Microeconomics
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Author: David C. Colander
Publisher: McGraw Hill Education
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Chapter 8.W, Problem 4QE
(a)
To determine
The effects of an increase in supply according to the elasticity of supply and demand.
(b)
To determine
The effect of a government guarantee of the price in each case explained in Part (a).
(c)
To determine
The most preferable combination among the four.
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i. Studies indicate that the price elasticity of demand for cigarettes is about 0.5. If a pack of cigarettes currently costs Rs.200 and the government wants to reduce smoking by 22 percent, by how much should it increase the price?
ii. If the government permanently increases the price of cigarettes, will the policy have a larger effect on smoking one year from now or five years from now?
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a) What is the Equilibrium Price and Equilibrium Quantity
b) If the government imposes a $15 per unit tax on sellers on this good what is the new quantity sold in units, how much will the buyers pay, how much will sellers receive?, and how much will the government receive in tax revenue?
c) What is the price elasticity of demand and over this price change? What about the supply?
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Microeconomics
Question 1: True or False. Explain.
a. When the demand curve of a good shift to
the left, it becomes more inelastic at every level
of price.
b. If the tax burden falls entirely on buyers a
good (tax in per unit imposed on seller), the
demand of that good should be perfectly
elastic.
Question 2: Suppose the demand and supply
for gasoline are given by =20-2P and Q -4+10
where P is the price in $ per gallon, and
quantity is measured in millions of gallons per
day
a. Find the equilibrium price/quantity for this
market
b. How much is the price elasticity of demand
and price elasticity of supply at this
equilibrium?
c. Suppose that the state government decides
to tax $2/gallons on consumers. Find the new
equilibrium prices and the new equilibrium
quantity
d. What is total tax payment in dollars to the
state government? How much is the share of
tax paid by consumers
e Graph your results
Chapter 8 Solutions
Microeconomics
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