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My questions are same problems on the Managerial Economics -theory,applications and cases by Edwin Mansfield (5th edtion)

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a. Was this price increase due to a shift in the demand curve for cotton, a shift in the supply curve for cotton or both?
From the statement, we can say that this price increase was due to a shift in both the demand curve and supply curve.
Because the poor crops in these countries decrease the overall supply of cotton, and bring the ...

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