经济学原理 曼昆课后答案 chapter 6
宏观经济学曼昆第六版课后答案
答：股票分析师在确定股票的价值时应该考虑公司未来的盈利能力。公司的盈利能力取决于以下因素：市场对其产品的需求、所面临的顾客忠诚度、面对的政府管制和税收等。因此，股票分析师就要考虑所有上述因素以决定公司的一股股票价值为多少。
6．描述有效市场假说，并给出一个与这种理论一致的证据。
2．现值（present value）
答：现值指按现行利率为获得一个既定的未来货币量而在今天所需要的货币量。现值可用倒求本金的方法计算。由终值求现值，称为贴现。在贴现时使用的利息率称为贴现率。现值的计算公式可由终值的计算公式导出：fvn?pv?1?i?，则有：
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5．风险厌恶（risk averse）
答：风险厌恶又称“风险规避”，指不喜欢不确定性。风险厌恶者总是以无风险或低风险作为衡量各种备选方案优劣的标准，把那些可能发生风险的备选方案拒之于外。
6．多元化（diversification）
答：多元化又称分散化，指通过分散投资于多项资产来降低投资风险的一种投资方式。从理论上来讲，一个证券组合只要包含了足够多的相关性较弱（甚至负相关）的证券，就完全可能消除所有风险，但是现实中，各证券收益率之间的正相关程度较高，因为各证券的收益率在一定程度上受同一因素影响（如经济周期、利率的变化等），因此分散化投资可以消除资产组合的非系统性风险，但是并不能消除系统性风险。也就是说，随着纳入同一资产组合的资产的收益率之间的相关系数（或协方差）的减小，该资产组合的收益率的方差（或标准差）也随之减小。各个证券之间的收益率变化的相关性越弱，分散投资降低风险的效果就越明显。
9．基本面分析（fundamental analysis）
曼昆经济学原理第6版微观经济学分册第6章课后习题答案
曼昆《经济学原理》第 6 版微观经济学分册第 6 章课后习题答案曼昆《经济学原理》第 6 版微观经济学分册第5 章课后习题答案P132-P134第六章供给、需求与政府政策复习题1(举出一个价格上限的例子和一个价格下限的例子。
答: 为了保障城镇中低收入居民的住房需求，国家对城镇居民中的安居工程售房制定最高限价。
为了保护农民种粮的积极性，对粮食的国家合同定购部分收购时制定最低限价，以保护农民的利益; 。
2(什么引起了一种物品的短缺, 是价格上限还是价格下限?用图形证明你的答案。
答: 当价格上限低于市场均衡价格时会引起一种物品的短缺。
当价格下限高于市场均衡价格时会引起一种物品的过剩。
3( 当不允许一种物品的价格使供给与需求平衡时，配置资源的机制是什么?答: 当政府对竞争市场实行限制性价格上限时，就产生了物品的短缺。
卖者必然在大量买者中配置稀缺物品。
这时的配给机制可能是排长队，或者是卖者根据自己的偏好来配给物品。
当政府对竞争市场实行限制性价格下限时，就产生了过剩。
过剩会引起一些不合意的配给机制，例如那些也许由于种族或家族之故而受买者青睐的卖者能比那些没有受到青睐的卖者更好地出售自己的物品。
4( 解释为什么经济学家通常总是反对价格控制?答: 因为在市场经济中，价格对资源配置起着调节作用。
如果人为的控制价格，往往会造成某种物品的过剩或短缺，从而使生产者和消费者的利益受到伤害，破坏市场配置资源的有效性。
5( 假设政府取消向一种物品的买者征税，而向这种物品的卖者征同样的税。
税收政策的这种变动如何影响买者为这种物品向卖者支付的价格、买者所支付的包括税在内的货币量、卖者扣除税收得到的货币量以及销售量,答: 税收政策的变动对它们都不产生影响。
因为税收的归宿取决于供给和需求的价格弹性，而不取决于向买者征税还是向卖者征税。
6( 一种物品的税收如何影响买者支付的价格、卖者得到的价格，以及销售量答:一种物品的税收使买者支付的价格上升，卖者得到的价格下降，销售量下降。
曼昆经济学原理英文第六版答案
曼昆经济学原理英文第六版答案【篇一：曼昆经济学原理英文版文案加习题答案8章】ation a new in the news box on ―the tax debate‖ has been added.by the end of this chapter, students should understand:? how taxes reduce consumer and producer surplus.? the meaning and causes of the deadweight loss from a tax. ? why some taxes have larger deadweight losses than others. ? how tax revenue and deadweight loss vary with the size of a tax.chapter 8 is the second chapter in a three-chapter sequence dealing with welfare economics. in theprevious section on supply and demand, chapter 6 introduced taxes and demonstrated how a tax affects the price and quantity sold in a market. chapter 6 also described the factors that determine how the burden of the tax is divided between the buyers and sellers in a market. chapter 7 developed welfare economics—the study of how the allocation of resources affects economic well-being. chapter 8 combines the lessons learned in chapters 6 and 7 and addresses the effects of taxation on welfare. chapter 9 will address the effects of trade restrictions on welfare. the purpose of chapter 8 is to apply the lessons learned about welfare economics in chapter 7 to the issue of taxation that was addressed in chapter 6. students will learn that the cost of a tax to buyers and sellers in a market exceeds the revenue collected by the government. students will also learn about the factors that determine the degree by which the cost of a tax exceeds the revenue collected by the government.144? a tax on a good reduces the welfare of buyers and sellers of the good, and the reduction in consumer and producer surplus usually exceeds the revenue raised by the government. the fall in total surplus—the sum of consumer surplus, producer surplus, and tax revenue—is called thedeadweight loss of the tax.taxes have deadweight losses because they cause buyers to consume less and sellers to produce less, and these changesin behavior shrink the size of the market below the level that maximizes total surplus. because the elasticities of supply and demand measure how much market participants respond to market conditions, larger elasticities imply larger deadweight losses.as a tax grows larger, it distorts incentives more, and its deadweight loss grows larger. because a tax reduces the size of a market, however, tax revenue does not continually increase. it first rises with the size of a tax, but if the tax gets large enough, tax revenue starts to fall. ? ?i. the deadweight loss of taxationa. remember that it does not matter who a tax is levied on; buyers and sellers will likely share inthe burden of the tax.b. if there is a tax on a product, the price that a buyer pays will be greater than the price the sellerreceives. thus, there is a tax wedge between the two prices and the quantity sold will be smaller if there was no tax.c. how a tax affects market participants1. we can measure the effects of a tax on consumers by examining the change in consumersurplus. similarly, we can measure the effects of the tax on producers by looking at the change in producer surplus.then the benefit from the tax revenue must not be ignored.3. welfare without a taxa. consumer surplus is equal to: a + b + c.b. producer surplus is equal to: d + e + f.c. total surplus is equal to: a + b + c + d + e + f. 4. welfare with a tax a. consumer surplus is equal to: a.b. producer surplus is equal to: f.5. changes in welfare a. consumer surplus changes by: –(b +c). b. producer surplus changes by: –(d + e). c. tax revenue changes by: +(b + d). d. total surplus changes by: –(c + e). 6. definition of distortion, such as a tax. d. deadweight losses and the gains from tradec. tax revenue is equal to: b +d. d. total surplus is equal to: a +b + d + f.1. taxes cause deadweight losses because they prevent buyers and sellers from benefiting fromtrade.2. this occurs because the quantity of output declines; trades that would be beneficial to both the buyer and seller will nottake place because of the tax.3. the deadweight loss is equal to areas c and e (the drop intotal surplus).4. note that output levels between the equilibrium quantity without the tax and the quantitywith the tax will not be produced, yet the value of these unitsto consumers (represented by the demand curve) is larger than the cost of these units to producers (represented by the supply curve).ii. the determinants of the deadweight lossa. the price elasticities of supply and demand will determinethe size of the deadweight loss that occurs from a tax. 1. givena stable demand curve, the deadweight loss is larger when supply is relatively elastic.2. given a stable supply curve, the deadweight loss is larger when demand is relatively elastic. b. case study: the deadweight loss debate1. social security tax and federal income tax are taxes onlabor earnings. a labor tax places a tax wedge between thewage the firm pays and the wage that workers receive.2. there is considerable debate among economists concerning the size of the deadweight lossfrom this wage tax.3. the size of the deadweight loss depends on the elasticity of labor supply and demand, andthere is disagreement about the magnitude of the elasticity of supply.【篇二：曼昆经济学原理英文版文案加习题答案31章】basic conceptsthere is a new in the news feature on the changing nature of u.s. exports and an updated presentation of the u.s. trade deficit.by the end of this chapter, students should understand:??how net exports measure the international flow of goodsand services.??how net capital outflow measures the international flow of capital.??why net exports must always equal net foreign investment.??how saving, domestic investment, and net capital outflow are related.??the meaning of the nominal exchange rate and the real exchange rate.??purchasing-power parity as a theory of how exchange rates are determined.chapter 18 is the first chapter in a two-chapter sequence dealing with open-economy macroeconomics. chapter 18 develops the basic concepts and vocabulary associated with macroeconomics in an international setting: net exports, net capital outflow, real and nominal exchange rates, and purchasing-power parity. the next chapter, chapter 19, builds an open-economy macroeconomic model that shows how these variables are determined simultaneously.the purpose of chapter 18 is to develop the basic concepts macroeconomists use to study open economies. it addresses why a nation’s net exports must equal its net capital outflow. it also addresses the concepts of the real and nominal exchange rate and develops a theory of exchange ratedetermination known as purchasing-power parity.298??net exports are the value of domestic goods and services sold abroad (exports) minus the value offoreign goods and services sold domestically (imports). net capital outflow is the acquisition of foreign assets by domestic residents (capital outflow) minus the acquisition of domestic assets by foreigners (capital inflow). because every international transaction involves an exchange of an asset for a good or service, an economy’s net capital outflow always equals its net exports.an economy’s saving can be used to finance investment at home or buy assets abroad. thus, national saving equals domestic investment plus net capital outflow.the nominal exchange rate is the relative price of the currency of two countries, and the real exchange rate is the relative price of the goods and services of two countries. when the nominal exchange rate changes so that each dollar buys more foreign currency, the dollar is said to appreciate or strengthen. when the nominal exchange rate changes so that each dollarbuys less foreign currency, the dollar is said to depreciate or weaken.according to the theory of purchasing-power parity, a dollar (or a unit of any other currency) should be able to buy the same quantity of goods in all countries. this theory implies that the nominal exchange rate between the currencies of two countries should reflect the price levels in those countries. as a result, countries with relatively high inflation should have depreciating currencies, and countries with relatively low inflation should have appreciating currencies. ?? ?? ??i. we will no longer be assuming that the economy is a closed economy.a. definition of in the world.b. definition of around the world.ii. the international flows of goods and capitala. the flow of goods: exports, imports, and net exports1. definition of abroad.2. definition of domestically.imports, also called the trade balance.4. definition of : the value of a nation’s exports minus the value of its imports, also called net exports.5. definition of .6. definition of .7. definition of .8. there are several factors that influence a country’s exports, imports, and net exports:a. the tastes of consumers for domestic and foreign goods.b. the prices of goods at home and abroad.c. the exchange rates at which people can use domestic currency to buy foreign currencies.d. the incomes of consumers at home and abroad.e. the cost of transporting goods from country to country.f. government policies toward international trade.9. case study: the increasing openness of the u.s. economy a. figure 1 shows the total value of exports and imports (expressed as a percentage of gdp) for the united states since 1950. b. advances in transportation, telecommunications, and technological progress are some of the reasons why international trade has increased over time. c. policymakers around the world have also become more accepting of freetrade over time. 10. in the news: the changing nature of u.s. exports a. growing u.s. exports include entertainment royalties, tourism, travel, and services. b. this article from the wall street journal describes the growth in new exports. b. the flow of financial resources: net capital outflow1. definition of residents minus the purchase of domestic assets by foreigners.2. the flow of capital abroad takes two forms. a. foreign direct investment occurs when a capital investment is owned and operated by a foreign entity.b. foreign portfolio investment involves an investment that is financed with foreign money but operated by domestic residents.3. net capital outflow can be positive or negative.a. when net capital outflow is positive, domestic residents are buying more foreign assets than foreigners are buying domestic assets. capital is flowing out of the country.b. when net capital outflow is negative, domestic residents are buying fewer foreign assets than foreigners are buying domestic assets. the country is experiencing a capital inflow. 