An Increase in the Demand for Lobster Due to Changes

question 150

Multiple Choice

An increase in the demand for lobster due to changes in consumer tastes, accompanied by a decrease in the supply of lobster as a result bad weather reducing the number of fishermen trapping lobster, will result in

• A)a decrease in the equilibrium quantity of lobster and no change in the equilibrium price.
• B)an increase in the equilibrium price of lobster and no change in the equilibrium quantity.
• C)an increase in the equilibrium price of lobster; the equilibrium quantity may increase or decrease.
• D)a decrease in the equilibrium quantity of lobster; the equilibrium price may increase or decrease.

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