for beef is in equilibrium. Describe in a written sentence how the following change to a determinant of supply and/or demand will affect the equilibrium price and quantity. Illustrate each answer with a supply-and-demand diagram depicting the shift(s) and the resulting effect on price and quantity a. Outbreak of mad cow disease kills off much of the cattle stock. b. The price of chicken‚ a substitute‚ declines sharply. c. A worldwide economic boom results in higher
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Supply‚ Demand and Price Elasticity People and companies make economic decisions on a daily basis by deciding how much of something they will buy and what prices they are willing to pay for the goods or services. Through individual decision-making‚ consumers determine supply demands for their needs and wants‚ and companies decide which goods and how many goods are to be sold‚ and how much to charge consumers. There are many fundamental concepts and definitions that are important to understanding
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Supply and Demand and Price Elasticity Team D John Gayden‚ Linda Petteway ECO 212 Principles of Economics November 22‚ 2010 Keith Watts There are many things adversities that cause the rise and fall of supply and demand. For example‚ if Crab prices rises‚ a Red Lobster sales price will increase also on crabs this will cause the demand of crabs to decrease this is price of input. When crab production become abundant again causing more crabs to over flow Red Lobster the market price
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Introduction The price of oil becomes the bone of contention recently. Oil price seems to be hitting new highs with the regularity of a metronome. It is a bad news for customers who have to pay more on it. More frightening still‚ this situation may get worse before it come back to normal. No one can exactly predict when the pendulum will soon swing back again since all uncertain factors existing. From the supply side of view‚ the OPEC is the main producer‚ being prepared to add or subtract production to balance
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The Effects of Oil Prices on Our Nation’s Economy Introduction As one may have noticed in the past few years the price of oil has risen drastically. Either at the gas pump or at home in the winter with the heating bill the price of oil effects everyone. The beginning of this paper discusses what OPEC is‚ what it does‚ and why it is good or bad. Also it will begin to discuss the price of oil in the global oil market but mostly in our nation’s economy: who‚ what‚ when‚ where‚ why‚ how.
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%∆Y PRICE ELASTICITY of DEMAND Definition: Price elasticity of demand is defined as the degree of responsiveness of the quantity demanded of a good to a change in its price‚ ceteris paribus‚ when all other factors on buyers’ plans are being unchanged. Formula: Calculating Price Elasticity of Demand Price elasticity of demand = Percentage change in quantity demanded Percentage change in price
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Petrochemicals prices climb 2% in December on tight supplies LONDON‚ January 9‚ 2013 - Prices in the $3-trillion-plus global petrochemicals market climbed 2% to $1‚350 per metric ton (/mt) in December‚ according to the just-released monthly average of the Platts Global Petrochemical Index (PGPI)‚ a benchmark basket of seven widely used petrochemicals. This follows a drop of 2% in November. But on a year-over-year basis‚ petrochemical prices were up 16% from the December 2011 average price of $1‚161/mt
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art gallery‚ paying $5 for her bus fares and $11 for food and drinks rather than spending an equal amount of money to go to a movie and have a similar meal at a similar price. The opportunity cost of going to the art gallery a. b. c. d. e. is less than the opportunity cost of going to the movies. equals $5 because she would have had a meal anyway. is the money she spent. is the movie she didn’t see.* is zero‚ if there is no fee to enter the art gallery. The following table refers
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Introduction by Jamie Ifkovits: Oil is certainly the world ’s largest cash commodity. One of the main products produced from crude oil is gasoline. Gas plays a significant role in the life of people in countries throughout the world. Gas accounts for approximately 17% of the energy consumed in the United States and is primarily used for powering automobiles ("A Primer on Gasolne Prices" 5 Oct 2003). The prices paid by customers at the pumps reflects the price of production and delivery‚ the retail
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6. What is a model? Why do economists use models. 7. Why is the shape of the economy’s production possibility curve concave? 8. The following data show the production possibilities for a hypothetical economy during one year: Output of X Output of Y 1000 0 800 100 600 200 400 300 200 400 0 500 (a) Plot these points on a graph. Do they appear to lie along a straight line? What is that line production possibility frontier? (b) Explain why output levels X=400‚ Y=200 or X=300‚ Y=300 are inefficient
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