ECON 2020 Lecture 2: Econ 2020 Exam 1 Lecture 2 & 3
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Who bears the primary costs of a rent control program?
A. | landlords | |||||||||||||
B. | renters that get rent-controlled apartments | |||||||||||||
C. | taxpayers | |||||||||||||
D. | the wealthy Assume the demand for sushi is Qd = 180 - 3P, where Qd is quantity demanded and P = price in dollars. The supply of sushi is Qs = 80 + 5P, where Qs is quantity supplied (and P is, again, price in dollars). A price of $20 would result in:
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US agricultural price supports are politically popular because
A. | They have no adverse impacts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
B. | The US would have food shortages without them | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
C. | The benefits accrue to a large number of voters and the costs are paid by a small number of voters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
D. | The costs are spread out among millions of people Assume the demand for sushi is Qd = 180 - 3P, where Qd is quantity demanded and P = price in dollars. The supply of sushi is Qs = 80 + 5P, where Qs is quantity supplied (and P is, again, price in dollars). What would be the equilibrium price?
Price floors and ceiling prices:
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1. A change in quantity supplied:
A. refers to a shift in the supply curve.
B. results from a change in a determinant of supply.
C. refers to a movement along a given supply curve.
D. is caused by a change in the number of sellers in the industry.
2. Which one of the following would most likely cause the supply curve for microwaves to shift to the right:
A. a decrease in the price of microwaves.
B. an increase in the wage rate earned by workers who produce microwaves.
C. a decrease in consumer preferences for microwaves.
D. an increase in the number of firms that produce microwaves
3. If the actual price sellers are pricing their goods at is currently above the equilibrium price. There is a ____________. Therefore, we would expect sellers to ____________ the price until the market reaches equilibrium.
A. |
surplus; raise |
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B. |
surplus; lower |
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C. |
shortage; raise |
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D. shortage; lower 4. Suppose the demand and the supply of wine both increase. The net effect of these changes in demand and supply will be
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