iVat Chapter 4

A  Prices tend to rise.

B  Prices tend to fall.

C  Prices tend to stay the same.

D  Prices become inverted.

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

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

C  The price to increase in the market.

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

A  An increase in the price in the market.

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

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

D  A decrease in supply in the market.

A  Prices tend to stay the same.

B  Prices tend to fall.

C  Prices tend to decrease.

D  Prices tend to rise.

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

B  The demand curve will shift to the left.

C  The supply curve will shift to the left.

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

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

A  Financial contagion.

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

C  A higher equilibrium price and a higher equilibrium quantity.

D  A lower equilibrium price and a lower equilibrium quantity.

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

A  producers are not resonsive to price changes

B  the current price is below the equilibrium price.

C  consumers are irrational

D  the current price is above the equilibrium price.

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

A  The left.

B  No shift.

C  Immensely to the left.

D  Down

E  The right.

A  The supply curve will shift to the left.

B  The supply curve will shift to the right.

C  The supply curve will stay in place.

D  The supply curve will become steeper.

A  a decrease in the number of dairy farmers

B  an increase in the demand for milk

C  an increase in the price of milk

D  a decrease in peoples’ income

E  a decrease in the price of feed for cows

A  An increase in the number of firms producing the item

B  A decrease in the price of the item

C  Substitution and income effect

D  An increase in the price of the item

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

A  Inverted

B  Positively-sloped

C  Vertical

D  Negatively sloped

E  Horizontal

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 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.

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

A  a decrease in the price of pork

B  a decrease in the supply of beef

C  an increase in family incomes

D  a decrease in the price of chicken

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

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

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

D  At any given price 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 the change in quantity demanded.

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

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

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

A  An inverse relationship between price and demand.

B  A direct relationship between price and the quantity demanded.

C  An indirect relationship between price and the quantity demanded.

D  An indirect effect.

E  An inverse relationship between price and the quantity demanded.