4. there are several factors that influence a country’s net capital outflow:a. the real interest rates being paid on foreign assets.b. the real interest rates being paid on domestic assets.c. the perceived economic and political risks of holding assets abroad.d. the government policies that affect foreign ownership of domestic assets.c. the equality of net exports and net capital outflow1. net exports and net capital outflow each measure a type of imbalance in a world market.a. net exports measure the imbalance between a country’s exports and imports in world markets for goods and services.b. net capital outflow measures the imbalance between the amount of foreign assets bought by domestic residents andthe amount of domestic assets bought by foreigners inworld financial markets.2. for an economy, net exports must be equal to net capital outflow.3. example: you are a computer programmer who sells some software to a japanese consumer for 10,000 yen. a. thesale is an export of the united states so u.s. net exports increase.b. there are several things you could do with the 10,000 yenc. you could hold the yen (which is a japanese asset) or use it to purchase another japanese asset. either way, u.s. net capital outflow rises.d. alternatively, you could use the yen to purchase a japanese good. thus, u.s. imports will rise so the net effect on net exports will be zero.e. one final possibility is that you could exchange the yen for dollars at a bank. this doesnot change the situation though, because the bank then must use the yen for something.alternative classroom example: assume that u.s. residents do not want to buy any foreign assets, but foreign residents want to purchase some stock in a u.s. firm (such as microsoft). how are the foreigners going to get the dollars to purchase the stock? they would do it the same way u.s. residents would purchase the stock—they would have to earn more than they spend. in other words, foreigners must sell the united states more goods and services than they purchase from the united states. this leads to negative net exports for the united states. the extra dollars spent by u.s. residents on foreign-produced goods and services would be used to purchase the stock in microsoft. 4. this example can be generalized to the economy as a whole.a. when a nation is running a trade surplus (nx 0), it must be using the foreign currencyto purchase foreign assets. thus, capital is flowing out of the country (nco 0).b. when a nation is running a trade deficit (nx 0), it must be financing the net purchase of these goods by selling assets abroad. thus, capital is flowing into the country (nco0).5. every international transaction involves exchange. when a seller country transfers a good orservice to a buyer country, the buyer country gives up some asset to pay for the good or service.6. thus, the net value of the goods and services sold by a country (net exports) must equal thenet value of the assets acquired (net capital outflow).d. saving, investment, and their relationship to the international flows1. recall that gdp (y ) is the sum of four components: consumption (c ), investment (i ),government purchases (g ) and net exports (nx ).【篇三：曼昆宏观经济学课后答案(英文版)】quizzes:1. gross domestic product measures two things at once: (1) the total income of everyonein the economy; and (2) the total expenditure on the economy’s output of goods and services. it can measure both of these things at once because income must equal expenditure for the economy as a whole.2. the production of a pound of caviar contributes more to gdp than the production of apound of hamburger because the contribution to gdp is measured by market value and the price of a pound of caviar is much higher than the price of a pound of hamburger.3. the four components of expenditure are: (1) consumption;(2) investment; (3)government purchases; and (4) net exports. the largest component is consumption, which accounts for more thantwo-thirds of total expenditure.4. nominal gdp is the production of goods and services valued at current prices. realgdp is the production of goods and services valued at constant prices. real gdp is a better measure of economicwell-being because it reflects the eco nomy’s ability to satisfy people’s needs and desires. thus a rise in real gdp means people have produced more goods and services, but a rise in nominal gdp could occur either because of increased production or because of higher prices.5. although gdp is not a perfect measure of well-being, policymakers should care about itbecause a larger gdp means that a nation can afford better health care, better educational systems, and more of the material necessities of life.questions for review:1.2.3.4. an economys income must equal its expenditure, since every transaction has a buyer and a seller. thus, expenditure by buyers must equal income by sellers. the production of a luxury car contributes more to gdp than the production of an economy car because the luxury car has a higher market value. the contribution to gdp is $3, the market value of the bread, which is the final good that is sold. the sale of used records does not affect gdp at all because it involves no current production.5. the four components of gdp are consumption, such as the purchase of a music cd;investment, such as the purchase of a computer by a business; government purchases, such as an order for military aircraft; and net exports, such as the sale of american wheat to russia.6. economists use real gdp rather than nominal gdp to gauge economic well-beingbecause real gdp is not affected by changes in prices, so it reflects only changes in the amounts being produced. if nominal gdp rises, you do not know if that is because of increased production or higher prices.7.the percentage change in nominal gdp is (600-200)/200 x 100 = 200%. the percentage change in real gdp is (400-200)/200 x 100 = 100%. the percentage change in the deflator is (150-100)/100 x 100 = 50%.8. it is desirable for a country to have a large gdp because people could enjoy more goodsand services. but gdp is not the only important measure of well-being. for example, laws that restrict pollution cause gdp to be lower. if laws against pollution were eliminated, gdp would be higher but the pollution might make us worse off. or, for example, an earthquake would raise gdp, as expenditures on cleanup, repair, and rebuilding increase. but an earthquake is an undesirable event that lowers our welfare.problems and applications:1. a. consumption increases because a refrigerator is a good purchased by ahousehold.b. investment increases because a house is an investment good.c. consumption increases because a car is a good purchased by a household, butinvestment decreases because the car in ford’s inventory had been counted as aninvestment good until it was sold.d. consumption increases because pizza is a good purchased by a household.e. government purchases increase because the government spent money to providea good to the public.f. consumption increases because the bottle is a good purchased by a household,but net exports decrease because the bottle was imported.g. investment increases because new structures and equipment were built.2.3. with transfer payments, nothing is produced, so there is no contribution to gdp. purchases of new housing are included in the investment portion of gdp because housingprovides services for a long time. for the same reason, purchases of new cars could be thought of as investment, but by convention, they are not. the logic could apply to any durable good, such as household appliances.if gdp included goods that are resold, it would be counting output of that particular year, plus sales of goods produced ina previous year. it would double-count goods that were sold more than once and would count goods in gdp for severalyears if they were produced in one year and resold in another. 4.5. a. 2001: ($1 per qt. of milk ? 100 qts. milk) + ($2 per qt. of honey ? 50 qts. honey)= $2002002: ($1 per qt. of milk ? 200 qts. milk) + ($2 per qt. of honey ? 100 qts.honey) = $4002003: ($2 per qt. of milk ? 200 qts. milk) + ($4 per qt. of honey ? 100 qts.honey) = $8002001: ($1 per qt. of milk ? 100 qts. milk) + ($2 per qt. ofhoney ? 50 qts. honey)= $2002002: ($1 per qt. of milk ? 200 qts. milk) + ($2 per qt. of honey ? 100 qts.honey) = $4002003: ($1 per qt. of milk ? 200 qts. milk) + ($2 per qt. of honey ? 100 qts.honey) = $4002001: ($200/$200) ? 100 = 1002002: ($400/$400) ? 100 = 1002003: ($800/$400) ? 100 = 200b. percentage change in nominal gdp in 2002 = [($400 - $200)/$200] ? 100 =100%.percentage change in nominal gdp in 2003 = [($800 -$400)/$400] ? 100 =100%.percentage change in real gdp in 2002 = [($400 - $200)/$200] ? 100 = 100%.percentage change in real gdp in 2003 = [($400 - $400)/$400] ? 100 = 0%.percentage change in the gdp deflator in 2002 = [(100 -100)/100] ? 100 = 0%.percentage change in the gdp deflator in 2003 = [(200 -100)/100] ? 100 =100%.prices did not change from 2001 to 2002. thus, thepercentage change in thegdp deflator is zero. likewise, output levels did not change from 2002 to 2003.this means that the percentage change in real gdp is zero.c. economic well-being rose more in 2002 than in 2003, since real gdp rose in2002 but not in 2003. in 2002, real gdp rose and prices didn’t. in 2003, realgdp didn’t rise and prices did.6.a.b.c.d.e.f.7. the growth rate of nominal gdp is higher than the growth rate of real gdp because of inflation. the growth rate of real gdp is ($8,367 - $8,203)/$8,203 ? 100% = 2.0%. real gdp in 2000 (in 1996 dollars) is $9,873/(118/100) = $8,367. real gdp in 1999 (in 1996 dollars) is $9,269/(113/100) = $8,203. the growth rate ofthe deflator is (118 - 113)/113 ? 100% = 4.4%. the growth rate of nominal gdp is ($9,873 - $9,269)/$9,269 ? 100% = 6.5%. economists ignore the rise in peoples incomes that is caused by higher prices becausealthough incomes are higher, the prices of the goods and services that people buy are also higher. therefore, they will not necessarily be able to purchase more goods and services. for this reason, economists prefer to look at real gdp instead of nominal gdp.many answers are possible.a. gdp equals the dollar amount barry collects, which is $400.8. 9.c.d.e.10. national income = nnp - sales taxes = $350 - $30 = $320. personal income = national income - retained earnings = $320 - $100 = $220. disposable personal income = personal income - personal income tax = $220 - $70 = $150. in countries like india, people produce and consume a fair amount of food at home that isnot included in gdp. so gdp per person in india and the united states will differ by more than their comparative economicwell-being.if the government cares about the total income of americans,it will emphasize gnp, since that measure includes the income of americans that is earned abroad and excludes the income of foreigners. if the government cares about the total amount ofeconomic activity occurring in the united states, it will emphasize gdp, which measures the level of production in the country, whether produced by domestic citizens or foreigners.a. the increased labor-force participation of women has increased gdp in theunited states, since it means more people are working and production hasincreased.if our measure of well-being included time spent working in the home and takingleisure, it wouldnt rise as much as gdp, since the rise in womens labor-forceparticipation has reduced time spent working in the home and taking leisure.other aspects of well-being that are associated with the rise in womens increasedlabor-force participation include increased self-esteem and prestige for women inthe workforce, especially at managerial levels, but decreased quality time spentwith children, whose parents have less time to spend with them. such aspectswould be quite difficult to measure. 11. 12. b. c.24章quick quizzes1. the consumer price index tries to measure the overall cost of the goods and servicesbought by a typical consumer. it is constructed by surveying consumers to fix a basket of goods and services that the typical consumer buys, finding the prices of the goods and。
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一、概念题1．稀缺性（scarcity）答：经济学研究的问题和经济物品都是以稀缺性为前提的。
稀缺性指在给定的时间内，相对于人的需求而言，经济资源的供给总是不足的，也就是资源的有用性与有限性。
人类消费各种物品的欲望是无限的，满足这种欲望的物品，有的可以不付出任何代价而随意取得，称之为自由物品，如阳光和空气；但绝大多数物品是不能自由取用的，因为世界上的资源（包括物质资源和人力资源）是有限的，这种有限的、为获取它必须付出某种代价的物品，称为“经济物品”。
正因为稀缺性的客观存在，地球上就存在着资源的有限性和人类的欲望与需求的无限性之间的矛盾。
