The combination of increased demand and reduced supply has sent prices soaring.
The theory was that, under the laws of supply and demand, reduced supply would raise values.
But if the legislation succeeds in reducing emissions, the reduced supply of electricity will necessitate a rise in retail prices to reduce demand for the reduced supply.
To cut their losses, oil firms have reduced supply, causing shortages at some petrol stations.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDCC) issued guidelines for rationing the sharply reduced supply of influenza vaccine.
Will a combination of increased demand from a growing educated world population and reduced supply due to forest protection measures mean that paper increases in price?
The immediate reasons for the price increase are the rising cost of oil and reduced supply caused by floods in Ecuador, the world's biggest banana exporter.
"An economist would say there had been an increased demand for exceptional people or a reduced supply but I don't think there is either assumption.
ERIC says that the yield on 30-year Treasuries is "artificially low", because government buybacks and the discontinuation of the bond has reduced supply.
Volume has suffered, too, but with many sellers holding off until the market recovers, prices have at least held their own because of reduced supply.
In the early 16th century, Spaniards began to import African slaves as a substitute for the drastically reduced supply of Indian labourers.
