Economics: Principles, Problems, & Policies (McGraw-Hill Series in Economics) - Standalone book
Economics: Principles, Problems, & Policies (McGraw-Hill Series in Economics) - Standalone book
20th Edition
ISBN: 9780078021756
Author: McConnell, Campbell R.; Brue, Stanley L.; Flynn Dr., Sean Masaki
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 20, Problem 1DQ
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The impact of the elasticity on the demand and supply of the agricultural products and on its quantity and price.

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Due to the inelastic nature of the demand for the agricultural products, the shift in the supply curve of the agricultural products leads to a large change in the equilibrium prices with a small change in the equilibrium quantity. In addition, a large change in the equilibrium prices results in a small effect on the equilibrium quantity of the agricultural products.

Economics: Principles, Problems, & Policies (McGraw-Hill Series in Economics) - Standalone book, Chapter 20, Problem 1DQ

In Figure 1, the demand curve is relatively inelastic as compared to the supply curve. The new equilibrium (E2) shows that there has been a small change in the quantity of the  demand with the drastic change in the price.

The volatile nature of the exports increases the instability of the demand for the agricultural products. The exports change from year to year; so, there is an increase in the instability for the demand of the agricultural products.

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Supply and demand of the agricultural products:  The demand for the agricultural products is inelastic in nature because a large change in the prices has a very small impact on the demand for the agricultural products. The supply of the agricultural products is elastic in nature.

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