经济学的一个重要研究任务就是：“研究人们如何进行抉择，以便使用稀缺的或有限的生产性资源（土地、劳动、资本品如机器、技术知识）来生产各种商品，并把它们分配给不同的社会成员进行消费。
”也就是从经济学角度来研究使用有限的资源来生产什么、如何生产和为谁生产的问题。
2．经济学（economics）答：经济学是研究如何将稀缺的资源有效地配置给相互竞争的用途，以使人类的欲望得到最大限度满足的科学。
时下经常见诸国内报刊文献的“现代西方经济学”一词，大多也都在这个意义上使用。
自从凯恩斯的名著《就业、利息和货币通论》于1936年发表之后，西方经济学界对经济学的研究便分为两个部分：微观经济学与宏观经济学。
曼昆 微观经济学原理 第六版 第六章答案
第六章供给、需求与政府政策复习题1．举出一个价格上限的例子和一个价格下限的例子。
答：为了保障城镇中低收入居民的住房需求，国家对城镇居民中的安居工程售房制定最高限价。
为了保护农民种粮的积极性，对粮食的国家合同定购部分收购时制定最低限价，以保护农民的利益；。
2．什么引起了一种物品的短缺？是价格上限还是价格下限?用图形证明你的答案。
答：当价格上限低于市场均衡价格时会引起一种物品的短缺。
当价格下限高于市场均衡价格时会引起一种物品的过剩。
3．当不允许一种物品的价格使供给与需求平衡时，配置资源的机制是什么?答：当政府对竞争市场实行限制性价格上限时，就产生了物品的短缺。
卖者必然在大量买者中配置稀缺物品。
这时的配给机制可能是排长队，或者是卖者根据自己的偏好来配给物品。
当政府对竞争市场实行限制性价格下限时，就产生了过剩。
过剩会引起一些不合意的配给机制，例如那些也许由于种族或家族之故而受买者青睐的卖者能比那些没有受到青睐的卖者更好地出售自己的物品。
4．解释为什么经济学家通常总是反对价格控制?答：因为在市场经济中，价格对资源配置起着调节作用。
如果人为的控制价格，往往会造成某种物品的过剩或短缺，从而使生产者和消费者的利益受到伤害，破坏市场配置资源的有效性。
5．假设政府取消向一种物品的买者征税，而向这种物品的卖者征同样的税。
税收政策的这种变动如何影响买者为这种物品向卖者支付的价格、买者所支付的包括税在内的货币量、卖者扣除税收得到的货币量以及销售量？答：税收政策的变动对它们都不产生影响。
因为税收的归宿取决于供给和需求的价格弹性，而不取决于向买者征税还是向卖者征税。
6．一种物品的税收如何影响买者支付的价格、卖者得到的价格，以及销售量?答：一种物品的税收使买者支付的价格上升，卖者得到的价格下降，销售量下降。
7．什么决定了税收负担在买者与卖者之间分摊?为什么?答：需求弹性和供给弹性决定了税收负担在买者与卖者之间的分摊。
税收负担将更多地落在缺乏弹性的市场一方身上。
曼昆《经济学原理(微观经济学分册)》(第6版)课后习题详解(第6章--供给、需求与政府政策)
曼昆《经济学原理（微观经济学分册）》（第6版）第6章供给、需求与政府政策课后习题详解跨考网独家整理最全经济学考研真题，经济学考研课后习题解析资料库，您可以在这里查阅历年经济学考研真题，经济学考研课后习题，经济学考研参考书等内容，更有跨考考研历年辅导的经济学学哥学姐的经济学考研经验，从前辈中获得的经验对初学者来说是宝贵的财富，这或许能帮你少走弯路，躲开一些陷阱。
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一、概念题1．价格上限（price ceiling）答：价格上限又称限制价格，指可以出售一种物品的法定最高价格。
如果价格上限高于均衡价格，这种价格上限对价格或销售没有影响，被称为没有限制作用的价格上限；如果价格上限低于均衡价格，则价格上限会导致经济偏离均衡状态，使得需求量大于供给量，引起短缺，这种价格上限属于有限制作用的价格上限。
政府解决供给不足主要有两种方法：配给制和排队。
在实行价格上限时还必然出现黑市交易。
在这样的政策下，得益的是能以低廉的价格买到商品的消费者，而生产者和买不到商品的消费者的利益则受到损害。
2．价格下限（price floor）答：价格下限又称支持价格，指可以出售一种物品的法定最低价格。
如果价格下限低于均衡价格时，这种价格下限对价格或销售量没有影响，可以称为没有限制作用的价下限；如果价格下限高于均衡价格时，价格下限会使得经济偏离均衡状态，最终价格等于价格下限规定的水平，供给量大于需求量，引起过剩，这种价格下限被称为有限制作用的价格下限。
许多国家实行的农产品支持价格和最低工资都属于价格下限。
就农产品支持价格而言，目的是稳定农业生产和农民的收入，有其积极意义，但这也导致了农产品过剩，不利于市场调节下的农业结构调整。
3．税收归宿（tax incidence）（深圳大学2009研）答：税收归宿是指税收负担的最终归属点或税负转嫁的最后结果。
它是关于税收负担分配的问题，指税收最终导致哪些人的福利损失，也就是税收最终由哪些人负担了。
经济学原理 曼昆课后答案 chapter 6
Problems and Applications1. If the price ceiling of $40 per ticket is below the equilibrium price, then quantitydemanded exceeds quantity supplied, so there’s a shortage of tickets. The policydecreases the number of people who attend classical music concerts, since supply islower because of the lower price.2. a. The imposition of a binding price floor in the cheese market is shown in Figure6-3. In the absence of the price floor, the price would be P1 and the quantitywould be Q1. With the floor set at P f, which is greater than P1, the quantitydemanded is Q2, while quantity supplied is Q3, so there is a surplus of cheese inthe amount Q3 - Q2.b. The farmers’ complaint that their total revenue has declined is correct ifdemand is elastic. With elastic demand, the percentage decline in quantitywould exceed the percentage rise in price, so total revenue would decline.c. If the government purchases all the surplus cheese at the price floor,producers benefit and taxpayers lose. Producers would produce quantity Q3of cheese, and their total revenue would increase substantially. Butconsumers would buy only quantity Q2 of cheese, so they are in the sameposition as before. Taxpayers lose because they would be financing thepurchase of the surplus cheese through higher taxes.Figure 6-33. a. The equilibrium price of frisbees is $8 and the equilibrium quantity is 6 millionfrisbees.b. With a price floor of $10, the new market price is $10 since the price floor isbinding. At that price, o nly 2 million frisbees are sold, since that’s thequantity demanded.c. If there’s a price ceiling of $9, it has no effect, since the market equilibriumprice is $8, below the ceiling. So the equilibrium price is $8 and theequilibrium quantity is 6 million frisbees.4. a. Figure 6-4 shows the market for beer without the tax. The equilibrium priceis P1 and the equilibrium quantity is Q1. The price paid by consumers is thesame as the price received by producers.Figure 6-4Figure 6-5b. When the tax is imposed, it drives a wedge of $2 between supply and demand,as shown in Figure 6-5. The price paid by consumers is P2, while the pricereceived by producers is P2 - $2. The quantity of beer sold declines to Q2.5. Reducing the payroll tax paid by firms and using part of the extra revenue to reducethe payroll tax paid by workers would not make workers better off because the division of the burden of a tax depends on supply and demand, not who must pay the tax.Since the tax wedge would be larg er, it’s likely that both firms and workers, who share the burden of any tax, would be worse off.6. If the government imposes a $500 tax on luxury cars, the price paid by consumers willrise less than $500, in general. The burden of any tax is shared by both producersand consumers−the price paid by consumers rises and the price received by producers falls, with the difference between the two equal to the amount of the tax. The onlyexceptions would be if the supply curve were perfectly elastic or the demand curvewere perfectly inelastic, in which case consumers would bear the full burden of the tax and the price paid by consumers would rise by exactly $500.7. a. It doesn’t matter whether the tax is imposed on producers or consumers−theeffect will be the same. With no tax, as shown in Figure 6-6, the demandcurve is D1 and the supply curve is S1. If the tax is imposed on producers, thesupply curve shifts up by the amount of the tax (50 cents) to S2. Then theequilibrium quantity is Q2, the price paid by consumers is P2, and the pricereceived (after taxes are paid) by producers is P2 - 50 cents. If the tax isinstead imposed on consumers, the demand curve shifts down by the amountof the tax (50 cents) to D2. The downward shift in the demand curve (whenthe tax is imposed on consumers) is exactly the same magnitude as theupward shift in the supply curve when the tax is imposed on producers. Soagain, the equilibrium quantity is Q2, the price paid by consumers is P2(including the tax paid to the government), and the price received byproducers is P2 - 50 cents.Figure 6-6Figure 6-7b. The more elastic is the demand curve, the more effective this tax will be inreducing the quantity of gasoline consumed. Greater elasticity of demandmeans that quantity falls more in response to the rise in the price of gasoline.Figure 6-7 illustrates this result. Demand curve D1 represents an elasticdemand curve, while demand curve D2 is more inelastic. To get the same tax wedge between demand and supply requires a greater reduction in quantitywith demand curve D1 than for demand curve D2.c. The consumers of gasoline are hurt by the tax because they get less gasolineat a higher price.d. Workers in the oil industry are hurt by the tax as well. With a lower quantityof gasoline being produced, some workers may lose their jobs. With a lowerprice received by producers, wages of workers might decline.8. a. Figure 6-8 shows the effects of the minimum wage. In the absence of theminimum wage, the market wage would be w1 and Q1 workers would beemployed. With the minimum wage (w m) imposed above w1, the marketwage is w m, the number of employed workers is Q2, and the number ofworkers who are unemployed is Q3 - Q2. Total wage payments to workers areshown as the area of rectangle ABCD, which equals w m times Q2.b. An increase in the minimum wage would decrease employment. The size ofthe effect on employment depends only on the elasticity of demand. Theelasticity of supply doesn’t matter, because there’s a surplus of labor.c. The increase in the minimum wage would increase unemployment. The sizeof the rise in unemployment depends on both the elasticities of supply anddemand. The elasticity of demand determines the quantity of labordemanded, the elasticity of supply determines the quantity of labor supplied,and the difference between the quantity supplied and demanded of labor is theamount of unemployment.d. If the demand for unskilled labor were inelastic, the rise in the minimum wagewould increase total wage payments to unskilled labor. With inelasticdemand, the percentage decline in employment would be less than thepercentage increase in the wage, so total wage payments increase. However,if the demand for unskilled labor were elastic, total wage payments woulddecline, since then the percentage decline in employment would exceed thepercentage increase in the wage.Figure 6-8Figure 6-99. a. Figure 6-9 shows the effect of a tax on gun buyers. The tax reduces thedemand for guns from D1 to D2. The result is a rise in the price buyers pay forguns from P1 to P2, and a decline in the quantity of guns from Q1 to Q2.Figure 6-10b. Figure 6-10 shows the effect of a tax on gun sellers. The tax reduces thesupply of guns from S1 to S2. The result is a rise in the price buyers pay forguns from P1 to P2, and a decline in the quantity of guns from Q1 to Q2.c. Figure 6-11 shows the effect of a binding price floor on guns. The increase inprice from P1 to P f leads to a decline in the quantity of guns from Q1 to Q2.There is excess supply in the market for guns, since the quantity supplied (Q3) exceeds the quantity demanded (Q2) at the price P f.Figure 6-11Figure 6-12d. Figure 6-12 shows the effect of a tax on ammunition. The tax on ammunitionreduces the demand for guns from D1 to D2, because ammunition and guns arecomplements. The result is a decline in the price of guns from P1 to P2, and adecline in the quantity of guns from Q1 to Q2.10. a. Programs aimed at making the public aware of the dangers of smoking reducethe demand for cigarettes, shown in Figure 6-13 as a shift from demand curveD1 to D2. The price support program increases the price of tobacco, which isthe main ingredient in cigarettes. As a result, the supply of cigarettes shifts tothe left, from S1 to S2. The effect of both programs is to reduce the quantityof cigarette consumption from Q1 to Q2.Figure 6-13b. The combined effect of the two programs on the price of cigarettes isambiguous. The education campaign reduces demand for cigarettes, whichtends to reduce the price. The tobacco price supports raise the cost ofproduction of cigarettes, which tends to increase the price.c. The taxation of cigarettes further reduces cigarette consumption, since itincreases the price to consumers. As shown in the figure, the quantity falls toQ3.11. a. The effect of a 50 cent per cone subsidy is to shift the demand curve up by 50cents at each quantity, since at each quantity a consumer’s willingness to payis 50 cents higher. The effects of such a subsidy are shown in Figure 6-14.Before the subsidy, the price is P1. After the subsidy, the price received bysellers is P S and the effective price paid by consumers is P D, which equals P Sminus 50 cents. Before the subsidy, the quantity of cones sold is Q1; after thesubsidy the quantity increases to Q2.Figure 6-14b. Because of the subsidy, consumers are better off, since they consume more ata lower price. Producers are also better off, since they sell more at a higherprice. The government loses, since it has to pay for the subsidy.。
曼昆微观经济学课后答案第六版
曼昆微观经济学课后答案第六版【篇一：曼昆《经济学原理》第6版微观经济学分册第3章课后习题答案p63-p66】情况下，生产可能性曲线是直线，而不是外凸的？【重要级别】☆☆☆【难度级别】☆☆☆【考查要点】生产可能性边界定义【参考答案】当生产一种产品的机会成本为常数时，生产可能性曲线是直线而不是外凸的。
2?解释绝对优势和比较优势有什么不同。
【重要级别】☆☆☆☆【难度级别】☆☆☆【考查要点】绝对优势定义；比较优势定义【参考答案】绝对优势和比较优势都是用于衡量不同生产者生产效率差异的概念，绝对优势以生产效率为评价标准，比较优势以机会成本为评价标准。
同一生产者可能同时在两种物品上都具有绝对优势，但不可能同时在两种物品上都拥有比较优势。
绝对优势反映了生产率的高低，比较优势反映了相对机会成本的高低。
3?举例说明一个人在做某件事上有绝对优势，而另一个人有比较优势。
【重要级别】☆☆☆【难度级别】☆☆【考查要点】绝对优势应用；比较优势应用【参考答案】工程师a每小时的工资为500元，一个小时可以把自己的家打扫干净。
b每小时的工资为50元，两个小时可以把与a相同面积的房屋打扫干净。
在此例中，无论是赚钱还是打扫房间，a都拥有绝对优势。
但从比较优势的角度来看，打扫a的家，a的机会成本是500元，而b的机会成本是100元，所以b在打扫房间上具有比较优势。
4?对贸易来说，是绝对优势重要还是比较优势重要?以你对上一道题的答案为例来解释你的推理。
【重要级别】☆☆☆☆【难度级别】☆☆【考查要点】绝对优势应用；比较优势应用【参考答案】对贸易而言，比较优势重要。
如果按照绝对优势，a 和b之间没有从事贸易的可能。
但是如果从比较优势来看，a专门工作而b专门打扫房间，在相同的时间内，a和b都可以获得更高的收入，这样双方的状况都变得更好。
5?一国是倾向于出口还是进口自己有比较优势的物品？解释原因。
【重要级别】☆☆☆☆【难度级别】☆☆【考查要点】比较优势应用【参考答案】倾向于出口自己具有比较优势的产品。
曼昆《经济学原理(宏观经济学分册)》(第6版)课后习题详解
曼昆《经济学原理〔宏观经济学分册〕》〔第6版〕第35章通货膨胀与失业之间的短期权衡取舍课后习题详解跨考网独家整理最全经济学考研真题，经济学考研课后习题解析资料库，您可以在这里查阅历年经济学考研真题，经济学考研课后习题，经济学考研参考书等容，更有跨考考研历年辅导的经济学学哥学姐的经济学考研经历，从前辈中获得的经历对初学者来说是珍贵的财富，这或许能帮你少走弯路，躲开一些陷阱。
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一、概念题1．菲利普斯曲线〔Phillips curve〕〔师大学2004研；工业大学2005、2006研；大学2006研〕答：菲利普斯曲线是指货币工资变动率与失业率之间交替关系的曲线。
