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Exam III
I.                   A. Steel Supply and Demand for USA are given by ;
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Demand:   P = 1,200 – 100 (QD) and supply: P = 100 (QS) where QD = quantity demanded and QS = quantity supplied
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1.      Draw the market supply and demand curves. What are the equilibrium price and equilibrium quantity?
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2.      Compute the price elasticity of demand when price is $800. What can you say about the demand?
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3.      Compute the price elasticity of demand between $200 and $900. Is the demand elastic or inelastic?
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4.      Assume the selling price is $700 and the firm decreases the price of the product. Will the total revenue falls or increases. Why?
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Illustrate graphically the relationship between elasticity, price and total revenue by identifying the revenue maximization price and revenue maximization output.
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5.      Assume the cross price elasticity of the steel with respect to cars is -5. By how much and in what direction the price of the related good has changed if the demand for steel increased by 20%.
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What will be the demand curve of steel if the price of autos decreases by 15%?
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Illustrate graphically your answer.
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6.      Assume that on average consumers’ income in this market is $50,000 and the selling price is still $700, if income increases to 55,000 and the new quantity demanded for steel is 4 , what is the elasticity of income?
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Based on the elasticity of income what type of good is steel?
If the income of customers decreases by 10% what is the new demand curve? Illustrate it graphically.
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7.      Assume that the government levied a 25% tax on the suppliers of steel. Illustrate graphically the different economics effects of the tax ( and compute the dwl and tax burden)
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Who is paying more of the tax and why?
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Exercise B
Homes’ demand curve for wheat is P=40 -1/2(QD) and supply is p= 10 + 1/2 (QS)
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I)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Determine the price of wheat in the absence of trade and economic surplus (consumer surplus and producer surplus).
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II)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Illustrate graphically the different economic effects if citizens of home are allowed to buy the wheat in foreign markets and the world price is $20.
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III)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Compute the economic surplus and the consumer surplus.
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IV)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Home imposes a specific tariff of $4 on wheat imports.
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V)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Determine and graph the effects of the tariff on the following groups:
a)Â Â Â Â Â Home import competing producers
b)Â Â Â Â Â Home consumers
c)Â Â Â Â Â Â Home government
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VI)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Show graphically and calculate the terms of trade gain, the efficiency loss, and the total effect on welfare of the tariff.
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VII)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The government decides to grant a $4 subsidy to import competing sector, illustrate graphically the different economic effects of this subsidy on the domestic market and calculate the loss of economic efficiency.
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VIII)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â In your opinion, which measure is more efficient and why?
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IX)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â What are the different economic arguments for protecting domestic industries?Â
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C.    Chen has an income of $325 to purchase jeans and shirts. The price of a pair of jeans is $25 and price of a shirt is $50. The table below contains the extra satisfaction she derived from buying these two goods.
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Quantities |
MU of jean |
MU of shirt |
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110 |
210 |
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90 |
195 |
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85 |
180 |
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80 |
150 |
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75 |
120 |
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50 |
108 |
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a)Â Â Â Â Â Determine the equation of the budget line and graph it.
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b)Â Â Â Â Â Determine the optimum choice (number of jeans and shirts) for this consumer
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c)Â Â Â Â Â Suppose the price of the shirt decreases to $40, what is the new optimum choice? Graph the derived demand curve and determine the equation of the demand for the shirts.
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d)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â On what concepts are based the determination of the demand curve?
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