Question

Distributors of cigarettes earn some monopoly profits in their local markets but see them slowly erode as substitutes enter the market. Suppose Nebraska has scheduled a vote on the legalization of marijuana. Additionally, suppose that marijuana and cigarettes are substitutes and that the legalization of marijuana would lead to a decrease in the price of marijuana.
Given the relationship between marijuana and cigarettes, the legalization of marijuana would lead to_______in demand for cigarettes. Thus, distributors of cigarettes would likely____the legalization of marijuana.

Answer 1

Answer:

The question is incomplete, the options are missing. The options are the following:

For the first gap: increase/decrease.

For the second gap: support/oppose.

And the correct answers are: Decrease/oppose.

Explanation:

To begin with, in the microeconomics theory when it comes to concept of substitutes it refers to the relationship that exists between two goods that are similar in characteristics and therefore that they are probably to substitue one for the other in the market in the case when one's price is higher that the other. That is why that in this case presented, the legalization of the marijuana would obviously lead to a decrease in the demand of the cigarattes due to the fact that now the consumers will start to consume more of the other, letting the cigarette fall. And therefore that the distributors of cigarattes would likely be oppose to the legalization because it will affect their business.