它是由英国经济学家菲利普斯根据1861～1957年英国的失业率和货币工资变动率的经历统计资料提出来的，故称之为菲利普斯曲线。
这条曲线表示，当失业率高时，货币工资增长率低，反之，当失业率低时，货币工资增长率高。
因此，如图35-1所示，横轴代表失业率〔U〕，纵轴代表货币工资增长率〔W〕，菲利普斯曲线是一条向右下方倾斜的曲线。
根据本钱推动型通货膨胀的理论，货币工资增长率决定了价格增长率，所以，菲利普斯曲线也可以表示通货膨胀率和失业率之间的交替关系，即当失业率高时，通货膨胀率低；反之，当失业率低时，通货膨胀率高。
图35-1 菲利普斯曲线新古典综合派经济学家把菲利普斯曲线作为调节经济的依据，即当失业率高时，实行扩性财政政策与货币政策，以承受一定通货膨胀率为代价换取较低的失业率；当通货膨胀率高时，实行紧缩性的财政政策与货币政策，借助提高失业率以降低通货膨胀率。
货币主义者对菲利普斯曲线所表示的通货膨胀率与失业率之间的交替关系提出了质疑，并进一步论述了短期菲利普斯曲线、长期菲利普斯曲线和附加预期的菲利普斯曲线，以进一步解释在不同条件下，通货膨胀率与失业率之间的关系。
理性预期学派进一步以理性预期为依据解释了菲利普斯曲线。
曼昆经济学原理(宏观经济学分册)(第6版)课后习题详解
曼昆《经济学原理〔宏观经济学分册〕》〔第6版〕第34章货币政策和财政政策对总需求的影响课后习题详解跨考网独家整理最全经济学考研真题,经济学考研课后习题解析资料库,您可以在这里查阅历年经济学考研真题,经济学考研课后习题,经济学考研参考书等容,更有跨考考研历年辅导的经济学学哥学姐的经济学考研经验,从前辈中获得的经验对初学者来说是宝贵的财富,这或许能帮你少走弯路,躲开一些陷阱。
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一、概念题1．流动性偏好理论〔theory of liquidity preference〕答：流动性偏好理论是解释实际货币余额的供给与需求如何决定利率的理论。
流动性偏好是人们为应付日常开支、意外支出和进行投机活动而愿意持有现金的一种心理偏好。
该理论由英国著名经济学家约翰·梅纳德·凯恩斯〔J·M·Keynes〕于1936年在《就业、利息和货币通论》中提出。
它根源于交易动机、预防动机和投机动机。
交易动机是为了日常交易而产生的持有货币的愿望,预防动机是为了应付紧急情况而产生的持有货币的愿望。
满足交易动机和预防动机的货币需求数量取决于国民收入水平的高低,并且是收入的增函数。
投机性动机是人们根据对市场利率变化的预测,持有货币以便从中获利的动机。
投机动机的货币需求与现实利率呈负相关。
该理论假设中央银行选择了一个固定的货币供给,在此模型中,价格水平P也是固定的,所以实际货币余额供给固定。
实际货币余额需求取决于利率——持有货币的机会成本。
当利率很高时,因为机会成本太高,人们只会持有较少的货币。
反之,当利率很低时,因为机会成本较低,人们会持有较多的货币。
根据流动性偏好理论,利率会调整到使实际货币余额供给与需求相等的水平。
2．财政政策〔fiscal policy〕答：财政政策指政府变动税收和支出以便影响总需求进而影响就业和国民收入的政策。
曼昆微观经济学课后练习英文答案完整版
曼昆微观经济学课后练习英文答案集团标准化办公室：[VV986T-J682P28-JP266L8-68PNN]the link between buyers’ willingness to pay for a good and the demandcurve.how to define and measure consumer surplus.the link between sellers’ costs of producing a good and the supply curve.how to define and measure producer surplus.that the equilibrium of supply and demand maximizes total surplus in amarket.CONTEXT AND PURPOSE:Chapter 7 is the first chapter in a three-chapter sequence on welfare economics and market efficiency. Chapter 7 employs the supply and demand model to develop consumer surplus and producer surplus as a measure of welfare and market efficiency. These concepts are then utilized in Chapters 8 and 9 to determine the winners and losers from taxation and restrictions on international trade.The purpose of Chapter 7 is to develop welfare economics—the study of how the allocation of resources affects economic well-being. Chapters 4 through 6 employed supply and demand in a positive framework, which focused on the question, “What is the equilibrium price and quantity in a market” This chapter now addresses the normative question, “Is the equilibrium price and quantity in a market the best possible solution to the resource allocation problem, or is it simply the price and quantity that balance supply and demand” Students will discover that under most circumstances the equilibrium price and quantity is also the one that maximizes welfare.KEY POINTS:Consumer surplus equals buyers’ willingness to pay for a good minus the amount they actually pay for it, and it measures the benefit buyers get from participating in a market. Consumer surplus can be computed by finding the area below the demand curve and above the price.Producer surplus equals the amount sellers receive for their goods minus their costs of production, and it measures the benefit sellers get from participating in a market. Producer surplus can be computed by finding the area below the price and above the supply curve.An allocation of resources that maximizes the sum of consumer and producer surplus is said to be efficient. Policymakers are often concerned with the efficiency, as well as the equality, of economic outcomes.The equilibrium of supply and demand maximizes the sum of consumer andproducer surplus. That is, the invisible hand of the marketplace leadsbuyers and sellers to allocate resources efficiently.Markets do not allocate resources efficiently in the presence of market failures such as market power or externalities.CHAPTER OUTLINE:I. Definition of welfare economics: the study of how the allocation of resources affects economic well-being.A. Willingness to Pay1. Definition of willingness to pay: the maximum amount that a buyer will pay for a good.2. Example: You are auctioning a mint-condition recording of Elvis Presley’s first album. Four buyers show up. Their willingness to pay is as follows:If the bidding goes to slightly higher than $80, all buyersdrop out except for John. Because John is willing to paymore than he has to for the album, he derives some benefitfrom participating in the market.3. Definition of consumer surplus: the amount a buyer is willing to payfor a good minus the amount the buyer actually pays for it.4. Note that if you had more than one copy of the album, the price in the auction would end up being lower (a little over $70 in the case of two albums) and both John and Paul would gain consumer surplus.B. Using the Demand Curve to Measure Consumer Surplus1. We can use the information on willingness to pay to derive a demandmarginal buyer . Because the demand curve shows the buyers’ willingness to pay, we can use the demand curve to measure c onsumer surplus.C. How a Lower Price Raises Consumer Surplussurplus because they are paying less for the product than before (area A on the graph).b. Because the price is now lower, some new buyers will enter the market and receive consumer surplus on these additional units of output purchased (area B on the graph).D. What Does Consumer Surplus Measure?1. Remember that consumer surplus is the difference between the amount that buyers are willing to pay for a good and the price that they actually pay.2. Thus, it measures the benefit that consumers receive from the good as the buyers themselves perceive it.III. Producer SurplusA. Cost and the Willingness to Sell1. Definition of cost: the value of everything a seller must give up to produce a good .2. Example: You want to hire someone to paint your house. You accept bidsfor the work from four sellers. Each painter is willing to work if the priceyou will pay exceeds her opportunity cost. (Note that this opportunity costthus represents willingness to sell.) The costs are:sellers will drop out except for Grandma. Because Grandma receives more than she would require to paint the house, she derives some benefit from producing in the market.4. Definition of producer surplus: the amount a seller is paid for a good minus the seller’s cost of providing it.5. Note that if you had more than one house to paint, the price in the auction would end up being higher (a little under $800 in the case of two houses) and both Grandma and Georgia would gain producer surplus.ALTERNATIVE CLASSROOM EXAMPLE:Review the material on price ceilings from Chapter 6. Redraw themarket for two-bedroom apartments in your town. Draw in a priceceiling below the equilibrium price.Then go through:consumer surplus before the price ceiling is put into place. consumer surplus after the price ceiling is put into place. You will need to take some time to explain the relationship between the producers’ willingness to sell and the cost of producing the good. The relationship between cost and the supply curve is not as apparent as the relationship between the It is important to stress that consumer surplus is measured inmonetary terms. Consumer surplus gives us a way to place amonetary cost on inefficient market outcomes (due to governmentB. Using the Supply Curve to Measure Producer Surplus1. We can use the information on cost (willingness to sell) to derive a2.the cost of the marginal seller. Because the supply curve shows the sellers’ cost (willingness to sell), we can use the supply curve to measure producer surplus.C. How a Higher Price Raises Producer Surplussurplus because they are receiving more for the product than before (area C on the graph).b. Because the price is now higher, some new sellers will enter the market and receive producer surplus on these additional units of output sold (area D on the graph).D. Producer surplus is used to measure the economic well-being of producers,ALTERNATIVE CLASSROOM EXAMPLE:Review the material on price floors from Chapter 6. Redraw the marketfor an agricultural product such as corn. Draw in a price supportabove the equilibrium price.Then go through:producer surplus before the price support is put in place.producer surplus after the price support is put in place.Make sure that you discuss the cost of the price support tomuch like consumer surplus is used to measure the economic well-being of consumers.IV. Market EfficiencyA. The Benevolent Social Planner1. The economic well-being of everyone in society can be measured by total surplus, which is the sum of consumer surplus and producer surplus:Total Surplus = Consumer Surplus + Producer SurplusTotal Surplus = (Value to Buyers – Amount Paid byBuyers) +(Amount Received by Sellers – Cost to Sellers)Because the Amount Paid by Buyers = Amount Received bySellers:2. Definition of efficiency: the property of a resource allocation of maximizing the total surplus received by all members of society .3. Definition of equality: the property of distributing economicprosperity uniformly the members of society .a. Buyers who value the product more than the equilibrium price will purchase the product; those who do not, will not purchase the product. Inother words, the free market allocates the supply of a good to the buyers who value it most highly, as measured by their willingness to pay.b. Sellers whose costs are lower than the equilibrium price will produce the product; those whose costs are higher, will not produce the product. Inother words, the free market allocates the demand for goods to the sellers who can produce it at the lowest cost.value of the product to the marginal buyer is greater than the cost to the marginal seller so total surplus would rise if output increases.Pretty Woman, Chapter 6. Vivien (Julia Roberts) and Edward(Richard Gere) negotiate a price. Afterward, Vivien reveals shewould have accepted a lower price, while Edward admits he wouldhave paid more. If you have done a good job of introducingconsumer and producer surplus, you will see the light bulbs gob. At any quantity of output greater than the equilibrium quantity, the value of the product to the marginal buyer is less than the cost to the marginal seller so total surplus would rise if output decreases.3. Note that this is one of the reasons that economists believe Principle #6: Markets are usually a good way to organize economic activity.C. In the News: Ticket Scalping1. Ticket scalping is an example of how markets work to achieve anefficient outcome.2. This article from The Boston Globe describes economist Chip Case’sexperience with ticket scalping.D. Case Study: Should There Be a Market in Organs?1. As a matter of public policy, people are not allowed to sell their organs.a. In essence, this means that there is a price ceiling on organs of $0.b. This has led to a shortage of organs.2. The creation of a market for organs would lead to a more efficientallocation of resources, but critics worry about the equity of a market system for organs.V. Market Efficiency and Market FailureA. To conclude that markets are efficient, we made several assumptions about how markets worked.1. Perfectly competitive markets.2. No externalities.B. When these assumptions do not hold, the market equilibrium may not be efficient.C. When markets fail, public policy can potentially remedy the situation. SOLUTIONS TO TEXT PROBLEMS:Quick Quizzes1. Figure 1 shows the demand curve for turkey. The price of turkey is P 1and the consumer surplus that results from that price is denoted CS. Consumer surplus is the amount a buyer is willing to pay for a good minus the amount the buyer actually pays for it. It measures the benefit to buyers ofparticipating in a market.Figure 1 Figure 22. Figure 2 shows the supply curve for turkey. The price of turkey is P 1and the producer surplus that results from that price is denoted PS. Producer surplus is the amount sellers are paid for a good minus the sellers’ cost of providing it (measured by the supply curve). It measures the benefit to sellers of participating in a market.It would be a good idea to remind students that there are circumstances when the market process does not lead to the most efficient outcome. Examples include situations such as when a firm (or buyer) has market power over price or when there areFigure 33. Figure 3 shows the supply and demand for turkey. The