Microeconomics
21st Edition
ISBN: 9781259915727
Author: Campbell R. McConnell, Stanley L. Brue, Sean Masaki Flynn Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 10.6, Problem 1QQ
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Changes in price of goods.
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Which of the following leads to a rightward shift of the demand curve?
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an expectation of an increase in the good's price in the future
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a decrease in the number of consumers
a decrease in the number of consumers
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a decrease in the price of a substitute
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an increase in the good's own price
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There are fewer substitutes available for broadly defined goods.
(There aren’t too many substitutes for clothing, other than living in a nudist colony.)
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