ECON 1900 : Burden on tax And Consumer theory question Answer.doc

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3: the solutions from part i) allow you to compare the elasticity of demand to the elasticity of supply at the original equilibrium. As a result we can say that demand is relatively more _____elastic____________(elastic or inelastic) than supply. Widgets (units: 1now a sales tax of per unit sold is imposed on the production of widgets. - = _________: calculate the price 1elasticity of supply over the price range to use original supply curve) Es = 0. 75: the following two schedules show the amounts of additional satisfaction (marginal utility) which a consumer would get from successive quantities of products a and b. If the consumer has a money income of and the price of a is and the price of b is , the consumer will maximize her utility by purchasing. ___________1___________ units of a and _________3________ units of b.

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1. Which of the following is not characteristic of the demand for a commodity that is elastic?

a. The relative change in quantity demanded is greater than the relative in price

b. Buyers are relatively sensitive to price changes

c. Total revenue declines if price is increased

d. The elasticity coefficient is less than one

2. Suppose the price elasticity of demand for bread is 0.20 if the bread falls by 10 percent, the quantity demanded will increase by:

a. 2 percent and total expenditures on bread will rise

b. 2 percent and total expenditures on bread will fall

c. 20 percent and total expenditures on bread will fall

d. 20 percent and total expenditures on bread will rise

3. If a consumer is equilibrium, an increase in money income will:

a. Move him to a new equilibrium on a lower indifference curve

b. Make his indifferent curves steeper, but will not alter the equilibrium position

c. Have no effect on the equilibrium position because product prices have not change

d. Move him a new equilibrium on a high indifferent curve

4. The larger the coefficient of price elasticity of demand for a product, the:

a. Larger the resulting price change for an increase in supply

b. More rapid the rate at which the marginal utility of that product diminishes

c. Smaller the resulting price change for an increase in supply

5. A manufactures of frozen pizzas found that total revenue decreased when price was lowed from $5to $4. It was also found that total revenue decreased when price was raised from $5 to $6. Thus,

a. The demand for pizza is elastic above $5 and inelastic below $5

b. The demand for pizza is elastic both above and below $5

c. The demand for pizza is inelastic above $5 and elastic below$5

d. $5 is not the equilibrium price of pizza

6. The elasticity of demand for a product is likely to be greater

a. if the product is necessity, rather than a luxury

b. the greater the amount good of time over which buyers adjust to a price change

c. The smaller the proportion of one

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1. Using supply-and-demand diagrams, show the effect of the following events on the market for sweatshirts.

(a) A hurricane in South Carolina damages the cotton crop.

(b) The price of leather jackets falls.

(d) New knitting machines are invented.

2. (a) What is the definition of quantity demanded?

(b) What is the definition of quantity supplied?

(d) Choose one of the factors from part (b) and consider the market for bananas. On a well-labeled diagram, demonstrate what will occur in this market if there is a change in this factor.

(e) List the 4 factors that cause the supply curve to shift to the left or the right.

(f) Choose one of the factors from part (e) and consider the market for scooters. On a well-labeled diagram, demonstrate what will occur in this market if there is a change in this factor.

(g) Choose one factor from part (b) and another from part (e) and consider the market for minivans. On a well-labeled diagram, demonstrate what will occur in this market given the change in both factors. (Hint: Draw separate diagrams for parts (d), (f), & (g))

3. Suppose that the price of basketball tickets at your college is determined by market forces. Currently, the demand and supply schedules are as follows:

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(a) Draw the demand and the supply curves. What is unusual about this supply curve? Why might this be true?

(b) What are the equilibrium price and quantity of tickets?

(c) Your college plans to increase total enrollment next year by 5,000 students. The additional students will have the following demand schedule:

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Now add the old demand schedule and the demand schedule for the new students to calculate the new demand schedule for the entire college. What will be the new equilibrium price and quantity?

4. Market research has revealed the following information about the market for chocolate bars: The demand schedule can be represented by the equation QD = 1600 − 300P, where QD is the quantity demanded and P is the price. The supply schedule can be represented by the equation QS = 1400 + 700P, where QS is the quantity supplied.

(a) Sketch a graph representing the market for chocolate bars. Identify the equilibrium point on your graph.

(b) Calculate the equilibrium price and quantity in the market for chocolate bars.

