Explain the possible effects on demand and/or supply and equilibrium price and quantity of spiral bound notebooks using a correctly labeled supply and demand graph with equilibrium price and quantity labeled. The graph needs to show a shift.
A) The price of natural gas, a resource used by manufacturers throughout the United States, doubles.
1. Price: Increase
2. Quantity: Decrease
3. Determinant: Resource cost and availability
B) The government provides a subsidy for notebook manufacturers.
1. Price: Decrease
2. Quantity: Increase
3. Determinant: Taxes, Subsidies, and government regulations
C) Your income increases and spiral bound notebooks are an inferior good.
1. Price: Decrease
2. Quantity: Decrease
3. Determinant: Income
D) The price of binders and paper, a substitute for spiral bound notebooks, decreases.
1. Price: Decrease
2. Quantity: Decrease
3. Determinant: Related goods and services
E) A new binding machine is invented that binds in half the time.
1. Price: Decrease
2. Quantity: Increase
3. Determinant: Technology
F) The price of all goods using paper is expected to double next month.
1. Price: Decrease
2. Quantity: Decrease
3. Determinant: Expectations
G) The government raises taxes on businesses at the same time that students receive their supply list for the new school year.
1. Price: Increase
2. Quantity: Decrease
3. Determinant: Taxes
H) The price of pens and pencils falls dramatically
1. Price: Increase
2. Quantity: Increase
3. Determinant: Related goods and services