Consumers anticipating the price


Assignment: There is no such a thing as a product B - so substitute your own "real product" for Product B - for example, Product B could be "bananas" and consider what would happen if bananas became more fashionable, the price of a substitute for eating bananas decreases (for example, oranges), etc.

Question: What effect will each of the following have on the demand for product B?

1. Product B becomes more fashionable.

2. The price of substitute product C falls.

3. Income declines and product B is an inferior good.

4. Consumers anticipate the price of B will be lower in the near future.

5. The price of complementary product D falls.

6. Foreign tariff barriers on B are eliminated.

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