Consider the used car market for a 2011 Citrus. Buyers are willing to pay $20,000 for an orange and $10,000 for a lemon. Sellers value their oranges at $16,000 and their lemons at $8,000. (Chapter 9)                                                                  Buyer.                  Seller   Orange (p)         $20,000          $16,000  Lemon (1-p)      $10,000           $8,000     Suppose 75% of the cars are oranges (and 25% are lemons, p = .75) What price are buyers willing to pay for an orange? Is there a market for oranges? (Will sellers sell for what buyers are willing to pay?)   Suppose 40% of the cars are oranges (and 60% are lemons , p = .4). What price are buyers willing to pay for an orange. Is there a market for oranges? (Will seller sell for what buyers are willing to pay)

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Consider the used car market for a 2011 Citrus. Buyers are willing to pay $20,000 for an orange and $10,000 for a lemon. Sellers value their oranges at $16,000 and their lemons at $8,000. (Chapter 9)

 

                                 

 

                           Buyer.                  Seller  

Orange (p)         $20,000          $16,000 

Lemon (1-p)      $10,000           $8,000

 

 

Suppose 75% of the cars are oranges (and 25% are lemons, p = .75) What price are buyers willing to pay for an orange? Is there a market for oranges? (Will sellers sell for what buyers are willing to pay?)

 

Suppose 40% of the cars are oranges (and 60% are lemons , p = .4). What price are buyers willing to pay for an orange. Is there a market for oranges? (Will seller sell for what buyers are willing to pay)

 

What is the minimum value of p such that the market for oranges does not 

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