Microeconomics
Microeconomics
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781319098780
Author: Paul Krugman, Robin Wells
Publisher: Worth Publishers
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Chapter 3, Problem 4P
To determine

To show:

In a diagram the effect on the demand curve, the supply curve, the equilibrium price, and the equilibrium quantity in the given situations.

  1. The market for newspapers in your town
  2. Case 1: The salaries of journalists go up.

    Case 2: There is a big news event in your town, which is reported in the newspapers.

  3. The market for Seattle Seahawks cotton T-shirts
  4. Case 1: The Seahawks win the Super Bowl

    Case 2: The price of cotton increases.

  5. The market for bagels
  6. Case 1: People realize how fattening bagels are

    Case 2: people have less time to make themselves a cooked breakfast.

  7. The market for the Krugman and Wells economics textbook
  8. Case 1: Your professor makes it required reading for all of his or her students.

    Case 2: printing costs for textbooks are lowered by the use of synthetic paper.

Concept Introduction:

Demand: The demand is defined as the ability to pay for goods and services.

Supply: The supply is the ability of the seller to produce the goods and services and sell it at the prevailing price.

Equilibrium price: The equilibrium price is at which the demand and supply are equal.

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