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$1.$ Price controls in the Florida orange market

The following graph shows the annual market for Michigan blueberries, which are sold in units of $50-$pound boxes.

Use the graph input tool to help you answer the following questions. You will not be graded on any changes you make to this graph.

Note: Once you enter a value in a white field, the graph and any corresponding amounts in each grey field will change accordingly.

$0$

$40$

$80$

$120$

$160$

$200$

$240$

$280$

$320$

$360$

$400$

$50$

$45$

$40$

$35$

$30$

$25$

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$5$

$0$

PRICE $($Dollars per box$)$

QUANTITY $($Millions of boxes$)$

Demand

Supply

$120,35$

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Market for Michigan Blueberries

Price

$($Dollars per box$)$

$35$

Quantity Demanded

$($Millions of boxes$)$

$120$

Quantity Supplied

$($Millions of boxes$)$

$400$

In this market, the equilibrium price is

$$25$

per box, and the equilibrium quantity of blueberries is

$200$

million boxes.

For each of the prices listed in the following table, determine the quantity of blueberries demanded, the quantity of blueberries supplied, and the direction of pressure exerted on prices in the absence of any price controls.

Price

Quantity Demanded

Quantity Supplied

Pressure on Prices

$($Dollars per box$)$

$($Millions of boxes$)$

$($Millions of boxes$)$

$15$

$280$

$0$

$35$

$120$

$400$

True or False: A price ceiling above $$25$ per box is not a binding price ceiling in this market.

True

False

Because it takes six to eight years before newly planted blueberry plants reach full production, the supply curve in the short run is almost vertical. In the long run, farmers can decide whether to plant blueberries on their land, to plant something else, or to sell their land altogether. Therefore, the long$-$run supply of blueberries is much more price sensitive than the short$-$run supply of blueberries.

Assuming that the long$-$run demand for blueberries 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.