2. Refer to Tables 4.1 and 4.2, which show, respectively, the to accept of buyers and seller of bags of oranges. For the following questions, assume that the equilibrium price and quantity depend on the following changes in supply and demand. Also assume that the only market participants are those listed by name in the two tables. a. What are the equilibrium price and quantity for the data displayed in the two tables? b. Instead of bags of oranges, assume that the data in the two tables deal with a good (such as fireworks displays) that can be enjoyed by free riders who do not pay for it. If all the buyers in the two tables free ride, what quantity will private sellers supply? c. Assume that we are back to talking about bags of oranges (a private good), but that the government has decided that tossed orange peels impose a negative externality on the public that must be rectified by imposing a $2-per-bag tax on sellers. What is the new equilibrium price and quantity? If the new equilibrium quantity is the optimal quantity, by how many bags were oranges overproduced before? Table 4.1 Consumer Surplus (2) Maximum Price (3) (4) Consumer Surplus (1) Actual Price Person Willing to Pay (Equilibrium Price) Bob $13 $8 $5 (= $13 - $8) 4 (= $12- $8) 3 (= $11- $8) Barb 12 Bill 11 8. 10 2 (= $10 - $8) Bart 1 (= $9 - $8) 0 (= $8 - $8) Brent 6. 8. Betty 8. 8.
2. Refer to Tables 4.1 and 4.2, which show, respectively, the to accept of buyers and seller of bags of oranges. For the following questions, assume that the equilibrium price and quantity depend on the following changes in supply and demand. Also assume that the only market participants are those listed by name in the two tables. a. What are the equilibrium price and quantity for the data displayed in the two tables? b. Instead of bags of oranges, assume that the data in the two tables deal with a good (such as fireworks displays) that can be enjoyed by free riders who do not pay for it. If all the buyers in the two tables free ride, what quantity will private sellers supply? c. Assume that we are back to talking about bags of oranges (a private good), but that the government has decided that tossed orange peels impose a negative externality on the public that must be rectified by imposing a $2-per-bag tax on sellers. What is the new equilibrium price and quantity? If the new equilibrium quantity is the optimal quantity, by how many bags were oranges overproduced before? Table 4.1 Consumer Surplus (2) Maximum Price (3) (4) Consumer Surplus (1) Actual Price Person Willing to Pay (Equilibrium Price) Bob $13 $8 $5 (= $13 - $8) 4 (= $12- $8) 3 (= $11- $8) Barb 12 Bill 11 8. 10 2 (= $10 - $8) Bart 1 (= $9 - $8) 0 (= $8 - $8) Brent 6. 8. Betty 8. 8.
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