Assume that each of the markets below is initially in equilibrium. Then for each market below, suppose that the indicated scenario occurs. Illustrate the effect of each event in a diagram and indicate the effects on the equilibrium price and quantity. a. Market: Hotels. Scenario: Airbnb provides a discount to customers due to the pandemic. b. Market: Mutton. Scenario: Doctors warn that consumption of mutton may lead to high cholesterol coupled with a decrease in the price of goat feed. c. Market: Motorcycles. Scenario: Consumers learn that cars will be much more heavily taxed starting with next year’s models.

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Assume that each of the markets below is initially in equilibrium. Then for each market below, suppose that the indicated scenario occurs. Illustrate the effect of each event in a diagram and indicate the effects on the equilibrium price and quantity.
a. Market: Hotels. Scenario: Airbnb provides a discount to customers due to the pandemic.
b. Market: Mutton. Scenario: Doctors warn that consumption of mutton may lead to high cholesterol coupled with a decrease in the price of goat feed.
c. Market: Motorcycles. Scenario: Consumers learn that cars will be much more heavily taxed starting with next year’s models. 
d. Market: Caffeinated beverages. Scenario: Starbucks opens a franchise in St.Lucia. 
e. Market: Cigars Scenario: The government places a tax on cigar producers to discourage smoking coupled with the private sector running ad campaigns on the detrimental effects of smoking.
f. Market: Ketchup. Scenario: Insects kill half the nation’s tomato crop.

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