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On Valentine’s Day, the price of roses increases by more than the price of greeting cards. Why? (Hint: Consider what makes roses and cards different and how that difference might affect supply’s responsiveness to price.)
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On Valentines day the price of than roses increase more than the price of the greeting card is mainly because of two reasons.
first, increase it the demand of the goods in the market will shift the demand curve to the right and the new equilibrium will be at a higher price and higher output. This will increase the price of the roses and the greeting card in the same proportion but the price of the roses increase more than the price of the greeting card because of the limited supply, an increase in the demand can be fulfilled by the increase in the supply and that will not increase the price of the goods, if the supply is limited and can't be changed quickly it will increase the price of the goods to a much higher level.
roses are limited in stock and can't be stocked for more than a certain days in the market unlike the greeting cards. this makes them supply inelastic in the short run markets. So, when the demand increase and the supply cannot be increased immediately the price of the goods shoot up more than cards price.