Price controls in the Florida orange market following graph shows the annual market for Florida oranges, which are sold in units of 90-pound boxes.
Price controls in the Florida orange market following graph shows the annual market for Florida oranges, which are sold in units of 90-pound boxes.
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Aplia Homework: Demand, Supply, and Markets
10. Price controls in the Florida orange market
The following graph shows the annual market for Florida oranges, which are sold in units of 90-pound boxes.
PRICE (Dollars per box)
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QUANTITY (Millions of boxes)
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Market for Florida Oranges
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Transcribed Image Text:Aplia Homework: Demand, Supply, and Markets
In this market, the equilibrium price is $
Price
(Dollars per box)
30
20
For each price listed in the following table, determine the quantity of oranges demanded, the quantity of oranges supplied, and the direction of
pressure exerted on prices in the absence of any price controls.
O True
per box, and the equilibrium quantity of oranges is
Quantity Demanded
(Millions of boxes)
O False
Quantity Supplied
(Millions of boxes)
million boxes.
Pressure on Prices
True or False: A price ceiling above $25 per box is a binding price ceiling in this market. (Economists call a price ceiling that prevents the market from
reaching equilibrium a binding price ceiling.)
Because it takes many years before newly planted orange trees bear fruit, the supply curve in the short run is almost vertical. In the long run, farmers
can decide whether to plant oranges on their land, to plant something else, or to sell their land altogether. Therefore, the long-run supply of oranges is
much more price sensitive than the short-run supply of oranges.
Assuming that the long-run demand for oranges is the same as the short-run demand, you would expect a binding price ceiling to result in a
▼ that is
in the long run than in the short run.
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