Question

QUESTION 16 Which of the following will cause the equilibrium price of widgets to fall and the equilibrium quantity to rise? A. Widget workers agree a large wage decrease so that none of them will have to be laid off. B. A decrease in the price of an item that consumers consider a substitute. C. The government raises taxes on widget firms. D. An increase in the price of an item that producers consider a substitute

Answer 1

Answer: A. Widget workers agree a large wage decrease so that none of them will have to be laid off.

Explanation:

There are activities that affects supply function cost, like wages cost going down, pushing prices down as well. In this case, with everything else constant, when cost go down the productivity per factor increase, making it possible to produce the same quantity at a lower price, or to produce more at a same price