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Homework 2 Due Friday 10/16 Upload your pdf into Canvas Please type your answers (an electronic copy of this document is on webcampus) Note: Graded on a scale of 100%, but worth a proportional amount of the 200 points for semester homework 1. (10 pts) A price change causes the quantity demanded of a good to decrease by 30 percent, while the total revenue of that good increases by 15 percent. Is the demand curve elastic or inelastic? Explain. 2. (10 pts) You are the curator of a museum. The museum is running short of funds, so you decide to try and increase revenue. Should you increase or decrease the price of admission? Explain. 3. (25 pts) 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. Producers of cheese complain that the price floor has reduced their total revenue. Is this possible? Explain. c. In response to cheese producers’ 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? 4. (20 pts) Suppose the demand for French bread rises. Explain what happens to the producer surplus in the market for French bread. Explain what happens to producer surplus in the market for flour . Illustrate your answers with diagrams. 5. (20 pts) What happens to the deadweight loss and tax revenue when a tax is increased? Illustrate your answers with diagrams. 6. (15 pts) Find a news article that illustrates either a positive or negative trade scenario (e.g. tariffs). Briefly summarize the article (4-5 sentences) and how it applies. You don’t need a copy of the article, but you do need to cite the title and source.
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