Refer to Scenario 3

question 254

Multiple Choice

Refer to Scenario 3.2 below to answer the question(s) that follow.
SCENARIO 3.2: Lettuce and spinach are substitutes. Lettuce and tomatoes are complements. Lettuce is a normal good. During the winter, about 20% of the lettuce crop was destroyed by flooding.
-Refer to Scenario 3.2. The floods that destroyed part of the lettuce crop would have caused

• A) an increase in the demand for tomatoes.
• B) a decrease in the demand for tomatoes.
• C) an increase in the quantity of tomatoes demanded.
• D) a decrease in the quantity of tomatoes demanded.

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Definitions:

Cut-Throat Competitor

A company or individual that employs aggressive and ruthless tactics to maintain or increase its market position.

Colluder

An entity that engages in collusion, cooperating with others secretly or illegally to deceive or defraud.

Degree Of Oligopolization

The extent to which a market or industry is dominated by a few large companies, limiting competition.

Collusion

An agreement between competing firms to control prices or exclude entry of a new competitor in the market, often in secret, to reduce competition and increase profitability.