Let the supply and demand for coffee be given by the following schedule. Price: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 Quantity Supplied: 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 Quantity Demanded: 900, 800, 700, 600, 500, 400, 300, 200, 100 After heavy lobbying by coffee-addicted econ instructors, the government decides to impose a price ceiling on coffee at $5. (All answers are integers, no units. ) 1. What quantity of coffee is efficient? 2. What quantity will be traded with the price ceiling? 3. Assume that coffee is rationed by waiting in line. If all buyers have a value of time equal to $0.20 per minute, how long will they need to wait in line to get coffee (in minutes)? 4. What is the total cost of waiting in line?
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Price: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Quantity Supplied: 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900
Quantity Demanded: 900, 800, 700, 600, 500, 400, 300, 200, 100
After heavy lobbying by coffee-addicted econ instructors, the government decides to impose a
1. What quantity of coffee is efficient?
2. What quantity will be traded with the price ceiling?
3. Assume that coffee is rationed by waiting in line. If all buyers have a value of time equal to $0.20 per minute, how long will they need to wait in line to get coffee (in minutes)?
4. What is the total cost of waiting in line?
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