Microeconomics
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ISBN: 9781260507140
Author: David C. Colander
Publisher: McGraw Hill Education
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Explain what happens to shortage, if the supply is perfectly inelastic.
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A price ceiling will result in a shortage only if the ceiling price is _______________ the equilibrium price. a. Less than. b. Equal to. c. Greater than. d. Faster than.
A government decides to set a price ceiling on bread so that bread is affordable to the poor. The conditions of demand and supply are given in the table below. What is the equilibrium price before the price ceiling? What will the excess supply or the shortage be if the price ceiling is set at $2.40?
Price
Qd
Qs
$1.60
9,000
5,000
$2.00
8,500
5,500
$2.40
8,000
6,400
$2.80
7,500
7,500
$3.20
7,000
9,000
$3.60
6,500
11,000
$4.00
6,000
15,000
A. $2.80; 1,600 shortage
B. $2.80; 1,600 excess supply
C. $2.40; 1,600 shortage
If a shortage exists in a market, what do we know?
A. The actual price is below equilibrium price, and quantity demanded is greater than quantity supplied.
B. The actual price is above equilibrium price, and quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded.
C. The actual price is above equilibrium price, and quantity demanded is greater than quantity supplied.
D. The actual price is below equilibrium price, and quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded
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Microeconomics
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