a. Using appropriate demand and supply diagrams in each of the
following cases explain the impact on the market price and quantity
traded.
i. Market for second-hand clothing following a high increase on
import duties on second- hand clothes
ii. The market for tomatoes following a bumper harvest
iii. The market for Sanwatt battery following a fall in price of
Tiger head battery
b. Define market as applied in economics and explain briefly any
four types of markets.
1 Discuss the impact of an increase in the minimum wage on
demand and supply for labor and the overall market.
2 Explain the effect of free trade trade on economic
growth?
For each scenario below, explain how the supply or demand curve
would shift, and explain how the equilbrium price and quantity
would change. Assume that each market always starts in
equilibrium.
(a) Peanut butter market when the price of jelly increased. (b)
Lemonade market when firms have developed a new type of fertilizer
that allows more lemons grown per tree. (c) Fast food market when
minimum wage increased. (d) Coffee market after a report comes out
that coffee lowers risk...
a) Using diagrams and supply and demand concept, carefully
explain the impact of each of the following on equilibrium price
and quantity of certain products. i) Simultaneous decrease in price
of raw material and decrease in income for a normal good (other
things being equal). ii) Simultaneous increase in business taxes
and an increase in consumer income for a normal good (other things
being equal).
How would each of the following scenarios, using
supply and demand of analysis to predict the resulting changes in
the real interest rates, national saving, and investment. Show your
answers graphically and briefly explain.
An increase in military spending moves the government’s budget from
surplus into deficit.
B.Concerns over job security raises precautionary
saving.
C.New computer-controlled machines are able to produce
manufactured goods more efficiently and with fewer defects.
D.New environmental regulations increase firms’ costs
of operating capital.
E.The legislature...
How would you use the theory of Demand and Supply to explain
something that you have observed about the world? Your answer needs
to provide at least three paragraphs. The first paragraph
identifies and explains in your own words the observation of the
world. The second paragraph identifies the supplier and consumers
in your observation. The third paragraph explains how the supply
and demand changed to explain the event in the world.
What are the determinants of supply
and demand in a market? Explain how these changes impact on supply
and demand and use examples to support your answer.
(this question is worth 25 marks)