The Reinheitsgebot is a set of laws established in the 1500s that regulate the production and sale of beer in Germany. Among its provisions, the edict set maximum prices that brewers could charge at various times of the year: "From Michaelmas to Georgia, the price for one [Bavarian Liter] is not to exceed one Pfennig Munich value." Cheap beer — this must be a great thing for consumers. Suppose that the demand for beer is given by Q^D=6,000−1,500P , and the supply of beer is given by Q^S=−1,000+2,000P.
1. Accurately graph the demand, supply and price ceiling curves.
2. Without the price ceiling of 1-Pfennig.
a. What is the equilibrium price of beer?
b. What is the equilibrium quantity of beer?
c. What is the producer surplus?
d. What is the consumer surplus?
3. With the price ceiling of 1-Pfennig.
a. What is the producer surplus received by beer producers after the price ceiling is imposed?
b. What is the consumer surplus received by beer producers after the price ceiling is imposed?
4. After the price ceiling is imposed, beer drinkers see their surplus.
The Reinheitsgebot is a set of laws established in the 1500s that regulate the production and...
Use the accompanying graph to answer these questions.
a. Suppose demand is D and supply is S0. If a price
ceiling of $6 is imposed, what are the resulting shortage and full
economic price?
Shortage:
Full economic price: $
b. Suppose demand is D and supply is S0. If a price
floor of $12 is imposed, what is the resulting surplus? What is the
cost to the government of purchasing any and all unsold
units?
Surplus: units
Cost to government: $...
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101 10 20 price . 18 .. 16 ... E- .. .. . 10 20 30 40 50 Refer to the figure above, assuming that the demand curve's price intercept is at $20 and the supply's intercept is at (0,0). You will need these intercepts for the calculations. Please answer the following questions. 1. Please calculate the consumer surplus, producer surplus and the Refer to the figure above, assuming that the demand curve's price intercept is at $20 and the...
Refer to the table above. If the market is originally in
equilibrium and a price ceiling of $50 is imposed, which of the
following is incorrect?
A. Net surplus in the economy will decrease
B. Producer surplus will decrease
C. Supply will decrease
D. Consumers will purchase less than they would at the
equilibrium price
E. Producers will sell less than they would at the equilibrium
price
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