price of turkey is P, consumer surplus is CS, and producer surplus is PS. Producing more turkeys 1than the equilibrium quantity would lower total surplus because the value to the marginal buyer would be lower than the cost to the marginal seller on those additional units.Questions for Review1. The price a buyer is willing to pay, consumer surplus, and the demand curve are all closely related. The height of the demand curve represents the willingness to pay of the buyers. Consumer surplus is the area below the demand curve and above the price, which equals the price that each buyer is willing to pay minus the price actually paid.2. Sellers' costs, producer surplus, and the supply curve are all closely related. The height of the supply curve represents the costs of the sellers. Producer surplus is the area below the price and above the supply curve, which equals the price received minus each seller's costs of producing the good.Figure 43. Figure 4 shows producer and consumer surplus in a supply-and-demand diagram.4. An allocation of resources is efficient if it maximizes total surplus, the sum of consumer surplus and producer surplus. But efficiency may not be the only goal of economic policymakers; they may also be concerned about equitythe fairness of the distribution of well-being.5. The invisible hand of the marketplace guides the self-interest of buyers and sellers into promoting general economic well-being. Despite decentralized decision making and self-interested decision makers, free markets often lead to an efficient outcome.6. Two types of market failure are market power and externalities. Market power may cause market outcomes to be inefficient because firms may cause price and quantity to differ from the levels they would be under perfect competition, which keeps total surplus from being maximized. Externalities are side effects that are not taken into account by buyers and sellers. As a result, the free market does not maximize total surplus.Problems and Applications1. a. Consumer surplus is equal to willingness to pay minus the price paid. Therefore, Melissa’s willingness to pay must be $200 ($120 + $80).b. Her consumer surplus at a price of $90 would be $200 $90 = $110.c. If the price of an iPod was $250, Melissa would not have purchased one because the price is greater than her willingness to pay. Therefore, she would receive no consumer surplus.2. If an early freeze in California sours the lemon crop, the supply curve for lemons shifts to the left, as shown in Figure 5. The result is a rise in the price of lemons and a decline in consumer surplus from A + B + C to just A. So consumer surplus declines by the amount B + C.Figure 5 Figure 6In the market for lemonade, the higher cost of lemons reduces the supply of lemonade, as shown in Figure 6. The result is a rise in the price of lemonade and a decline in consumer surplus from D + E + F to just D, a loss of E + F. Note that an event that affects consumer surplus in one market oftenhas effects on consumer surplus in other markets.3. A rise in the demand for French bread leads to an increase in producer surplus in the market for French bread, as shown in Figure 7. The shift of the demand curve leads to an increased price, which increases producer surplusfrom area A to area A + B + C.Figure 7The increased quantity of French bread being sold increases the demandfor flour, as shown in Figure 8. As a result, the price of flour rises, increasing producer surplus from area D to D + E + F. Note that an event that affects producer surplus in one market leads to effects on producer surplus in related markets.Figure 84. a.Figure 9b. When the price of a bottle of water is $4, Bert buys two bottles of water. His consumer surplus is shown as area A in the figure. He values hisfirst bottle of water at $7, but pays only $4 for it, so has consumer surplus of $3. He values his second bottle of water at $5, but pays only $4 for it, so has consumer surplus of $1. Thus Bert’s total consumer surplus is $3 + $1 = $4, which is the area of A in the figure.c. When the price of a bottle of water falls from $4 to $2, Bert buys three bottles of water, an increase of one. His consumer surplus consists of both areas A and B in the figure, an increase in the amount of area B. He gets consumer surplus of $5 from the first bottle ($7 value minus $2 price), $3from the second bottle ($5 value minus $2 price), and $1 from the third bottle ($3 value minus $2 price), for a total consumer surplus of $9. Thus consumer surplus rises by $5 (which is the size of area B) when the price of a bottle of water falls from $4 to $2.5. a.Figure 10b. When the price of a bottle of water is $4, Ernie sells two bottles of water. His producer surplus is shown as area A in the figure. He receives $4 for his first bottle of water, but it costs only $1 to produce, so Ernie has producer surplus of $3. He also receives $4 for his second bottle of water, which costs $3 to produce, so he has producer surplus of $1. Thus Ernie’s total producer surplus is $3 + $1 = $4, which is the area of A in the figure.c. When the price of a bottle of water rises from $4 to $6, Ernie sells three bottles of water, an increase of one. His producer surplus consists of both areas A and B in the figure, an increase by the amount of area B. He gets producer surplus of $5 from the first bottle ($6 price minus $1 cost), $3 from the second bottle ($6 price minus $3 cost), and $1 from the third bottle ($6 price minus $5 price), for a total producer surplus of $9. Thus producer surplus rises by $5 (which is the size of area B) when the price of a bottle of water rises from $4 to $6.6. a. From Ernie’s supply schedule and Bert’s demand schedule, thean equilibrium quantity of two.b. At a price of $4, consumer surplus is $4 and producer surplus is $4, as shown in Problems 3 and 4 above. Total surplus is $4 + $4 = $8.c. If Ernie produced one less bottle, his producer surplus would decline to $3, as shown in Problem 4 above. If Bert consumed one less bottle, hisconsumer surplus would decline to $3, as shown in Problem 3 above. So total surplus would decline to $3 + $3 = $6.d. If Ernie produced one additional bottle of water, his cost would be $5, but the price is only $4, so his producer surplus would decline by $1. If Bert consumed one additional bottle of water, his value would be $3, but the price is $4, so his consumer surplus would decline by $1. So total surplus declines by $1 + $1 = $2.7. a. The effect of falling production costs in the market for stereos results in a shift to the right in the supply curve, as shown in Figure 11. As a result, the equilibrium price of stereos declines and the equilibriumquantity increases.Figure 11b. The decline in the price of stereos increases consumer surplus from area A to A + B + C + D, an increase in the amount B + C + D. Prior to the shift in supply, producer surplus was areas B + E (the area above the supply curve and below the price). After the shift in supply, producer surplus is areas E + F + G. So producer surplus changes by the amount F + G – B, which may be positive or negative. The increase in quantity increases producer surplus, while the decline in the price reduces producer surplus. Because consumer surplus rises by B + C + D and producer surplus rises by F + G – B, total surplus rises by C + D + F + G.c. If the supply of stereos is very elastic, then the shift of the supply curve benefits consumers most. To take the most dramatic case, suppose the supply curve were horizontal, as shown in Figure 12. Then there is no producer surplus at all. Consumers capture all the benefits of falling production costs, with consumer surplus rising from area A to area A + B.Figure 128. Figure 13 shows supply and demand curves for haircuts. Supply equals demand at a quantity of three haircuts and a price between $4 and $5. Firms A, C, and D should cut the hair of Ellen, Jerry, and Phil. Oprah’s willingnessto pay is too low and firm B’s costs are too high, so they do not participate. The maximum total surplus is the area between the demand and supply curves, which totals $11 ($8 value minus $2 cost for the first haircut, plus $7 value minus $3 cost for the second, plus $5 value minus $4 cost for the third).Figure 139. a. The effect of falling production costs in the market for computers results in a shift to the right in the supply curve, as shown in Figure 14. As a result, the equilibrium price of computers declines and the equilibrium quantity increases. The decline in the price of computers increases consumer surplus from area A to A + B + C + D, an increase in the amount B + C + D.Figure 14 Figure 15Prior to the shift in supply, producer surplus was areas B + E(the area above the supply curve and below the price). After theshift in supply, producer surplus is areas E + F + G. So producersurplus changes by the amount F + G – B, which may be positive ornegative. The increase in quantity increases producer surplus,while the decline in the price reduces producer surplus. Becauseconsumer surplus rises by B + C + D and producer surplus rises byF +G – B, total surplus rises by C + D + F + G.b. Because typewriters are substitutes for computers, the decline in the price of computers means that people substitute computers for typewriters, shifting the demand for typewriters to the left, as shown in Figure 15. The result is a decline in both the equilibrium price and equilibrium quantity of typewriters. Consumer surplus in the typewriter market changes from area A + B to A + C, a net change of C – B. Producer surplus changes from area C + D + E to area E, a net loss of C + D. Typewriter producers are sad about technological advances in computers because their producer surplus declines.c. Because software and computers are complements, the decline in the price and increase in the quantity of computers means that the demand for software increases, shifting the demand for software to the right, as shown in Figure 16. The result is an increase in both the price and quantity of software. Consumer surplus in the software market changes from B + C to A + B, a net change of A – C. Producer surplus changes from E to C + D + E, an increase of C + D, so software producers should be happy about the technological progress in computers.Figure 16d. Yes, this analysis helps explain why Bill Gates is one the world’s richest people, because his company produces a lot of software that is a complement with computers and there has been tremendous technological advance in computers.10. a. With Provider A, the cost of an extra minute is $0. WithProvider B, the cost of an extra minute is $1.b. With Provider A, my friend will purchase 150 minutes [= 150 –(50)(0)]. With Provider B, my friend would purchase 100 minutes [=150 – (50)(1)].c. With Provider A, he would pay $120. The cost would be $100 with Provider B.Figure 17d. Figure 17 shows the friend’s demand. With Provider A, he buys 150minutes and his consumer surplus is equal to (1/2)(3)(150) – 120= 105. With Provider B, his consumer surplus is equal to(1/2)(2)(100) = 100.e. I would recommend Provider A because he receives greater consumer surplus.11. a. Figure 18 illustrates the demand for medical care. If each procedure has a price of $100, quantity demanded will be Q1 procedures.Figure 18b. If consumers pay only $20 per procedure, the quantity demanded will be Qprocedures. Because the cost to society is $100, the number of procedures 2performed is too large to maximize total surplus. The quantity that maximizes total surplus is Q1 procedures, which is less than Q2.c. The use of medical care is excessive in the sense that consumers get procedures whose value is less than the cost of producing them. As a result, the economy’s total surplus is reduced.d. To prevent this excessive use, the consumer must bear the marginal cost of the procedure. But this would require eliminating insurance. Another possibility would be that the insurance company, which pays most of the marginal cost of the procedure ($80, in this case) could decide whether the procedure should be performed. But the insurance company does not get the benefits of the procedure, so its decisions may not reflect the value to the consumer.。
