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Demand and Supply in short run

Both demand and supply of hamburgers would plummet in short run, as would be quantity sold, however we can’t be certain how the price would adjust when: (i) 75 % of the population became serious vegetarians. (ii) People abruptly decreased their intake of milk products. (iii) A wave of Mad Cow disease swept across the world. (iv) 90 % of all dieters switched to a high-protein low-carbohydrate Atkins diet or the South Beach diet.

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