EBK MICROECONOMICS
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Author: David
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.21P
To determine
(a)
Whether the given statement suggests a positive analysis or a normative analysis.
To determine
(b)
Whether the given statement suggests a positive analysis or a normative analysis.
To determine
(c)
Whether the given statement suggests a positive analysis or a normative analysis.
To determine
(d)
Whether the given statement suggests a positive analysis or a normative analysis.
To determine
(e)
Whether the given statement suggests a positive analysis or a normative analysis.
To determine
(f)
Whether the given statement suggests a positive analysis or a normative analysis.
To determine
(g)
Whether the given statement suggests a positive analysis or a normative analysis.
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(a) Assume that the markets for sugar cane, rum, and whiskey are initially in equilibrium (i.e., supply equals demand in each case). Assume further that a good harvest impacts the world’s sugar cane crop. Sugar cane is a principal ingredient in rum, but it is not an ingredient in whiskey. Rum and whiskey are substitutes for consumption.
(i) Discuss the impact of the good harvest on each of the three markets.
(ii) Discuss the effect on the markets for each of the three products if the government implements a price restriction in the sugar cane market with the aim of protecting the farmers. How will this impact the revenues for sugar growers, rum producers, and whiskey producers?
(b) Identify a newspaper article that illustrates a market failure in your assigned Caribbean country. Ensure that you provide a screenshot of the article in your submission. NOTE: Only the following market failures should be examined: public good, asymmetric information, positive or negative…
Which of the following is not correct?
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The value of the economist’s language lies in its ability to provide you with a new and useful way of thinking about the world in which you live.
Supply, demand, elasticity, comparative advantage, consumer surplus, and deadweight loss are all terms that are part of the economist’s language.
Economics has its own language and its own way of thinking, but few other fields of study do.
Economists use some familiar words in specialized ways.
One of these four answers represents the result of a rise in tariff on imported cars from a foreign country. Which one?
Group of answer choices
The supply of foreign cars to the domestic market would be reduced, causing car prices to rise.
The domestic price of cars would fall.
The number of unemployed workers in the domestic car industry would rise.
The demand for imported cars would increase, causing the price of cars to increase in other nations.
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EBK MICROECONOMICS
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