The following equation represents the total demand for U.S. corn: Q= 2954 – 235 P whereas the following represents the domestic supply of corn in the U.S. : Qs= 1976 + 189 P. A drought in corn-producing countries created an additional demand for U.S. corn for 169 bushels. a. Calculate the market-clearing price for corn, for the new total demand. What will the quantity produced and sold of corn be in the U.S. market? b. Show your results in a supply-demand diagram. c. At the market equilibrium, what side of the market, supply or demand, is more elastic? d. Why is it important to know about elasticity in a market?
The following equation represents the total demand for U.S. corn: Q= 2954 – 235 P whereas...
Consider a small open economy. Suppose the market for corn in Banana Republic is competitive. The domestic market demand function for corn is Qd = 10 − 0.5P and the domestic market supply function is Qs = P − 2, both measured in billions of bushels per year. Also assume the import supply curve is infinitely elastic at a price of $4 per bushel. Suppose the government impose an import quota such that the domestic equilibrium price is P Q...
Suppose a corn producer tries to maximize the total revenue P × Q, where P is the price of corns ($/bushel) which the producer takes as given, and Q is the total quantity (bushels). The producer is facing the following market demand: Q = 100 − 2P. What is the optimal level of corns that the producer produces? What is the corresponding total revenue? (Hint: setup as a constrained maximization problem and take the first order condition.)
Suppose US demand for steel is given by P = 200 – Q; US supply for steel is given by P = 50 + Q/2; International firms can supply as much or as little steel as they want at a price of P = 80. (a) Draw the supply and demand diagrams with and without international trade? (b) What is the market clearing price and quantity if international firms can sell in the U.S.? What about if international firms are...
Q. Given the following supply and demand functions, calculate consumer surplus. P = 600 − Qd P = 300 + 2QS Q. Consider the market for jet fuel in a remote regional airport. The domestic demand and supply curves are given as (Qs are gallons in thousands): P = 55 − 3QD P = 5 + 7 QS a) What is the market equilibrium price and quantity? b) If the government imposes a price ceiling of $28, what will be...
The following is a list of housing costs in five different countries along with their CPI. What is the real cost of year 1 housing using year 2 as the base year for the above 5 countries? (5 points) For which country is the real cost of housing declining? (2 points) 2. The market for gravel has been estimated to have these supply and demand relationships: Supply Qs= -1000+100P Demand Qd= 100,000 – 100P where P represents price per unit in dollars, and...
4. Your dad recently handed you the small family farm. Your total costs depend on the quantity of soybean bushels that you produce: TC = 20 + 2q +9? where q denotes bushels of soybeans (the lower case q indicates the quantity that you are producing). The demand and supply of soybeans in the world market are the following: lg = 20 – P Qs = 5 + <P where Q denotes total bushels of soybeans, in millions (the upper...
Consider the following supply and demand curves. Supply: q = 800 + 400 p Demand: q = 2400 − 400 p . Use these equations to respond to the following questions. (a) What is the market equilibrium price and quantity? (b) What is the Consumer Surplus? (c) What is the Producer Surplus? (d) What is Total Surplus? (e) At the equilibrium price, what is the elasticity of demand?
h) If the price of tomatoes increase how would you explain the change in demand for avocados with substitution and income effects? Explain in detail. 1) What is income elasticity of demand for avocado at the market clearing equilibrium price and quantity in Brooklyn avocado market? Explain. Also, based on your results explain what type of good tomatoes must be in Brooklyn. 1) Explain why as the price of avocado increases the demand for avocados becomes relatively more elastic? Also...
The demand function for an oligopolistic market is given by the equation, Q = 275 – 4P, where Q is quantity demanded and P is price (Note: inverse demand for the dominant firm here is P = 50 - .2Q). The industry has one dominant firm whose marginal cost function is: MC = 12 + 0.7QD, and many small firms, with a total supply function: QS = 25 + P. In equilibrium, the total output of all small firms is
Q(p) = 10 + 3p
Q(p) = 15 - 2p^2
(2)The following equations describe the market for commodity X. Q(p) = 10 + 3P.. Q(p) = 15 - 2P .....(2) (a)Which of the two equations is the demand equation and which is the supply equation? Explain. (b) Find the equilibrium price and the equilibrium quantity transacted in this market. (C)Find the price elasticity of demand at equilibrium and comment on how the firm could use this information if it considers...