If a Product Is Manufactured Under Conditions of Constant Cost

question 176

Multiple Choice

If a product is manufactured under conditions of constant cost, an increase in the demand for the product will increase

• A) both equilibrium quantity and equilibrium price in the long run.
• B) equilibrium price, but equilibrium quantity will be unchanged in the long run.
• C) equilibrium quantity, but equilibrium price will be unchanged in the long run.
• D) equilibrium quantity but reduce equilibrium price in the long run.

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Definitions:

Strike Price

The price at which the holder of an option can buy (in the case of a call option) or sell (in the case of a put option) the underlying security or commodity.

Hedge Ratio

The ratio of the size of a position in a hedging instrument to the size of the exposure it seeks to hedge.

Call Option

A financial contract giving the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to purchase a stock, bond, commodity, or other asset or instrument at a specified price within a specific time period.

Put Option

This contract permits a person to have the option, without being compelled, to sell a certain amount of a base asset at a fixed price within a designated timeframe.