ECON 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Economic Equilibrium, Price Ceiling, Price Floor
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A recent study found that the demand and supply schedules for flying disks are as follows:
Price | Quantity Demanded | Quantity Supplied |
---|---|---|
(Dollars per disk) | (Millions of disks) | (Millions of disks) |
11 | 1 | 15 |
10 | 2 | 12 |
9 | 4 | 9 |
8 | 6 | 6 |
7 | 8 | 3 |
6 | 10 | 1 |
Complete the first row of the following table by indicating the equilibrium price and the equilibrium quantity of flying disks in the absence of any price controls.
Scenario | Market Price | Market Quantity | Binding or Not Binding |
---|---|---|---|
(Dollars per disk) | (Millions of disks) | ||
No Price Control | N/A | ||
Price Floor | |||
Price Ceiling |
Flying disk manufacturers persuade the government that flying disk production improves scientists' understanding of aerodynamics and thus is important for national security. A concerned Congress votes to impose a price floor $2 above the equilibrium price.
Complete the second row of the previous table by indicating the new price and quantity of flying disks when Congress imposes a price floor $2 above the equilibrium price. Then indicate whether the price floor is binding or not binding.
Irate college students march on Washington and demand a reduction in the price of flying disks. An even more concerned Congress votes to repeal the price floor and impose a price ceiling $3 below the former price floor.
Complete the final row of the previous table by indicating the new price and quantity of flying disks when Congress imposes a price ceiling $3 below the former price floor. Then indicate whether the price ceiling is binding or not binding.
The following table contains the demand schedule and supply schedule for a market for a particular good. Suppose sellers of the good successfully lobby Congress to impose a price floor $3 above the equilibrium price in this market.
Price | Quantity Demanded | Quantity Supplied |
$0 | 15 | 0 |
$1 | 13 | 3 |
$2 | 11 | 6 |
$3 | 9 | 9 |
$4 | 7 | 12 |
$5 | 5 | 15 |
$6 | 3 | 18 |
Following the imposition of a price floor $3 above the equilibrium price, irate buyers convince Congress to repeal the price floor and to impose a price ceiling $1 below the former price floor. The resulting market price is