Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions
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Transcribed Image Text:5. Consider the following is the demand and supply for
basketballs
in Germany.
Demand
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
Supply
0
0
100
200
300
400
500
Price (€)
2.00
2.50
3.00
3.50
4.00
4.50
5.00
a. Sketch the demand and supply curves. What would
be the equilibrium price and quantity?
b. Suppose the government imposes a €0.5 tax per
basketball on the producers. Find the new equilib-
rium price and quantity. Add the new supply curve
to your graph.
c. Now, assume the government changes the tax by
switching it from the producer to the consumer. What
will be the new equilibrium price and quantity? Add
the new demand curve to your graph from part (b).
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