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求解答：曼昆的经济学

Suppose a market for ice cream. a) One summer, a hurricane destroys part of the sugarcane crop. Price of sugar increases. Explain the impact of the shock on the ice cream market. b) One summer, hurricane and heat wave happens together. Analyze the effect of this shock on ice cream market.
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Answer 1

a)糖的价格上涨，使冰淇淋的成本上升，供给减少。其它条件不变情况下，冰淇淋的价格会上升。
b)飓风发生影响甘蔗生产会使冰淇淋供给减少；而热浪发生则使人们对冰淇淋的需求增加。二者同时作用，冰淇淋的价格会大幅度提高，只是冰淇淋的数量变化是不确定的。