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Supply Shifts and Applications — Practice Set 2

Test your command of supply with input markets, related goods in production, policy interventions, and time horizons.

Q1.

A hurricane destroys orange groves in Florida. In the market for orange juice, equilibrium price will ___ and quantity will ___.

Multiple choice · Intermediate

Q2.

Steel and aluminum are substitutes in production for a manufacturer. If the price of aluminum rises, the supply of steel-intensive goods will:

Multiple choice · Advanced

Q3.

A binding minimum wage raises labor costs for fast-food restaurants. The supply curve for burgers will:

Multiple choice · Intermediate

Q4.

In the long run, supply is generally ___ elastic than in the short run because:

Multiple choice · Intermediate

Q5.

A quota on imported sugar will in the domestic sugar market:

Multiple choice · Intermediate

Q6.

If the price of leather (an input to shoes) falls and simultaneously the price of sneakers (a substitute in consumption) falls, the equilibrium price of leather shoes will:

Multiple choice · Advanced

Q7.

A technological breakthrough that only reduces fixed costs will in the short run:

Multiple choice · Advanced

Q8.

Farmers expect corn prices to fall next season. This season they will:

Multiple choice · Intermediate

Q9.

Which of the following increases the supply of rental apartments?

Multiple choice · Intermediate

Q10.

A government price support set above equilibrium for wheat leads to:

Multiple choice · Intermediate