Using Supply-And-Demand Diagrams, Show and Explain the Effects of the Following

question 126

Essay

Using supply-and-demand diagrams, show and explain the effects of the following events on the price of CD-Rs and the quantity of CD-Rs sold. For each event, identify which of the determinants of demand or supply is affected, how it influences demand or supply, and what happens to the equilibrium price and quantity.
a) The price of a CD burner falls.
b) Workers who make CD-Rs get a pay raise.
c) Producers introduce new cost-saving technologies in their CD-R production plants.
d) Consumers' incomes increase and CD-Rs are a normal good.
e) Free peer-to-peer music exchange through the Internet becomes legal.

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Definitions:

Widely Held Company

A corporation whose ownership is distributed over a large number of people with no single individual or group having a significant proportion.

Stockholders

Owners of shares in a company and thus, hold equity interest, enjoying benefits like dividends and voting rights.

Return On Preferred Stock

The dividend paid on preferred stock divided by the price of the preferred stock, representing the earnings returned on investments in preferred shares.

Stock Decreases

A decrease in the market price of a company's shares.