After a hurricane in Florida knocked out the regional water supply for several days, the demand for bottled water increased sharply. In a market economy, how will this increase in demand affect the equilibrium price and quantity of bottled water?
a. Price will increase, and quantity will decrease.
b. Price will decrease, and quantity will decrease.
c. Price will decrease, and quantity will increase.
d. Price will increase, and quantity will increase.
D
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In 2012 a severe drought raised the price of corn. For a farmer in Canada who harvested a normal crop because the farm was not affected directly by the drought, the increase in the price of corn
A) increases the farmer's producer surplus. B) decreases the farmer's producer surplus. C) does not affect the producer surplus because this change is a movement along the farmer's supply curve and not a shift of the farmer's supply curve. D) increases producer surplus only if the farmer's supply is completely inelastic.
In an indefinitely repeated game, a firm might use a ________ to ________ a rival that defects from a cooperative strategy
A) trigger strategy; threaten B) trigger strategy; punish C) legal maneuver; sue D) tacit threat; dissuade
Suppose the demand for gourmet coffee can be represented by a linear demand curve. At the prevailing market price the income elasticity of demand for gourmet coffee is 2. When income rises the demand curve for gourmet coffee:
A) becomes less elastic at every price. B) becomes less elastic at the price that prevailed before the change in income C) becomes more elastic at every price D) becomes more elastic at the price that prevailed before the change in income
If you as a lender want an increase in purchasing power of 4 percent from making a loan and you set the nominal interest rate at 9 percent, then your
a. real rate of interest is 13 percent. b. expected rate of inflation is 5 percent. c. expected rate of inflation is 13 percent. d. real rate of interest is 36 percent.