1. In the market for steel pots for boiling water, the supply curve is the typical upward-sloping straight line, and the demand curve is the typical downward-sloping straight line. The equilibrium quantity in the market for steel pots is 200 per month when there is no tax. The government imposes a tax of Rs.5 per steel vessel. As a result, the government is able to raise Rs.800 per month in tax revenue. a. Please, specify new equilibrium quantity of steel pots (after tax) b. Draw a graph to show the new and old equilibrium quantity and the tax revenue (before and after-tax) c. Suppose you are told that the equilibrium price was Rs.100 when the tax was not imposed. With the tax now the buyer pays Rs. 103 and the seller receives Rs.98. What is the loss in consumer and producer surplus? Show it on the graph.
1. In the market for steel pots for boiling water, the supply curve is the typical upward-sloping straight line, and the demand curve is the typical downward-sloping straight line. The equilibrium quantity in the market for steel pots is 200 per month when there is no tax. The government imposes a tax of Rs.5 per steel vessel. As a result, the government is able to raise Rs.800 per month in tax revenue. a. Please, specify new equilibrium quantity of steel pots (after tax) b. Draw a graph to show the new and old equilibrium quantity and the tax revenue (before and after-tax) c. Suppose you are told that the equilibrium price was Rs.100 when the tax was not imposed. With the tax now the buyer pays Rs. 103 and the seller receives Rs.98. What is the loss in consumer and producer surplus? Show it on the graph.
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Transcribed Image Text:1. In the market for steel pots for boiling water, the supply curve is the typical upward-sloping
straight line, and the demand curve is the typical downward-sloping straight line. The equilibrium
quantity in the market for steel pots is 200 per month when there is no tax. The government
imposes a tax of Rs.5 per steel vessel. As a result, the government is able to raise Rs.800 per month
in tax revenue.
a. Please, specify new equilibrium quantity of steel pots (after tax)
b. Draw a graph to show the new and old equilibrium quantity and the tax revenue (before and
after-tax)
C. Suppose you are told that the equilibrium price was Rs.100 when the tax was not imposed. With
the tax now the buyer pays Rs.103 and the seller receives Rs.98. What is the loss in consumer and
producer surplus? Show it on the graph.
d. What is the loss in welfare? Explain.
e You advise the government that instead of a tax on steel pots they should impose the tax on the
steel industry to minimize the welfare loss. Given that the supply of steel is more inelastic than the
supply of steel pots, should the government listen to you. Explain. You can use graph(s) to help with
your explanation.

Transcribed Image Text:4. Supratim costlessly invents a chemical for hair transplant and since no one else knows the method
of preparing the chemical, he reserves the right of being the only seller of the chemical in the
market. Supratim has 0 economic cost of producing any quantity of the chemical. He faces a
downward sloping demand curve for the chemical (lower the price higher the quantity demanded)
.i, Show the profit eamed by the monopolist in a graph. given that MC=AVC=AC=0
ii. Supratim soon realizes that he can get to know a person's willingness to pay. Will he want to
charge the same price from all buyers? Explain.
b. The government asks Supratim to reveal his secret formula and hence many sellers can potentially
enter the market. Also assume that due to some input market change, now the average cost of
producing the chemical is U-shaped. Customers however have preference for variety: colour of the
chemical, whether the chemical is in powder or liquid form, the name of the product, etc.
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