Assume a national brewing company loses market share to a lower-priced competitor.Assume also that the company's workers go on strike and are able to negotiate a hefty wage increase.As such,we can conclude,with certainty,that the combination of these two changes would cause the equilibrium price and quantity of the company's product to decrease.

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The situation presented involves conflicting factors that could have unpredictable effects on the equilibrium price and quantity of the product. While the entry of a lower-priced competitor tends to lower the price and quantity demanded of the national brewing company's product, a wage increase due to a strike could raise the cost of production, which tends to push up the price of the product. Therefore, it is not possible to determine the direction of the change in price and quantity without additional information on the magnitude and relative impact of the two factors, as well as other market conditions.

Assume a National Brewing Company Loses Market Share to a Lower-Priced