7. Warmer
temperatures would naturally lead to reduced demand for wool socks.
As we learned earlier, in perfect competition this causes the
industry demand curve to shift back, lowering price and leading
to short run losses (negative profits) in the short run.
The graph to the right illustrates the short run effect of a reduction
in demand in a perfectly competitive industry.
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