5 answers

QUESTION

Perforin and granzymes are produced by

8 answers

QUESTION

When DEMAND changes, and the demand curve shifts, equilibrium price and quantity change...

2 answers

What happens to the demand curve for chocolate when the price of chocolate rises?

When population increases, the number of buyers of hot chocolate increases, causing the demand curve to shift to the right. Equilibrium price and quantity will increase.

What will happen to the demand for potato chips if consumer income increases?

In case of a normal good, an increase in consumers' incomes would shift the: demand curve outward. if the price of potato chips increases, other things constant, demand for potato chip dip will: decrease because the goods are complements.

What happens in the market with an upward sloping supply curve when there is a shift in the demand curve?

In the case of a shifting demand curve, since the supply curve is generally upward sloping, a shift of the demand curve either upward or to the right will result in both a higher equilibrium price and equilibrium quantity.

What happens in the market with an upward sloping supply curve when there is a shift in the demand curve due to an external shock?

Markets which are temporarily out of equilibrium will always return to equilibrium immediately. What happens in the market with an upward sloping supply curve when there is a shift in the demand curve due to an external shock? an increase in the negative externality caused by cigarette smoking.