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Problems and Applications1. If an early freeze in California sours the lemon crop, the supply curve for lemons shiftsto the left, as shown in Figure 7-5. The result is a rise in the price of lemons and adecline in consumer surplus from A + B + C to just A. So consumer surplus declines by the amount B + C.Figure 7-5In the market for lemonade, the higher cost of lemons reduces the supply of lemonade, as shown in Figure 7-6. The result is a rise in the price of lemonade and a decline in consumer surplus from D + E + F to just D, a loss of E + F. Note that an event that affects consumer surplus in one market often has effects on consumer surplus in other markets.Figure 7-62. A rise in the demand for French bread leads to an increase in producer surplus in themarket for French bread, as shown in Figure 7-7. The shift of the demand curve leads to an increased price, which increases producer surplus from area A to area A + B + C.Figure 7-7The increased quantity of French bread being sold increases the demand for flour, as shown in Figure 7-8. As a result, the price of flour rises, increasing producer surplus from area D to D + E + F. Note that an event that affects producer surplus in onemarket leads to effects on producer surplus in related markets.3. a. Bert’s demand schedule is:Bert’s demand curve is shown in Figure 7-9.Figure 7-9b. When the price of a bottle of water is $4, Bert buys two bottles of water. Hisconsumer surplus is shown as area A in the figure. He values his first bottle ofwater at $7, but pays only $4 for it, so has consumer surplus of $3. He valueshis second bottle of water at $5, but pays only $4 for it, so has consumersurplus of $1. Thus Bert’s total consumer surplus is $3 + $1 = $4, which isthe area of A in the figure.c. When the price of a bottle of water falls from $4 to $2, Bert buys three bottlesof water, an increase of one. His consumer surplus consists of both areas Aand B in the figure, an increase in the amount of area B. He gets consumersurplus of $5 from the first bottle ($7 value minus $2 price), $3 from thesecond bottle ($5 value minus $2 price), and $1 from the third bottle ($3 valueminus $2 price), for a total consumer surplus of $9. Thus consumer surplusrises by $5 (which is the size of area B) when the price of a bottle of water fallsfrom $4 to $2.4. a. Ernie’s supply schedule for water is:Ernie’s supply curve is shown in Figure 7-10.Figure 7-10b. When the price of a bottle of water is $4, Ernie sells two bottles of water. Hisproducer surplus is shown as area A in the figure. He receives $4 for his firstbottle of water, but it costs only $1 to produce, so Ernie has producer surplusof $3. He also receives $4 for his second bottle of water, which costs $3 toproduce, so he has producer surplus of $1. Thus Ernie’s total producersurplus is $3 + $1 = $4, which is the area of A in the figure.c. When the price of a bottle of water rises from $4 to $6, Ernie sells three bottlesof water, an increase of one. His producer surplus consists of both areas Aand B in the figure, an increase by the amount of area B. He gets producersurplus of $5 from the first bottle ($6 price minus $1 cost), $3 from the secondbottle ($6 price minus $3 cost), and $1 from the third bottle ($6 price minus $5price), for a total producer surplus of $9. Thus producer surplus rises by $5(which is the size of area B) when the price of a bottle of water rises from $4 to$6.5. a. From Ernie’s supply schedule and Bert’s demand schedule, the quantitydemanded and supplied are:Only a price of $4 brings supply and demand into equilibrium, with anequilibrium quantity of 2.b. At a price of $4, consumer surplus is $4 and producer surplus is $4, as shownin problems 3 and 4. Total surplus is $4 + $4 = $8.c. If Ernie produced one fewer bottle, his producer surplus would decline to $3,as shown in problem 4. If Bert consumed one fewer bottle, his consumersurplus would decline to $3, as shown in problem 3. So total surplus woulddecline to $3 + $3 = $6.d. If Ernie produced one additional bottle of water, his cost would be $5, but theprice is only $4, so his producer surplus would decline by $1. If Bertconsumed one additional bottle of water, his value would be $3, but the priceis $4, so his consumer surplus would decline by $1. So total surplus declinesby $1 + $1 = $2..6. a. The effect of falling production costs in the market for stereos results in a shiftto the right in the supply curve, as shown in Figure 7-11. As a result, theequilibrium price of stereos declines and the equilibrium quantity increases.b. The decline in the price of stereos increases consumer surplus from area A to A+ B + C + D, an increase in the amount B + C + D. Prior to the shift in supply,producer surplus was areas B + E (the area above the supply curve and belowthe price). After the shift in supply, producer surplus is areas E + F + G. Soproducer surplus changes by the amount F + G - B, which may be positive ornegative. The increase in quantity increases producer surplus, while thedecline in the price reduces producer surplus. Since consumer surplus risesby B + C + D and producer surplus rises by F + G - B, total surplus rises by C +D + F + G.c. If the supply of stereos is very elastic, then the shift of the supply curvebenefits consumers most. To take the most dramatic case, suppose thesupply curve were horizontal, as shown in Figure 7-12. Then there is noproducer surplus at all. Consumers capture all the benefits of fallingproduction costs, with consumer surplus rising from area A to area A + B.Figure 7-11.Figure 7-127. Figure 7-13 shows supply and demand curves for haircuts. Supply equals demand ata quantity of three haircuts and a price between $4 and $5. Firms A, C, and D shouldcut the hair of Sally Jessy, Jerry, and Montel. Oprah’s willingness to pay is too low and firm B’s costs are too high, so they do not participate. The maximum total surplus is the area between the demand and supply curves, which totals $11 ($8 value minus $2 cost for the first haircut, plus $7 value minus $3 cost for the second, plus $5 valueminus $4 cost for the third).Figure 7-13.8. a. The effect of falling production costs in the market for computers results in ashift to the right in the supply curve, as shown in Figure 7-14. As a result, theequilibrium price of computers declines and the equilibrium quantity increases.The decline in the price of computers increases consumer surplus from area Ato A + B + C + D, an increase in the amount B + C + D.Figure 7-14Prior to the shift in supply, producer surplus was areas B + E (the area abovethe supply curve and below the price). After the shift in supply, producersurplus is areas E + F + G. So producer surplus changes by the amount F + G- B, which may be positive or negative. The increase in quantity increasesproducer surplus, while the decline in the price reduces producer surplus.Since consumer surplus rises by B + C + D and producer surplus rises by F + G- B, total surplus rises by C + D + F + G.Figure 7-15b. Since adding machines are substitutes for computers, the decline in the priceof computers means that people substitute computers for adding machines,shifting the demand for adding machines to the left, as shown in Figure 7-15.The result is a decline in both the equilibrium price and equilibrium quantity of adding machines. Consumer surplus in the adding-machine market changes from area A + B to A + C, a net gain of C - B. Producer surplus changes from area C + D + E to area E, a net loss of C + D. Adding machine producers are sad about technological advance in computers because their producer surplus declines.c. Since software and computers are complements, the decline in the price andincrease in the quantity of computers means that people’s demand forsoftware increases, shifting the demand for software to the right, as shown in Figure 7-16. The result is an increase in both the price and quantity ofsoftware. Consumer surplus in the software market changes from B + C to A + B, a net increase of A - C. Producer surplus changes from E to C + D + E, an increase of C + D, so software producers should be happy about thetechnological progress in computers.d. Yes, this analysis helps explain why Bill Gates is one the world’s richest men,since his company produces a lot of software that’s a complement withcomputers and there has been tremendous technological advance incomputers.Figure 7-169. a. Figure 7-17 illustrates the demand for medical care. If each procedure has aprice of $100, quantity demanded will be Q1 procedures.Figure 7-17b. If consumers pay only $20 per procedure, the quantity demanded will be Q2procedures. Since the cost to society is $100, the number of proceduresperformed is too large to maximize total surplus. The quantity thatmaximizes total surplus is Q1 procedures, which is less than Q2.c. The use of medical care is excessive in the sense that consumers getprocedures whose value is less than the cost of producing them. As a result,the economy’s total surplus is reduced.d. To prevent this excessive use, the consumer must bear the marginal cost ofthe procedure. But this would require eliminating insurance. Anotherpossibility would be that the insurance company, which pays most of themarginal cost of the procedure ($80, in this case) could decide whether theprocedure should be performed. But the insurance company doesn’t get thebenefits of the procedure, so its decisions may not reflect the value to theconsumer.10. a. Figure 7-18 illustrates the effect of the drought. The supply curve shifts tothe left, leading to a rise in the equilibrium price from P1 to P2 and a decline inthe equilibrium quantity from Q1 to Q2.Figure 7-18b. If the price of water is not allowed to change, there will be an excess demandfor water, with the shortage shown on the figure as the difference between Q1and Q3.c. The system for allocating water is inefficient because it no longer allocateswater to those who value it most highly. Some people who value water atmore than its cost of production will be unable to obtain it, so society’s totalsurplus isn’t maximized.The allocation system seems unfair as well. Water is allocated simply on pastusage, rewarding past wastefulness. If a family’s demand for water increases,say because of an increase in family size, the policy doesn’t allow them toobtain more water. Poor families, who probably used water mostly fornecessary uses like drinking, would suffer more than wealthier families whowould have to cut back only on luxury uses of water like operating backyardfountains and pools. However, the policy also keeps the price of water lower, which benefits poor families, since otherwise more of their family budgetwould have to go for water.d. If the city allowed the price of water to rise to its equilibrium price P2, theallocation would be more efficient. Quantity supplied would equal quantitydemanded and there would be no shortage. Total surplus would bemaximized.Whether the market allocation would be more or less fair than theproportionate reduction in water under the old policy is difficult to say, but it is likely to be more fair. Notice that the quantity supplied would be higher (Q2) in this case than under the water restrictions (Q3), so there’s less reduction in water usage. To make the market solution even more fair, the governmentcould provide increased tax relief or welfare payments for poor families whosuffer from paying the higher water prices.。
曼昆经济学原理6答案
曼昆经济学原理6答案【篇一：曼昆《经济学原理(微观经济学分册)》(第6版)课后习题详解(第14章竞争市场上的企业)】class=txt>第14章竞争市场上的企业课后习题详解跨考网独家整理最全经济学考研真题，经济学考研课后习题解析资料库，您可以在这里查阅历年经济学考研真题，经济学考研课后习题，经济学考研参考书等内容，更有跨考考研历年辅导的经济学学哥学姐的经济学考研经验，从前辈中获得的经验对初学者来说是宝贵的财富，这或许能帮你少走弯路，躲开一些陷阱。
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一、概念题1．竞争市场（competitive market）（山东大学2007研）答：竞争市场指有许多买者和卖者，以至于每一个人对市场价格的影响都微不足道的市场。
竞争市场一般指完全竞争市场。
完全竞争又称为纯粹竞争，是指不存在任何阻碍和干扰因素的市场情况，亦即没有任何垄断因素的市场结构。
完全竞争市场需要具备以下四个条件：①市场上有大量的买者和卖者；②市场上每一个厂商提供的商品都是同质的；③所有的资源具有完全的流动性；④信息是完全的。
2．平均收益（average revenue）答：平均收益指厂商在出售一定数量的产品时，平均出售每一单位的产品所获得的货币收入，即总收益除以销售量。
在不同的市场结构中，厂商的平均收益具有不同的变化规律。
在完全竞争市场中，由于单个厂商可以在市场价格下出售任何数量的商品，厂商面临一条水平的需求线（即平均收益曲线）。
这时，当市场达到长期均衡时，厂商的平均收益与平均成本相等，所以厂商的利润为零，厂商只能得到正常利润。
在非完全竞争市场上，厂商能够影响市场价格。
为了多销售一单位产品，它不仅要以比原来价格更低的价格出售这一产品，而且还必须降低原来所有产品的价格。
因此，厂商面临的需求曲线（即平均收益曲线）向右下方倾斜，表明厂商想要多销售产品，必须降低产品价格。
曼昆经济学原理英文第六版答案
