Consider a market where supply and demand are given by QXS = -12 + PX and QXd = 90 - 2PX. Suppose the government imposes a price floor of $38 and agrees to purchase any and all units consumers do not buy at the floor price of $38 per unit. Assume that the government simply removes the product from the market through its purchase. a. Determine the cost to the government of buying firms' unsold units. $______ b. Compute the lost social welfare (deadweight loss) that stems from the $38 price floor. $______
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First, we need to find the equilibrium price and quantity without the price floor. To do this, we set the supply and demand equations equal to each other: QXS = QXd -12 + PX = 90 - 2PX Show more…
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