Microeconomics
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781260507140
Author: David C. Colander
Publisher: McGraw Hill Education
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Chapter 7, Problem 17QE
(a)
To determine
Explain if the government imposed a minimum wage above the equilibrium wage, what would be expected to happen to the result of the shortage of jobs.
(b)
To determine
Explain what happen to the
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Consider a market that is initially in equilibrium and the equilibrium price and quantity are P and Q respectively. Then, the government decides to impose a price ceiling at a price of Pc that is less than P. Which of the following statements is correct?
1. After the price ceiling is imposed, the quantity demanded is less than the quantity supplied on the market.
2. After the price ceiling is imposed, the quantity actually sold in the market is lower than it was before the price ceiling was imposed.
3. Producer surplus in the market increased after the price ceiling was imposed.
4. Since Pc is less than P, the price ceiling is effective and therefore, there is no deadweight loss in the market.
Consider a free market with demand equal to QQ = 900 − 10PP and supply equal to QQ = 20PP.
Now the government imposes a $15 per unit subsidy on the production of the good. What is the consumersurplus now? The producer surplus? Why is there a deadweight loss associated with the subsidy, and whatis the size of this loss?
Suppose the government sets a Price Ceiling at $5. If the market equilibrium price is $3, the Price Ceiling will be:
Select one:
a.
binding.
b.
effective.
c.
illegal.
d.
non-binding.
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