Friday, November 9, 2012

Topic 13: The Return of the Zeppelin


Determinants of demand are change of tastes, income and possibly the amount of buyers. Determinants of supply are the price of factors of production, the prices of related goods produced and technology. Also personal preference might affect the demand of people as well. People might like Zeppelin for a while but then dislike it later. The technology is important as well. This is because before there is accident happening in 1930s which people’s demand fell. Then, when the technologies improve and the Zeppelin’s quality become better and people’s demand for riding on it start to increase again. Also the increase in technology can decrease the price of production and increase the quantity supply as well. This market is an oligopoly and it is very close to a monopoly because there are only three of them in the world that makes it an oligopoly. It’s almost a monopoly because there is only one in North America which means that people from United State only can go to Zeppelin if they want it. Three determinants of demand for the success of Airship Ventures are preference, expected future prices, and the prices of related goods. This is because people who will go to Zeppelin is mainly base on if they want it or not and the price of it. No one will want to pay a very high price to just get on the hot balloon