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Homework 2 Â - Due Friday Jan. 29, 2016
Submit your answers to the following questions electronically to Canvas via Assignments as either a single Word or pdf file by 11:59 p.m.Other file types or multiple files will not be accepted/graded.Answer each questions neatly and thoroughly and show your work. If you prefer, you may submit your homework answers physically in the drop box outside my office door (2280 SSB) before noon on Friday Jan 29.
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1.      Use the supply-and-demand model to explain verbally and illustrate graphically why sales at the restaurant chain Chipotle have fallen lately. (3)
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a.      Suppose many consumers complain to the government about the high price of their asthma medication and that the government responds by putting a price ceiling of $70 on this medication. Will this policy help all the consumers of this medicine? Explain verbally and illustrate on the graph. (3)
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b.     How much deadweight loss will the price ceiling cause? Show on the graph. (2)
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a.      How would an excise tax of $75 per 1000 ounce impact the equilibrium price and quantity of pot? State below and show on the graph. (3)
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4.     Suppose that when the price of milk rises from $4.20 to $4.60 per gallon, the quantity demanded falls from 760 to 720 gallons.
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a.      Compute the elasticity of demand for milk below.  (2)
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b.     Based on your calculation, is the demand for milk sensitive to price or not sensitive to price? Explain. (2)
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c.      Interpret the number you calculated for the elasticity of demand for milk. What does that number mean? (2)
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Homework 2 Â - Due Friday Jan. 29, 2016
Submit your answers to the following questions electronically to Canvas via Assignments as either a single Word or pdf file by 11:59 p.m.Other file types or multiple files will not be accepted/graded.Answer each questions neatly and thoroughly and show your work. If you prefer, you may submit your homework answers physically in the drop box outside my office door (2280 SSB) before noon on Friday Jan 29.
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1.      Use the supply-and-demand model to explain verbally and illustrate graphically why sales at the restaurant chain Chipotle have fallen lately. (3)
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a.      Suppose many consumers complain to the government about the high price of their asthma medication and that the government responds by putting a price ceiling of $70 on this medication. Will this policy help all the consumers of this medicine? Explain verbally and illustrate on the graph. (3)
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b.     How much deadweight loss will the price ceiling cause? Show on the graph. (2)
3.     Several states have legalized pot. The graph below depicts the pot market in one of those states. Note: Each vertical square equals $25; each horizontal square equals one thousand ounces.
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4.     Suppose that when the price of milk rises from $4.20 to $4.60 per gallon, the quantity demanded falls from 760 to 720 gallons.
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a.      Compute the elasticity of demand for milk below.  (2)
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b.     Based on your calculation, is the demand for milk sensitive to price or not sensitive to price? Explain. (2)
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c.      Interpret the number you calculated for the elasticity of demand for milk. What does that number mean? (2)
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d.     If the price of milk were to rise by 5%, how exactly would the quantity demanded change? Compute below. (2)
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e.      If the government placed an excise tax on milk, who would pay the majority of the tax, milk producers or milk consumers? Explain verbally. (2)
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