Market for Beef This Report Term Paper

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Once again, the quantity supplied of chicken does not change in the short run because supply is a factor of time, meaning that chicken farmers also need time to adjust their inventory.

Beef and leather are complements-in-production because they are simultaneously produced using the exact same resource, cattle. Thus, the production of one good automatically triggers the production of the other. As noted in the market for beef, the supply of beef does not respond to demand changes in the short run, thus the supply of leather is also not impacted. Likewise, the demand for leather is not impacted by the increase in the demand for beef because these goods serve different functions for the consumer and are, therefore, not related. It is worthy of note, that an increase in the price of beef will eventually cause an increase in the supply of leather because cattle ranchers will respond to the increase in demand for beef which automatically increases the supply of beef. But this is most likely to be a long-term occurrence rather than a short-term adjustment.


In summary, when a health report declares that eating beef is just as healthy as eating chicken, the demand for beef will increase as will its price and quantity sold. Conversely, because chicken and beef are substitutes, the demand for chicken will decrease as will its price and quantity sold. Beef and leather are complements-in-production, and as such, have highly related supply functions. but, because supply is a factor of time, short-term impacts related to increased demand for beef will not affect leather......

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