Multiple Choice
If consumers suddenly began desiring more apples and fewer oranges,
A) the market price of apples would rise, creating short-run economic profits in the apple industry. Current firms will expand output and new firms will enter the industry.
B) the market price of oranges would fall, creating short-run economic losses in the orange industry. Current firms will reduce output and some will go out of business in the long run.
C) neither a nor b are correct.
D) both a and b are correct.
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