Question

Suppose the market for hamburgers is unregulated. That is, hamburger prices are free to adjust based on the forces of supply and demand. If a shortage exists in the hamburger market, then the current price must be ________than the equilibrium price. For the market to reach equilibrium, you would expect _______.
If a shortage exists in the hamburger market, then the current price must be a)higher b)lower than the equilibrium price. For the market to reach equilibrium, you would expect:__________
a) buyers to offer higher prices
b) sellers to offer lower prices
c) persistent excess demand

Answer 1

Answerp

lower, buyers to offer higher prices

Explanation:

An unregulated market, is one whereby the supply and demand is left unguided or unmonitored. This makes buyers and sellers execute different prices as they deem fit.

It is commonly known that Prices that is behind or below the equilibrium price brings about excess demand as various buyers would want to buy to more goods than sellers are willing to sell. In this case, the quantity supplied will be less than the quantity demanded at that price. Some buyers who wish to be hamburger at the current price will be unable to do so. In order to buy hamburger, some buyers will offer higher prices. Some sellers will be love to sell additional unit only if the buyers increases the selling rate. The market being move toward the equilibrium price, where the quantity of the hamburger demanded by buyers is of an equals amount with the quantity supplied by sellers.