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This document contains 7 questions about supply and demand analysis. Question 1 asks about how demand will change for normal and inferior goods with income changes and a price change. Question 2 asks how supply will change for a good produced competitively with various market changes. Question 3 asks to calculate supply amounts from a given supply function. Question 4 analyzes demand changes for substitutes and complements. Question 5 calculates consumer surplus. Question 6 analyzes equilibrium with a price floor and ceiling. Question 7 determines equilibrium graphically and calculates effects of an excise tax.

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Assignment Module2

This document contains 7 questions about supply and demand analysis. Question 1 asks about how demand will change for normal and inferior goods with income changes and a price change. Question 2 asks how supply will change for a good produced competitively with various market changes. Question 3 asks to calculate supply amounts from a given supply function. Question 4 analyzes demand changes for substitutes and complements. Question 5 calculates consumer surplus. Question 6 analyzes equilibrium with a price floor and ceiling. Question 7 determines equilibrium graphically and calculates effects of an excise tax.

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Assignment: Module 2

1. The X-Corporation produces a good (called X) that is a normal good. Its competitor, Y-
Corp. makes a substitute good that it markets under the name Y. Good Y is an inferior
good.
A. How will the demand for good X change if consumer incomes decrease?
B. How will the demand for good Y change if consumer incomes increase?
C. How will the demand for good X change if the price of good Y increases?

2. Good X is produced in a competitive market using input A. Explain what would happen
to the supply of good X in each of the following situations?
A. The price of input A decreases.
B. An excise tax of $3 is imposed on good X.
C. An ad valorem tax of 7% is imposed on good X.
D. A technological change reduces the cost of producing additional units of good X.

3. Suppose the supply function for product is given by Qs = -30 + 2Px -4Pz
A. How much of product X is produced when Px = $600 and Pz = $60?
B. How much of product X is produced when Px = $80 and Pz = $60?
C. Suppose Pz = $60. Determine the supply function and the inverse supply function for
good X. Graph the inverse supply function.

4. The demand for good X is given by


1 1
Qdx =6,000− Px−Py+ 9 Pz+ M
2 10

Research shows that the prices of related goods are given by Py = $6,500 and Pz = $100
while the average income of individuals consuming this product is M = $70,000.
A. Indicate whether goods Y and Z are substitutes or complements for good X.
B. Is X an inferior or a normal good?
C. How many units of goods X will be purchased when Px = $5,230?
D. Determine the demand function and the inverse demand function for good X. Graph
the demand curve for good X.

5. The demand for product X is given by Qd = 300 – 2Px


A. Plot the inverse demand curve.
B. How much consumer surplus do consumers receive when Px = $45?
C. How much consumer surplus do consumers receive when Px = $30?
D. In general, what happens to the level of consumer surplus as the price of a good
falls?

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6. Suppose demand and supply are given by Qd = 60 – P and Qs = -20.
A. What are the equilibrium quantity and price in this market?
B. Determine quantity demanded, quantity supplied and the magnitude of the surplus
if a price floor of $50 is imposed in this market.
C. Determine quantity demanded, quantity supplied and the magnitude of the
shortage if a price ceiling of $32 is imposed in this market. Also determine the full
economic price paid by the consumers.

7. Suppose the demand and supply curves are given by:


1 1
Qd =14− P x and Q s= P x −1
2 4

A. Determine the equilibrium price and quantity. Show the equilibrium graphically.
B. Suppose a $12 excise tax is imposed on the good. Determine the new equilibrium price and
quantity.
C. How much tax revenue does the government earn with the $12 tax?

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