a) Examine the market structure of the corn market. Draw a suitable corn market and also an individual farmer’s demand and supply diagrams to illustrate the initial situation in the corn market where all farmers are earning normal profit. Your diagrams should reflect the correct shape for the corn market demand and supply curves based on your understanding of the price elasticity of demand and supply of corns. (b) It is discovered that consuming corn is beneficial to health. Appraise the short run and the long run effects on the corn market as well as the individual corn farmer
In the rural area of a large agricultural-based economy in which corn is the staple food, there
are many small farmers, each of them planting corns in a small piece of land using the same
plantation method. Upon harvesting, they will deliver their corns to the city and sell them to
the large population of customers in the city. The corn farmers do not have any bargaining
power in determining the
equilibrium
(a) Examine the market structure of the corn market. Draw a suitable corn market and also
an individual farmer’s demand and supply diagrams to illustrate the initial situation in
the corn market where all farmers are earning normal profit. Your diagrams should
reflect the correct shape for the corn market demand and supply
understanding of the
(b) It is discovered that consuming corn is beneficial to health. Appraise the short run and
the long run effects on the corn market as well as the individual corn farmer following
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