Macroeconomics, Student Value Edition (6th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134126081
Author: R. Glenn Hubbard, Anthony Patrick O'Brien
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 3.4.9PA
Subpart (a):
To determine
The effect of the market of banana and apple in US.
Subpart (b):
To determine
The effect of the market of banana and apple in US.
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Years ago, an apple producer argued that the United States should enact a tariff, or a tax, on imports of bananas. His reasoning was that “the enormous imports of cheap bananas into the United States tend to curtail the domes-tic consumption of fresh fruits produced in the United States.”.
Was the apple producer assuming that apples and bananas are substitutes or complements? Briefly explain.
If a tariff on bananas acts as an increase in the cost of supplying bananas in the United States, use two demand and supply graphs to show the effects of the apple producer’s proposal. One graph should show the effect on the banana market in the United States, and the other graph should show the effect on the apple market in the United States. Be sure to label the change in equilibrium price and quantity in each market and any shifts in the demand and supply curves.
1. Years ago, an apple producer argued that the United States should enact a tariff, or a tax, on imports of bananas. His reasoning was that “the enormous imports of cheap bananas into the United States tend to curtail the domes-tic consumption of fresh fruits produced in the United States.”.
a. Was the apple producer assuming that apples and bananas are substitutes or complements? Briefly explain.
b. If a tariff on bananas acts as an increase in the cost of supplying bananas in the United States, use two demand and supply graphs to show the effects of the apple producer’s proposal. One graph should show the effect on the banana market in the United States, and the other graph should show the effect on the apple market in the United States. Be sure to label the change in equilibrium price and quantity in each market and any shifts in the demand and supply curves.
Consider the market for automobiles, and draw representative supply and demand curves.a) Suppose that the price of gasoline rises, and at the same time, the price of steel (an input to automobile production) falls. Show this on your graph. If you have no other information, what can you say about the change in equilibrium price and quantity?b) Now suppose that you have the additional information that the rise in gasoline prices has been relatively large, while the reduction in steel costs has been relatively small. How would this change your answer to (a)?
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Chapter 3 Solutions
Macroeconomics, Student Value Edition (6th Edition)
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