曼昆经济学原理英文第六版答案【篇一：曼昆经济学原理英文版文案加习题答案8章】ation a new in the news box on ―the tax debate‖ has been added.by the end of this chapter, students should understand:? how taxes reduce consumer and producer surplus.? the meaning and causes of the deadweight loss from a tax. ? why some taxes have larger deadweight losses than others. ? how tax revenue and deadweight loss vary with the size of a tax.chapter 8 is the second chapter in a three-chapter sequence dealing with welfare economics. in theprevious section on supply and demand, chapter 6 introduced taxes and demonstrated how a tax affects the price and quantity sold in a market. chapter 6 also described the factors that determine how the burden of the tax is divided between the buyers and sellers in a market. chapter 7 developed welfare economics—the study of how the allocation of resources affects economic well-being. chapter 8 combines the lessons learned in chapters 6 and 7 and addresses the effects of taxation on welfare. chapter 9 will address the effects of trade restrictions on welfare. the purpose of chapter 8 is to apply the lessons learned about welfare economics in chapter 7 to the issue of taxation that was addressed in chapter 6. students will learn that the cost of a tax to buyers and sellers in a market exceeds the revenue collected by the government. students will also learn about the factors that determine the degree by which the cost of a tax exceeds the revenue collected by the government.144? a tax on a good reduces the welfare of buyers and sellers of the good, and the reduction in consumer and producer surplus usually exceeds the revenue raised by the government. the fall in total surplus—the sum of consumer surplus, producer surplus, and tax revenue—is called thedeadweight loss of the tax.taxes have deadweight losses because they cause buyers to consume less and sellers to produce less, and these changesin behavior shrink the size of the market below the level that maximizes total surplus. because the elasticities of supply and demand measure how much market participants respond to market conditions, larger elasticities imply larger deadweight losses.as a tax grows larger, it distorts incentives more, and its deadweight loss grows larger. because a tax reduces the size of a market, however, tax revenue does not continually increase. it first rises with the size of a tax, but if the tax gets large enough, tax revenue starts to fall. ? ?i. the deadweight loss of taxationa. remember that it does not matter who a tax is levied on; buyers and sellers will likely share inthe burden of the tax.b. if there is a tax on a product, the price that a buyer pays will be greater than the price the sellerreceives. thus, there is a tax wedge between the two prices and the quantity sold will be smaller if there was no tax.c. how a tax affects market participants1. we can measure the effects of a tax on consumers by examining the change in consumersurplus. similarly, we can measure the effects of the tax on producers by looking at the change in producer surplus.then the benefit from the tax revenue must not be ignored.3. welfare without a taxa. consumer surplus is equal to: a + b + c.b. producer surplus is equal to: d + e + f.c. total surplus is equal to: a + b + c + d + e + f. 4. welfare with a tax a. consumer surplus is equal to: a.b. producer surplus is equal to: f.5. changes in welfare a. consumer surplus changes by: –(b +c). b. producer surplus changes by: –(d + e). c. tax revenue changes by: +(b + d). d. total surplus changes by: –(c + e). 6. definition of distortion, such as a tax. d. deadweight losses and the gains from tradec. tax revenue is equal to: b +d. d. total surplus is equal to: a +b + d + f.1. taxes cause deadweight losses because they prevent buyers and sellers from benefiting fromtrade.2. this occurs because the quantity of output declines; trades that would be beneficial to both the buyer and seller will nottake place because of the tax.3. the deadweight loss is equal to areas c and e (the drop intotal surplus).4. note that output levels between the equilibrium quantity without the tax and the quantitywith the tax will not be produced, yet the value of these unitsto consumers (represented by the demand curve) is larger than the cost of these units to producers (represented by the supply curve).ii. the determinants of the deadweight lossa. the price elasticities of supply and demand will determinethe size of the deadweight loss that occurs from a tax. 1. givena stable demand curve, the deadweight loss is larger when supply is relatively elastic.2. given a stable supply curve, the deadweight loss is larger when demand is relatively elastic. b. case study: the deadweight loss debate1. social security tax and federal income tax are taxes onlabor earnings. a labor tax places a tax wedge between thewage the firm pays and the wage that workers receive.2. there is considerable debate among economists concerning the size of the deadweight lossfrom this wage tax.3. the size of the deadweight loss depends on the elasticity of labor supply and demand, andthere is disagreement about the magnitude of the elasticity of supply.【篇二：曼昆经济学原理英文版文案加习题答案31章】basic conceptsthere is a new in the news feature on the changing nature of u.s. exports and an updated presentation of the u.s. trade deficit.by the end of this chapter, students should understand:??how net exports measure the international flow of goodsand services.??how net capital outflow measures the international flow of capital.??why net exports must always equal net foreign investment.??how saving, domestic investment, and net capital outflow are related.??the meaning of the nominal exchange rate and the real exchange rate.??purchasing-power parity as a theory of how exchange rates are determined.chapter 18 is the first chapter in a two-chapter sequence dealing with open-economy macroeconomics. chapter 18 develops the basic concepts and vocabulary associated with macroeconomics in an international setting: net exports, net capital outflow, real and nominal exchange rates, and purchasing-power parity. the next chapter, chapter 19, builds an open-economy macroeconomic model that shows how these variables are determined simultaneously.the purpose of chapter 18 is to develop the basic concepts macroeconomists use to study open economies. it addresses why a nation’s net exports must equal its net capital outflow. it also addresses the concepts of the real and nominal exchange rate and develops a theory of exchange ratedetermination known as purchasing-power parity.298??net exports are the value of domestic goods and services sold abroad (exports) minus the value offoreign goods and services sold domestically (imports). net capital outflow is the acquisition of foreign assets by domestic residents (capital outflow) minus the acquisition of domestic assets by foreigners (capital inflow). because every international transaction involves an exchange of an asset for a good or service, an economy’s net capital outflow always equals its net exports.an economy’s saving can be used to finance investment at home or buy assets abroad. thus, national saving equals domestic investment plus net capital outflow.the nominal exchange rate is the relative price of the currency of two countries, and the real exchange rate is the relative price of the goods and services of two countries. when the nominal exchange rate changes so that each dollar buys more foreign currency, the dollar is said to appreciate or strengthen. when the nominal exchange rate changes so that each dollarbuys less foreign currency, the dollar is said to depreciate or weaken.according to the theory of purchasing-power parity, a dollar (or a unit of any other currency) should be able to buy the same quantity of goods in all countries. this theory implies that the nominal exchange rate between the currencies of two countries should reflect the price levels in those countries. as a result, countries with relatively high inflation should have depreciating currencies, and countries with relatively low inflation should have appreciating currencies. ?? ?? ??i. we will no longer be assuming that the economy is a closed economy.a. definition of in the world.b. definition of around the world.ii. the international flows of goods and capitala. the flow of goods: exports, imports, and net exports1. definition of abroad.2. definition of domestically.imports, also called the trade balance.4. definition of : the value of a nation’s exports minus the value of its imports, also called net exports.5. definition of .6. definition of .7. definition of .8. there are several factors that influence a country’s exports, imports, and net exports:a. the tastes of consumers for domestic and foreign goods.b. the prices of goods at home and abroad.c. the exchange rates at which people can use domestic currency to buy foreign currencies.d. the incomes of consumers at home and abroad.e. the cost of transporting goods from country to country.f. government policies toward international trade.9. case study: the increasing openness of the u.s. economy a. figure 1 shows the total value of exports and imports (expressed as a percentage of gdp) for the united states since 1950. b. advances in transportation, telecommunications, and technological progress are some of the reasons why international trade has increased over time. c. policymakers around the world have also become more accepting of freetrade over time. 10. in the news: the changing nature of u.s. exports a. growing u.s. exports include entertainment royalties, tourism, travel, and services. b. this article from the wall street journal describes the growth in new exports. b. the flow of financial resources: net capital outflow1. definition of residents minus the purchase of domestic assets by foreigners.2. the flow of capital abroad takes two forms. a. foreign direct investment occurs when a capital investment is owned and operated by a foreign entity.b. foreign portfolio investment involves an investment that is financed with foreign money but operated by domestic residents.3. net capital outflow can be positive or negative.a. when net capital outflow is positive, domestic residents are buying more foreign assets than foreigners are buying domestic assets. capital is flowing out of the country.b. when net capital outflow is negative, domestic residents are buying fewer foreign assets than foreigners are buying domestic assets. the country is experiencing a capital inflow. 4. there are several factors that influence a country’s net capital outflow:a. the real interest rates being paid on foreign assets.b. the real interest rates being paid on domestic assets.c. the perceived economic and political risks of holding assets abroad.d. the government policies that affect foreign ownership of domestic assets.c. the equality of net exports and net capital outflow1. net exports and net capital outflow each measure a type of imbalance in a world market.a. net exports measure the imbalance between a country’s exports and imports in world markets for goods and services.b. net capital outflow measures the imbalance between the amount of foreign assets bought by domestic residents andthe amount of domestic assets bought by foreigners inworld financial markets.2. for an economy, net exports must be equal to net capital outflow.3. example: you are a computer programmer who sells some software to a japanese consumer for 10,000 yen. a. thesale is an export of the united states so u.s. net exports increase.b. there are several things you could do with the 10,000 yenc. you could hold the yen (which is a japanese asset) or use it to purchase another japanese asset. either way, u.s. net capital outflow rises.d. alternatively, you could use the yen to purchase a japanese good. thus, u.s. imports will rise so the net effect on net exports will be zero.e. one final possibility is that you could exchange the yen for dollars at a bank. this doesnot change the situation though, because the bank then must use the yen for something.alternative classroom example: assume that u.s. residents do not want to buy any foreign assets, but foreign residents want to purchase some stock in a u.s. firm (such as microsoft). how are the foreigners going to get the dollars to purchase the stock? they would do it the same way u.s. residents would purchase the stock—they would have to earn more than they spend. in other words, foreigners must sell the united states more goods and services than they purchase from the united states. this leads to negative net exports for the united states. the extra dollars spent by u.s. residents on foreign-produced goods and services would be used to purchase the stock in microsoft. 