Suppose the market for gourmet chocolate is in long-run equilibrium, and an economic downturn has reduced consumer

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Suppose the market for gourmet chocolate is in long-run equilibrium, and an economic downturn has reduced consumer discretionary incomes. Assume chocolate is a normal good, and the chocolate producers have identical cost structures.
a. What will happen to demand—shift right, shift left, no shift?
b. What will happen to profits for chocolate producers in the short run—increase, decrease, or no change?
c. What will happen to the short-run supply curve—increase, decrease, or no change?
d. What will happen to the long-run supply curve—increase, decrease, or no change?
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Microeconomics

ISBN: 978-1259163531

1st edition

Authors: Dean Karlan, Jonathan Morduch

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