Consider the markets for butter (B) and margarine (M), where the
demand curves are QDM =...
Consider the markets for butter (B) and margarine (M), where the
demand curves are QDM = 20-2PM+PB and QDB = 60-6PB++4PM and the
supply curves are QSM=2PM and QSB=3PB. Find the equilibrium prices
and quantities for butter and margarine
What is the difference between sweet cream butter,
cultured butter, clarified butter, and margarine?
Describe how ice crystals, concentrated cream, and air
all contribute to the final structure of ice cream.
A monopoly firm faces two markets where the inverse demand
curves are
Market
A: PA =140 − 2.75QA,
Market
B: PB = 120 − QB.
The firm operates a single plant where total cost is C =
20Q+0.25Q^2,
and marginal cost is m = 20 + 0.5Q.
Suppose the firm sets a single price for both markets. Using the
information above, the profit maximizing price is $86.18 and the
profit maximizing quantity is 53.37 units. Given this information,
you determine...
Consider the supply and demand curves for several markets –
mineral resources, wheat, gasoline, and steel. Show how the
following impacts on each of these markets would shift the supply
curve, the demand curve, or both. How will the market equilibrium
price and quantity change from the original equilibrium? What cause
the changes? Explain in words and graphically.
a. As mineral resources are depleted, it becomes costlier to
extract mineral deposits.
b. Due to floods in the Midwest, half of...
1. Sketch a graph of the market for peanut butter, labeling the
supply and demand curves, both axes, and the equilibrium price and
equilibrium quantity. Now, a per-unit tax is imposed on sellers in
this market. SHOW and describe what happens in this market. Draw
and label any curve shifting and any change in the equilibrium
price or equilibrium quantity. What is the new price that buyers
pay for peanut butter? What is the price that sellers get to keep...
Consider a small country where the demand and supply curves of a
particular commodity are respectively,
Qd = 10 – P and
Qs = P/3, where
Qd is the quantity demanded,
Qs the quantity supplied and
P the price. Assume that the international price of this
commodity is 6.
a) Compute Qd,
Qs, imports (M), the consumer
surplus (CS) and the producer surplus
(PS).
b) Next, assume that the country imposes a tariff t =
1. Compute Qd,
Qs, M, the...
1. Consider a perfectly competitive market where the demand and
supply curves are given by QD = 500 − P and QS = −100 + 2P ,
respectively. Suppose that the government decides to tax the
producers by $60 per unit sold.
(a) Determine the pre-tax and after-tax equilibrium price and
quantity.
(b) Determine the loss in net benefits due to the tax.
(c)Determine the percentage of the tax burden that falls on the
consumers.
Consider a perfectly competitive market in the short-run with
the following demand and supply curves, where P is in dollars per
unit and Q is units per year: Demand: P = 500 – 0.8Q Supply: P =
1.2Q
a. Calculate the short-run competitive market equilibrium price
and quantity. Graph demand, supply, and indicate the equilibrium
price and quantity on the graph.
b. Now suppose that the government imposes a price ceiling and
sets the price at P = 180. Address...
2. Consider the following market for a private good, where Anne
and
Beverly’s inverse demand curves are given by
PA= 500−Q
PB= 500−2Q
The marginal cost of this good is
M C= 2Q
(a) Calculate the market demand curve
(b) Depict this market graphically.
(c) Calculate the market price and quantity that will be
produced,
assuming this market is perfectly competitive.
(d) Argue that this outcome is Pareto Efficient.
(e) Suppose instead that this good is a pure public good....
please complete questions 30 E-
H30.Consider a labor market where the
demand and supply curves for highly trained workers are given by
the equationsLD = 10 − 0.5W, LS= 0.5W,where L represents the number
of workers, W is the wage, and the subscripts Dand S are used to distinguish between the quantity of
labor demanded and the quantity of labor supplied.30a. Find the initial market-clearing
wage and employment level.30b. Now suppose that the demand for
labor in this particular occupation...
1.) the price elasticity of demand for margarine is -1.3 and the
income elasticity of demand for margarine is -0.2.
a. Based on these figures, is the demand for margarine elastic
or inelastic? How can you tell?
b. If the price of margarine falls by 5%, by what percentage
will the quantity of margarine demanded change? Will it rise or
fall?
c. If the price of margarine falls by 5%, by what percentage
will the total revenue from sales of...