In: Economics
Consider a market where supply and demand are given by
QXS = -16 + PX and
QXd = 83 - 2PX. Suppose the
government imposes a price floor of $36, and agrees to purchase and
discard any and all units consumers do not buy at the floor price
of $36 per unit.
Instructions: Enter your responses rounded to the nearest penny (two decimal places).
a. Determine the cost to the government of buying firms’ unsold
units.
$
b. Compute the lost social welfare (deadweight loss) that stems
from the $36 price floor.
$