Refer to Scenario 3

question 208

Multiple Choice

Refer to Scenario 3.3 below to answer the question(s) that follow.
SCENARIO 3.3:
-Mustard and mayonnaise are substitutes.
-Mustard and relish are complements.
-Mustard is a normal good.
-During the summer, about 50% of all mustard was recalled by manufacturers and removed from store shelves.
-Refer to Scenario 3.3. If at the same time of the mustard recall, consumer income also decreased. Then, ceteris paribus, in the market for mustard this would have caused

• A) both the equilibrium price and quantity to decrease.
• B) the equilibrium price to increase and the equilibrium quantity to decrease.
• C) the equilibrium price to either increase, decrease, or remain the same and the equilibrium quantity to decrease.
• D) the equilibrium quantity could have increased, decreased, or remained the same and the equilibrium price to decrease.

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Definitions:

Specific Performance

A legal remedy where the court orders a party to perform their obligations under a contract, rather than paying damages.

Liquidated Damages

A predetermined amount of money that must be paid as damages for failure to perform under a contract.

Reliance Damages

Compensation awarded for losses suffered as a result of relying on a promise or agreement, even if a contract was never formalized.

Lost Profits

Refers to the income that a business could have earned but was unable to due to some form of disruption or another party's actions.