In: Economics
Which curve shifts, and in what direction, when the following events occur in the local burrito shop market?
a. College students arrive back into town for the fall semester
b. Two more Chipotle restaurants open
c. Several pizza shops open
a. As college students arrive back into town for the
fall semester, the demand for burritos will increase and the demand
curve for burritos will shift rightward from D1 to D2 and as the
economy moves from point A to point B, the equilibrium price of
burritos will increase from P1 to P2 and the equilibrium quantity
of burritos will increase from Q1 to Q2.
b. As two more Chipotle restaurants open, the supply of
burritos will increase and the supply curve for burritos will shift
rightward from S1 to S2 and as the economy moves from point A to
point B, the equilibrium price of burritos will decrease from P1 to
P2 and the equilibrium quantity of burritos will increase from Q1
to Q2.
c. As several pizza shops open, and as pizza and
burritos are substitutes of each other, due to opening of several
pizza shops, consumers will substitute burritos with pizza and thus
the demand for burritos will fall and the demand curve for burritos
will shift leftward from D1 to D2 and as the economy moves from
point A to point B, the equilibrium price of burritos will decrease
from P1 to P2 and the equilibrium quantity of burritos will
decrease from Q1 to Q2.