Consider a market where supply and demand are given by QXS. = −14+Px and Qxd=91 - 2Px. Suppose the government imposes a price floor of $42, and agrees to purchase and discard any and all units consumers do not buy at the floor price of $42 per unit. Instructions: Enter your responses rounded to the nearest penny (two decimal places). a. Determine the cost to the government of buying firms' unsold units. $ b. Compute the lost social welfare (deadweight loss) that stems from the $42 price floor. $

Consider a market where supply and demand are given by QXS. = −14+Px and Qxd=91 - 2Px. Suppose the government imposes a price floor of $42, and agrees to purchase and discard any and all units consumers do not buy at the floor price of $42 per unit. Instructions: Enter your responses rounded to the nearest penny (two decimal places). a. Determine the cost to the government of buying firms' unsold units. $ b. Compute the lost social welfare (deadweight loss) that stems from the $42 price floor. $

Principles of Microeconomics (MindTap Course List)

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Author:N. Gregory Mankiw

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Chapter8: Application: The Cost Of Taxation

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