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Demand curves slope ________ because as the price increases and other things remain the
same, the quantity demanded _____
downward; decreases
To find the market demand curve for in-line skates, we must
sum horizontally the individual demand curves of all the buyers.
If the demand for used cars decreases after the price of a new car falls, used cars and new
cars are
substitute goods.
Hot dogs and hot dog buns are complements. If the price of a hot dog falls, then
the demand for hot dog buns will increase.
A student at New York University used to take the Redhound bus when she visited her grandmother in Boston. After graduating, although the bus fare and the plane fare were the same as they were when she was a student, with a well-paid job on Wall Street she now takes the plane to Boston to visit her grandmother. For this student, travel by Redhound bus is
an inferior good.
Suppose that tattoos gained immense popularity with retired people as well as college students. This gain in popularity best reflects which of the following influences on buying plans?
preferences
Advances in productivity increase supply because they might
decrease the cost of production.
Which of the following increases the supply of gasoline?
a decrease in the price of a resource used to produce gasoline, such as crude oil
"Other things remaining the same, if the price of a good rises, the quantity supplied of that good increases." This sentence describes a
movement along a supply curve.
Suppose the price of leather used to produce shoes increases. The higher price of leather ________ the supply of shoes, and the supply curve of shoes ________.
decreases; shifts leftward
Market equilibrium occurs when
the quantity demanded equals the quantity supplied.
When there is a shortage of parking spaces at your college, the
quantity of parking spaces demanded is greater than the quantity of parking spaces supplied
Assume a market is in equilibrium. There is an increase in supply, but no change in demand As a result the equilibrium price ________, and the equilibrium quantity ________.
falls; increases
What happens to the equilibrium price and quantity of automobile tires if rubber prices increase and the price of automobiles falls?
The equilibrium price rises, but the change in equilibrium quantity is unknown
Millions of people from Mexico have migrated to the United States. This has reduced the supply of labor in Mexico and increased the supply of labor in the United States. Assume that the demand for labor in Mexico and the United States is unchanged. Then wages in the United States ________ and wages in Mexico ________.
fall; rise
During 2008 the supply of gasoline decreased while at the same time the demand for gasoline increased. If the magnitude of the increase in demand was greater than the magnitude of the decrease in supply, then the equilibrium price of gasoline ________ and the equilibrium quantity ________.
increased; increased
What would happen to the equilibrium price and quantity of peanut butter if the price of peanuts went up, the price of jelly fell, fewer firms decided to produce peanut butter, and health officials announced that eating peanut butter was good for you?
Price will rise, and the effect on quantity is ambiguous.
What would happen to the equilibrium price and quantity of lattés if consumers' incomes
rise
and lattés are a normal good?
Both the equilibrium price and quantity would increase.
What will happen to the equilibrium price and quantity of new cars if the price of gasoline rises, the price of steel rises, public transportation becomes cheaper and more comfortable, and auto-workers negotiate higher wages?
Quantity will fall, and the effect on price is ambiguous.
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