iVAT Chapter 4

A  Prices tend to stay the same.

B  Prices become inverted.

C  Prices tend to rise.

D  Prices tend to fall.

A  The price to increase in the market.

B  To be excess supply in the market immediately after the supply curve shifts to the left.

C  To be excess demand in the market immediately after the supply curve shifts to the right.

D  To be an excess supply of glass in the glass market immediately after the supply curve shifts to the right.

A  Excess demand in the market immediately after the decrease in demand.

B  A decrease in supply in the market.

C  An increase in the price in the market.

D  Excess supply in the market immediately after the decrease in demand.

A  Prices tend to rise.

B  Prices tend to fall.

C  Prices tend to stay the same.

D  Prices tend to decrease.

A  Prices will rise because firms will exploit consumers by decreasing supply.

B  Prices will rise because suppliers will be able to sell their goods at higher prices.

C  The demand curve will shift to the left.

D  The supply curve will shift to the left.

E  The supply curve will shift to the right to restore equilibrium.

A  Financial contagion.

B  An increase in supply and a lower equilibrium price and a higher equilibrium quantity.

C  A higher equilibrium price and a higher equilibrium quantity.

D  A lower equilibrium price and a lower equilibrium quantity.

E  A decrease in supply and a higher equilibrium price and a lower equilibrium quantity.

A  the current price is above the equilibrium price.

B  consumers of this particular item do not buy less of it when its price increases.

C  producers are not resonsive to price changes

D  consumers are irrational

E  the current price is below the equilibrium price.

A  The left.

B  No shift.

C  Immensely to the left.

D  The right.

E  Down

A  The supply curve will shift to the right.

B  The supply curve will shift to the left.

C  The supply curve will stay in place.

D  The supply curve will become steeper.

A  an increase in the price of milk

B  a decrease in the price of feed for cows

C  an increase in the demand for milk

D  a decrease in peoples’ income

E  a decrease in the number of dairy farmers

A  Substitution and income effect

B  An increase in the number of firms producing the item

C  A decrease in the price of the item

D  Decreases in the prices of inputs used to produce the item

E  An increase in the price of the item

A  Negatively sloped

B  Vertical

C  Inverted

D  Horizontal

E  Positively-sloped

A  The demand curve in the strawberry will shift to the right.  This means that at any given price, the quantity demanded in the strawberry is now greater than it was prior to the change in the blueberry market.

B  The demand curve in the blueberry market will shift to the left.  This means that at any given price, the quantity demanded in the strawberry is now less than it was prior to the change in the blueberry market.

C  The demand curve in the strawberry will not be affected by the change in the blueberry market.

D  The demand curve in the strawberry market will shift to the left.  This means that at any given price, the quantity demanded in the strawberry is now less than it was prior to the change in the blueberry market.

A  a decrease in the price of chicken

B  a decrease in the price of pork

C  an increase in family incomes

D  a decrease in the supply of beef

A  At any given price in a market, the quantity demanded in the market, will be greater than prior to the income increase.

B  At any given income in a market, the quantity demanded in the market, will be less than prior to the income increase.

C  Consumers demand less of the good/service in the market.

D  At any given quantity in a market, the quantity demanded in the market, will be greater than prior to the income increase.

A  To isolate how a change in price impacts a change in quantity supplied.

B  To isolate how a change in price impacts the change in quantity demanded.

C  To isolate how a change in income impacts the change in quantity demanded.

D  To isolate how a change in taxes impacts the change in quantity demanded.

A  An indirect effect.

B  A direct relationship between price and the quantity demanded.

C  An inverse relationship between price and the quantity demanded.

D  An inverse relationship between price and demand.

E  An indirect relationship between price and the quantity demanded.