Answer to Question #234547 in Finance for Lee3415

Question

Which of the following would cause the demand curve for beef hamburger to shift to the right? Choose the correct answer. Provide a reason for your correct answer. Also indicate why each of the other answers are incorrect and draw graphs for each indicating how the curves will shift or how there will be movement along a curve. (8)

The correct answer is: (a, b, c or d) ________________


a) A decline in the price of cattle feed

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b) A rise in the price of pork

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c) A decline in the price of hamburger

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d) A decrease in income

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Answer 1

The correct answer is b) A rise in the price of pork.

This is because pork is a substitute good for beef hamburgers and when its price increases, people will substitute it for the beef hamburger. Therefore, this will increase the demand for beef hamburgers, hence causing the demand curve to shift to the right.