5. For each of the following pairs of goods, which good would you expect to have more elastic demand and why?

(a) Required textbooks or mystery novels

(b) Beethoven recordings or classical music recordings in general

(d) Root beer or water

(e) Insulin or Tylenol

(f) Food or bananas

6.Consider the following information from the market for lemonade:

Price	Quantity Demanded	Quantity Supplied
$1	500 cups	150 cups
$2	200 cups	310 cups

(a) As the price changes from $1 to $2, what is the value of price elasticity of demand?

(b) As the price changes from $1 to $2, what is the value of price elasticity of supply?

(c) Sketch a diagram demonstrating the market for lemonade. Are the supply and demand curves relatively inelastic or elastic? Explain.

(d) Suppose that when the price of lemonade increases from $1 to $2, the quantity demanded of orange juice increases from 150 cups to 190 cups. Calculate cross-price elasticity of demand for orange juice.

(e) Are orange juice and lemonade substitute or complementary goods? Explain.

7. Suppose that business travelers and vacationers have the following demand for airline tickets from New York to Boston:

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(a) As the price of tickets rises from $200 to $250, what is the price elasticity of demand for (i) business travelers and (ii) vacationers? (Use the midpoint method in your calculations)

(b) Why might vacationers have a different elasticity from business travelers?

8. Suppose the price elasticity of demand for heating oil is 0.2 in the short run and 0.7 in the long run.

(a) If the price of heating oil rises from $1.80 to $2.20 per gallon, what happens to the quantity of heating oil demand in the short run? In the long run? (Use the midpoint method in your calculations)

(b) Why might this elasticity depend on the time horizon?

9. The Government has decided that the free-market price of cheese is too low.

(a) Suppose the government imposes a binding price floor in the cheese market. Draw a supply-and-demand diagram to show the effect of this policy on the price of cheese and the quantity of cheese sold. Is there a shortage or surplus of cheese?

(b) Farmers complain that the price foor has reduced their total revenue. Is this possible? Explain

(c) In response to farmer's complaints, the government agrees to purchase all the surplus cheese at the price floor. Compared to the basic price floor, who benefits from this new policy? Who loses?

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1) List and briefly explain three economic variables that shift the Demand Curve.

2) Define opportunity cost. How is opportunity cost used to determine comparative advantage?

3) In the market for calculators we observe that the price has fallen and more calculators are being sold. What might have happened to cause this change?

4) The price of gasoline rises. What would we expect to see happen in the market for cars with high gas mileage (like the Prius)?

5) What is the effect of a price floor (a price set above equilibrium) in the sugar market. Why does the government impose price floors?

6) Define the price elasticity of demand. Why is this concept important in economics?

7) Define the income elasticity of demand. Why is this concept important in economics?

8) List and briefly explain three economic variables that shift the Supply Curve.

9) A firm lowers of price of its product by 10% and consumers buy 5% more of the product. What is the price elasticity of demand for the product?

10) If the price elasticity of demand for a product is elastic, explain what will happen to total revenue when the price is decreased.

11) What is the difference between a change in quantity supplied and a shift in supply?

12) Write out the equation for the arc price elasticity of demand using symbols. Then write out the equation using the following numbers: the price increases from $8 to $10 and the quantity demanded falls from 3 units to 2 units. (Do not calculate the equation.)
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Long Answer Questions (20 points each)

Be certain to label all graphs. Write all explanations in complete sentences.

1) Draw a supply and demand graph for the market for oranges.

Illustrate and explain what happens with when a freeze destroys part of the crop.

2) Draw an increasing cost Production Possibilities Curve (PPC) for the U.S. with computers on the horizontal axis and textiles on the vertical axis.
a) What is the definition of a PPC

b) Choose a point on the PPC. What does this point represent?

c) Illustrate the opportunity cost of producing more computers.

d) Explain a point inside the PPC.

e) Explain a point outside the PPC.

f) Technological change reduces the cost of producing computers and textiles, illustrate and explain what happens in the graph.

g) Choose a new point that represents production and consumption after technological change.

h) Where does the U.S. produce and consume relative to before technological change.

i) Illustrate and explain the opportunity cost of producing more computers after technological change.

3) Define the price elasticity of demand. What does elastic, inelastic and unitary price elasticity of demand mean? For each of the three values of the price elasticity of demand explain what happens to quantity demanded and total revenue when the price of the product is increased? What about when the price of the product is decreased?

4) Using a supply and demand graph in the market for bread, illustrate and explain the effect of a price ceiling (Price set below equilibrium price).

Why would the government impose such a price ceiling?

How is the available bread distributed to consumers when there is a price ceilin

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