Q1. Suppose the parliament passes legislation making it more difficult for firms to fire workers (e.g. law requiring severance pay to fired workers) if this legislation reduces the rate of job separation without affecting the rate of job finding, how would the natural rate of unemployment change? Do you think that it is plausible that legislation would not affect the rate of job finding? Why or why not?
Q2. The supply is Nerf balls Qs = -100,000 + 8,000p and the demand is Qd = 140,000 + 2Y - 7000p, where Q = Nerf balls per month, p is the price (in cents) of one Nerf ball, and Y is income in dollars. Initially, Y is $30,000. The government imposes a tax of 10 cents per Nerf ball. What percent of the tax is borne by buyers? If income rises to $40,000, how much will tax revenue rise?