Krugman's Economics For The Ap® Course
Krugman's Economics For The Ap® Course
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781319113278
Author: David Anderson, Margaret Ray
Publisher: Worth Publishers
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Chapter 2R, Problem 1MCQ
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The question requires us to select the suitable factor which causes the demand for hamburgers to increase.

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The demand for hamburgers will increase due to the following reasons:

  • The price of substitute products like hotdogs increases then consumers will prefer hamburgers over hotdogs.
  • If the price of complementary products like salad and drinks falls then consumers will prefer to buy hamburgers along with other relative products.
  • Taste and preferences of consumers start changing, for example, people become non-vegetarian and start demanding hamburgers.
  • People’s income level rises and hamburger is a normal good.

So, the demand for hamburgers will increase when the number of vegetarians in a town decreases and the population size stays the same. It means people are adopting hamburgers over vegetarian food. 

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