Exploring Economics
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Chapter 7, Problem 10P
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The demand and supply functions for box office movie rentals on satellite TV are given as:
Qd =200 000 -4 000P and Qs = 20 000 + 2 000P
3.1 Calculate the consumer and producer surplus in this market. If the government implements a price ceiling of $15 on the price of rental service, calculate the new levels of consumer and producer surplus. Are all consumers better off? Are producers better off?
Suppose a tax of $4 per unit is imposed on a good, and the tax causes the equilibrium quantity of the good to decrease from 2,000 units to 1,700 units. The tax decreases consumer surplus by $3,000 and decreases producer surplus by $4,400. The deadweight loss of the tax is
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