Microeconomics
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Author: David C Colander
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 13, Problem 20QE
(a)
To determine
The impact of decrease in
(b)
To determine
The short-run impact of decline in demand under perfect competition.
(c)
To determine
The long-run impact of declining demand.
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A Wall Street journal headline states: "a nation of snackers snubs old favorite: the beloved cookie" as u.s. consumers adopted more carbohydrate-conscious diets, the number of cookie boxes sold declined 5.4 percent that year, the third consecutive year of decline.
a. Assuming the cookie industry is perfectly competitive demonstrate using market supply and demand curves the effect of this decline in demand on equilibrium price and quantity in the short run.
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a. price and quantity supplied will increase and quantity demanded will decrease.
b.
price and quantity supplied will decrease and quantity demanded will increase.
c. price, quantity supplied and quantity demanded will increase.
d. price, quantity supplied and quantity demanded will decrease.
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