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Economics: Private and Public Choice (MindTap Course List)

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Author:James D. Gwartney, Richard L. Stroup, Russell S. Sobel, David A. Macpherson

Publisher:James D. Gwartney, Richard L. Stroup, Russell S. Sobel, David A. Macpherson

Chapter24: Price-searcher Markets With High Entry Barriers

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According to an article in China Daily, China recently accelerated its plan to privatize tens of thousands
of state-owned firms. Imagine that you are an aide to a senator on the Foreign Relations
Committee of the U.S. Senate, and you have been asked to help the committee determine the price
and quantity that will prevail when competitive forces are allowed to equilibrate the market. The best
estimates of the market demand and supply for the good (in U.S. dollar equivalent prices) are given by
Qd = 10 − 2P and Qs = 2 + 2P, respectively. Determine the competitive equilibrium price.

Definition Video Definition Point where the demand and supply curves intersect. At the equilibrium price the quantity supplied of a good is equal to the quantity demanded. When the market is not in equilibrium, market surplus or market shortage occurs. The region that is above the price equilibrium indicates market surplus and the region below the price equilibrium indicates market shortage. Video

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