Questions:
1 Why does a shortage that occurs under a binding price ceiling decrease over time?
2 ____________ is a real¬life example of a price floor.
3 You are the president of the United States. In an attempt to make gasoline prices cheaper, you have imposed a binding price ceiling on gas. What would you expect your critics to say?
4 Use the following information to answer the questions that follow. Market for used cars: Demand: Qd = 154,000 - 86 P Supply: Qs = -100 + 14 P What would be the quantity demanded if a price ceiling is set at $2,000?
5 What is the incentive to create a black market when a binding price ceiling exists?
6 Suppose you live in a community with no price controls. What do you expect to happen if your town borders a community where there is a binding price floor on most products?
7 Use the following information to answer the questions that follow. Market for used cars: Demand: Qd = 154,000 - 86 P Supply: Qs = -100 + 14 P What would be the quantity demanded if a price ceiling is set at $1,000?
8 A real¬life example of a binding price ceiling is:
9 Apartment rent control in New York City is an example of:
10 What will happen in a market where a binding price floor is removed?
11 Use the following information to answer the questions that follow. Market for flat¬screen TVs: Demand: Qd = 2,600 - 5 P Supply: Qs = -1,000 + 10 P What would be the quantity demanded if a price ceiling is set at $150?
12 Refer to the accompanying figure. At the price of the binding price floor, by how much would the quantity supplied change from the market equilibrium?
13 What is a black market?
14 You would expect there to be many customers for a black market good when the opportunity cost of finding the good under a:
15 Tina, an economics student, was just named Miss Florida, based in part on her answer to the of why price gouging laws should be relaxed in that state. Tina won because she gave which of the following answers?
16 Use the following table to answer the questions that follow. What is the equilibrium quantity in the market for public transportation?
17 Use the following table to answer the questions that follow. What will be the amount of government expenditure required if a price floor for corn is set at $4.50 and the government agrees to purchase the amount of disequilibrium?
18 What is the amount of the shortage or surplus in the market for public transportation when the price ceiling is $1.75?
19 As the time frame shifts from the short run to the long run, what happens to producers who are subject to a binding price floor?
20 Refer to the accompanying table to answer the questions that follow. If rent control is established at $1,550, what would be the amount of disequilibrium in the apartment market?
Version 2
1 Refer to the accompanying figure. At what price would there be the least pressure to form a black market?
2 Do all buyers benefit from a binding price ceiling?
3 Refer to the accompanying table to answer the questions that follow. At what price level does the apartment market reach equilibrium?
4 Why are binding price floor laws passed?
5 Why is raising the minimum wage generally ineffective?
6 Refer to the accompanying figure to answer the questions that follow. The market is currently at market equilibrium. If a binding price ceiling of P1 is imposed, by how much would the quantity demanded change?
7 Refer to the accompanying figure, which shows both short-¬run and long-¬run demand and supply curves. If there is a $4 binding price ceiling imposed on a pharmaceutical drug, what will be the amount of the disequilibrium in the short run?
8 Use the following information to answer the questions that follow. Market for a new hardcover book: Demand: Qd = 325 - 8 P Supply: Qs = -60 + 3 P What would be the equilibrium price for hardcover books?
9 What would you expect the consequences to size and quality would be for a product sold under a binding price ceiling?
10 Use the following figure to answer the questions that follow. The accompanying figure describes the market for gasoline in a local community. If the government were to place a price floor at P1, predict the resulting surplus or shortage.
11 What is the long¬run consequence of a price ceiling law?
12 Let's say that you have a friend who was caught illegally buying a good on the black market. When the judge asks you to describe your friend's motivation as a buyer, which of the following would most likely be your reply?
13 Refer to the accompanying figure. At the price of the binding price floor, by how much would the quantity supplied change from the market equilibrium?
14 A nonbinding price floor has the following consequences:
15 How do producers who are subject to a binding price ceiling respond as the time frame shifts from the short run to the long run?
16 Let's say that you have a friend who was caught illegally selling a good on the black market. When the judge asks you to describe your friend's motivation as a seller, which of the following would most likely be your reply?
17 If a good is subject to a binding price ceiling and you purchase it on the black market, what do you expect to happen to the availability of the good over time?
18 Refer to the accompanying figure to answer the questions that follow. The market is currently at market equilibrium. If a binding price ceiling of P1 is imposed, by how much would the quantity supplied change?
19 You are the president of the United States. In an attempt to make prescription drug prices cheaper, you have imposed a binding price ceiling on drugs. What would you expect your critics to say?
20 Which of the following is true, holding all other things constant, when comparing regions that impose a higher minimum wage to regions that impose a lower minimum wage?