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The supply is given by P = 200 + 0.1 QS.
a. Solve for the equilibrium price and quantity in this market, and calculate producer and consumer surplus.
b. Suppose the government offers a $100 per unit subsidy to sellers of mobile devices. Alter the equation for the inverse supply curve to reflect the subsidy.
c. With the subsidy in place, how many mobile devices will be sold? What will the price paid by buyers be? The price received by sellers?
d. What will the subsidy program cost the government? What will the net effect of the subsidy on total surplus in society be?
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Microeconomics
ISBN: 978-1464187025
2nd edition
Authors: Austan Goolsbee, Steven Levitt, Chad Syverson
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