shopping center nearby, you saw an organic grocery store that barely sells any goods in a day. You are pretty sure the business is not making any profits.   1) Why do the stores stay open? Explain briefly 2) If what happens in this organic grocery store is a common observation in the market, in the long run, what will happen to the supply of organic grocery and the price? Use a supply and demand diagram to show how that response will change the combined amount of consumer surplus and producer surplus in the market.

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In the shopping center nearby, you saw an organic grocery store that barely sells any goods in a day. You are pretty sure the business is not making any profits.  

1) Why do the stores stay open? Explain briefly

2) If what happens in this organic grocery store is a common observation in the market, in the long run, what will happen to the supply of organic grocery and the price? Use a supply and demand diagram to show how that response will change the combined amount of consumer surplus and producer surplus in the market.

 

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