Economics 1st Edition by Dean Karlan,Jonathan Morduch

Exercise 9

Suppose the market for gourmet chocolate is in long-run equilibrium, and an economic downturn has reduced consumer discretionary incomes. Assume chocolate is a normal good, and the chocolate producers have identical cost structures.
a. What will happen to demand-shift right, shift left, no shift?
b. What will happen to profits for chocolate producers in the short run-increase, decrease, or no change?
c. What will happen to the short-run supply curve-increase, decrease, or no change?
d. What will happen to the long-run supply curve-increase, decrease, or no change?