1. Suppose that the domestic supply and demand for snowboards
in Canada are given by the following equations: QS =-110+3PandQD
=390–2P.
a. What is the equilibrium price and quantity in Canada?
b. Accurately graph the demand and supply along with the
equilibrium.
c. What is the consumer surplus and producer surplus at
equilibrium?
d. If Canada can trade snowboards freely with the rest of the
world at the price of $80, how many snowboards will be
produced and purchased in Canada?
e. Accurately graph the world price along with the quantities
produced and purchased on the diagram you
constructed above.
f. If Canada engages in free trade with the trade at the price
of $80, what is the consumer surplus and producer
surplus for the market of snowboards?
g. Suppose the Canadian government imposes at $10 tariff on
snowboards, how many units will be produced and
purchased in Canada?
h. Accurately graph the tariff of $10 along with the
quantities produced and purchased on the diagram you
constructed above.
i. With the $10 tariff on snowboards, what is the consumer
surplus, producer surplus, government revenue, and
deadweight loss for the market of snowboards?
Q 2. Kent, Jasmine, and Hilary produce hoodies and slippers
using only their labour. The table provides the information about
the amount of labour that Kent, Jasmine, and Hilary must use to
produce these hoodies and slippers. Assume that Kent, Jasmine, and
Hilary each have 60 hours of labour available.
Amount of labour required to produce one slipper
4 hours of labour
3 hours of labour Hilary 2 hours of labour 2 hours of
labour
a. Suppose Kent, Jasmine, and Hilary allocate their resources
evenly in the production of each good, what will be the total
production of hoodies and slippers?
b. Who has the absolute advantage in the production of
hoodies? Slippers?
c. What is Kent’s, Jasmine’s, and Hilary’s opportunity cost of
producing one hoodie in terms of slippers?
d. What is Kent’s, Jasmine’s, and Hilary’s opportunity cost of
producing one slipper in terms of hoodies?
e. Who has the comparative advantage in the production of
hoodies? Slippers?
f. If Kent, Jasmine, and Hilary specializes in the production
in which they have a comparative advantage and they
only want to produce 40 hoodies, then how many units of
hoodies and slippers will each of them produce?
Econ 201 Introduction to Microeconomics E. Choi
Amount of labour required to produce one hoodie
Kent
1 hours of labour