Consider a market for fountain pens. Suppose the ink (complement for fountain pens) becomes more expensive. What is going to happen to producer surplus on the fountain pens market?       Producer surplus will increase     Producer surplus will decrease     Producer surplus will stay the same     Change in producer surplus will be ambiguous

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  1. Consider a market for fountain pens. Suppose the ink (complement for fountain pens) becomes more expensive. What is going to happen to producer surplus on the fountain pens market?

     

       

    Producer surplus will increase

       

    Producer surplus will decrease

       

    Producer surplus will stay the same

       

    Change in producer surplus will be ambiguous

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