4. this example can be generalized to the economy as a whole.a. when a nation is running a trade surplus (nx 0), it must be using the foreign currencyto purchase foreign assets. thus, capital is flowing out of the country (nco 0).b. when a nation is running a trade deficit (nx 0), it must be financing the net purchase of these goods by selling assets abroad. thus, capital is flowing into the country (nco0).5. every international transaction involves exchange. when a seller country transfers a good orservice to a buyer country, the buyer country gives up some asset to pay for the good or service.6. thus, the net value of the goods and services sold by a country (net exports) must equal thenet value of the assets acquired (net capital outflow).d. saving, investment, and their relationship to the international flows1. recall that gdp (y ) is the sum of four components: consumption (c ), investment (i ),government purchases (g ) and net exports (nx ).【篇三：曼昆宏观经济学课后答案(英文版)】quizzes:1. gross domestic product measures two things at once: (1) the total income of everyonein the economy; and (2) the total expenditure on the economy’s output of goods and services. it can measure both of these things at once because income must equal expenditure for the economy as a whole.2. the production of a pound of caviar contributes more to gdp than the production of apound of hamburger because the contribution to gdp is measured by market value and the price of a pound of caviar is much higher than the price of a pound of hamburger.3. the four components of expenditure are: (1) consumption;(2) investment; (3)government purchases; and (4) net exports. the largest component is consumption, which accounts for more thantwo-thirds of total expenditure.4. nominal gdp is the production of goods and services valued at current prices. realgdp is the production of goods and services valued at constant prices. real gdp is a better measure of economicwell-being because it reflects the eco nomy’s ability to satisfy people’s needs and desires. thus a rise in real gdp means people have produced more goods and services, but a rise in nominal gdp could occur either because of increased production or because of higher prices.5. although gdp is not a perfect measure of well-being, policymakers should care about itbecause a larger gdp means that a nation can afford better health care, better educational systems, and more of the material necessities of life.questions for review:1.2.3.4. an economys income must equal its expenditure, since every transaction has a buyer and a seller. thus, expenditure by buyers must equal income by sellers. the production of a luxury car contributes more to gdp than the production of an economy car because the luxury car has a higher market value. the contribution to gdp is $3, the market value of the bread, which is the final good that is sold. the sale of used records does not affect gdp at all because it involves no current production.5. the four components of gdp are consumption, such as the purchase of a music cd;investment, such as the purchase of a computer by a business; government purchases, such as an order for military aircraft; and net exports, such as the sale of american wheat to russia.6. economists use real gdp rather than nominal gdp to gauge economic well-beingbecause real gdp is not affected by changes in prices, so it reflects only changes in the amounts being produced. if nominal gdp rises, you do not know if that is because of increased production or higher prices.7.the percentage change in nominal gdp is (600-200)/200 x 100 = 200%. the percentage change in real gdp is (400-200)/200 x 100 = 100%. the percentage change in the deflator is (150-100)/100 x 100 = 50%.8. it is desirable for a country to have a large gdp because people could enjoy more goodsand services. but gdp is not the only important measure of well-being. for example, laws that restrict pollution cause gdp to be lower. if laws against pollution were eliminated, gdp would be higher but the pollution might make us worse off. or, for example, an earthquake would raise gdp, as expenditures on cleanup, repair, and rebuilding increase. but an earthquake is an undesirable event that lowers our welfare.problems and applications:1. a. consumption increases because a refrigerator is a good purchased by ahousehold.b. investment increases because a house is an investment good.c. consumption increases because a car is a good purchased by a household, butinvestment decreases because the car in ford’s inventory had been counted as aninvestment good until it was sold.d. consumption increases because pizza is a good purchased by a household.e. government purchases increase because the government spent money to providea good to the public.f. consumption increases because the bottle is a good purchased by a household,but net exports decrease because the bottle was imported.g. investment increases because new structures and equipment were built.2.3. with transfer payments, nothing is produced, so there is no contribution to gdp. purchases of new housing are included in the investment portion of gdp because housingprovides services for a long time. for the same reason, purchases of new cars could be thought of as investment, but by convention, they are not. the logic could apply to any durable good, such as household appliances.if gdp included goods that are resold, it would be counting output of that particular year, plus sales of goods produced ina previous year. it would double-count goods that were sold more than once and would count goods in gdp for severalyears if they were produced in one year and resold in another. 4.5. a. 2001: ($1 per qt. of milk ? 100 qts. milk) + ($2 per qt. of honey ? 50 qts. honey)= $2002002: ($1 per qt. of milk ? 200 qts. milk) + ($2 per qt. of honey ? 100 qts.honey) = $4002003: ($2 per qt. of milk ? 200 qts. milk) + ($4 per qt. of honey ? 100 qts.honey) = $8002001: ($1 per qt. of milk ? 100 qts. milk) + ($2 per qt. ofhoney ? 50 qts. honey)= $2002002: ($1 per qt. of milk ? 200 qts. milk) + ($2 per qt. of honey ? 100 qts.honey) = $4002003: ($1 per qt. of milk ? 200 qts. milk) + ($2 per qt. of honey ? 100 qts.honey) = $4002001: ($200/$200) ? 100 = 1002002: ($400/$400) ? 100 = 1002003: ($800/$400) ? 100 = 200b. percentage change in nominal gdp in 2002 = [($400 - $200)/$200] ? 100 =100%.percentage change in nominal gdp in 2003 = [($800 -$400)/$400] ? 100 =100%.percentage change in real gdp in 2002 = [($400 - $200)/$200] ? 100 = 100%.percentage change in real gdp in 2003 = [($400 - $400)/$400] ? 100 = 0%.percentage change in the gdp deflator in 2002 = [(100 -100)/100] ? 100 = 0%.percentage change in the gdp deflator in 2003 = [(200 -100)/100] ? 100 =100%.prices did not change from 2001 to 2002. thus, thepercentage change in thegdp deflator is zero. likewise, output levels did not change from 2002 to 2003.this means that the percentage change in real gdp is zero.c. economic well-being rose more in 2002 than in 2003, since real gdp rose in2002 but not in 2003. in 2002, real gdp rose and prices didn’t. in 2003, realgdp didn’t rise and prices did.6.a.b.c.d.e.f.7. the growth rate of nominal gdp is higher than the growth rate of real gdp because of inflation. the growth rate of real gdp is ($8,367 - $8,203)/$8,203 ? 100% = 2.0%. real gdp in 2000 (in 1996 dollars) is $9,873/(118/100) = $8,367. real gdp in 1999 (in 1996 dollars) is $9,269/(113/100) = $8,203. the growth rate ofthe deflator is (118 - 113)/113 ? 100% = 4.4%. the growth rate of nominal gdp is ($9,873 - $9,269)/$9,269 ? 100% = 6.5%. economists ignore the rise in peoples incomes that is caused by higher prices becausealthough incomes are higher, the prices of the goods and services that people buy are also higher. therefore, they will not necessarily be able to purchase more goods and services. for this reason, economists prefer to look at real gdp instead of nominal gdp.many answers are possible.a. gdp equals the dollar amount barry collects, which is $400.8. 9.c.d.e.10. national income = nnp - sales taxes = $350 - $30 = $320. personal income = national income - retained earnings = $320 - $100 = $220. disposable personal income = personal income - personal income tax = $220 - $70 = $150. in countries like india, people produce and consume a fair amount of food at home that isnot included in gdp. so gdp per person in india and the united states will differ by more than their comparative economicwell-being.if the government cares about the total income of americans,it will emphasize gnp, since that measure includes the income of americans that is earned abroad and excludes the income of foreigners. if the government cares about the total amount ofeconomic activity occurring in the united states, it will emphasize gdp, which measures the level of production in the country, whether produced by domestic citizens or foreigners.a. the increased labor-force participation of women has increased gdp in theunited states, since it means more people are working and production hasincreased.if our measure of well-being included time spent working in the home and takingleisure, it wouldnt rise as much as gdp, since the rise in womens labor-forceparticipation has reduced time spent working in the home and taking leisure.other aspects of well-being that are associated with the rise in womens increasedlabor-force participation include increased self-esteem and prestige for women inthe workforce, especially at managerial levels, but decreased quality time spentwith children, whose parents have less time to spend with them. such aspectswould be quite difficult to measure. 11. 12. b. c.24章quick quizzes1. the consumer price index tries to measure the overall cost of the goods and servicesbought by a typical consumer. it is constructed by surveying consumers to fix a basket of goods and services that the typical consumer buys, finding the prices of the goods and。
(NEW)曼昆《经济学原理(微观经济学分册)》(第6版)课后习题详解
目 录第1篇 导 言第1章 经济学十大原理第2章 像经济学家一样思考第3章 相互依存性与贸易的好处第2篇 市场如何运行第4章 供给与需求的市场力量第5章 弹性及其应用第6章 供给、需求与政府政策第3篇 市场和福利第7章 消费者、生产者与市场效率第8章 应用：赋税的代价第9章 应用：国际贸易第4篇 公共部门经济学第10章 外部性第11章 公共物品和公共资源第12章 税制的设计第5篇 企业行为与产业组织第13章 生产成本第14章 竞争市场上的企业第15章 垄 断第16章 垄断竞争第17章 寡 头第6篇 劳动市场经济学第18章 生产要素市场第19章 收入与歧视第20章 收入不平等与贫困第7篇 深入研究的论题第21章 消费者选择理论第22章 微观经济学前沿第1篇 导 言第1章 经济学十大原理一、概念题1．稀缺性（scarcity）答：经济学研究的问题和经济物品都是以稀缺性为前提的。
稀缺性指在给定的时间内，相对于人的需求而言，经济资源的供给总是不足的，也就是资源的有用性与有限性。
人类消费各种物品的欲望是无限的，满足这种欲望的物品，有的可以不付出任何代价而随意取得，称之为自由物品，如阳光和空气；但绝大多数物品是不能自由取用的，因为世界上的资源（包括物质资源和人力资源）是有限的，这种有限的、为获取它必须付出某种代价的物品，称为“经济物品”。
正因为稀缺性的客观存在，地球上就存在着资源的有限性和人类的欲望与需求的无限性之间的矛盾。
经济学的一个重要研究任务就是：“研究人们如何进行抉择，以便使用稀缺的或有限的生产性资源（土地、劳动、资本品如机器、技术知识）来生产各种商品，并把它们分配给不同的社会成员进行消费。
”也就是从经济学角度来研究使用有限的资源来生产什么、如何生产和为谁生产的问题。
2．经济学（economics）答：经济学是研究如何将稀缺的资源有效地配置给相互竞争的用途，以使人类的欲望得到最大限度满足的科学。
时下经常见诸国内报刊文献的“现代西方经济学”一词，大多也都在这个意义上使用。
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Problems and Applications1. If the price ceiling of $40 per ticket is below the equilibrium price, then quantitydemanded exceeds quantity supplied, so there’s a shortage of tickets. The policydecreases the number of people who attend classical music concerts, since supply islower because of the lower price.2. a. The imposition of a binding price floor in the cheese market is shown in Figure6-3. In the absence of the price floor, the price would be P1 and the quantitywould be Q1. With the floor set at P f, which is greater than P1, the quantitydemanded is Q2, while quantity supplied is Q3, so there is a surplus of cheese inthe amount Q3 - Q2.b. The farmers’ complaint that their total revenue has declined is correct ifdemand is elastic. With elastic demand, the percentage decline in quantitywould exceed the percentage rise in price, so total revenue would decline.c. If the government purchases all the surplus cheese at the price floor,producers benefit and taxpayers lose. Producers would produce quantity Q3of cheese, and their total revenue would increase substantially. Butconsumers would buy only quantity Q2 of cheese, so they are in the sameposition as before. Taxpayers lose because they would be financing thepurchase of the surplus cheese through higher taxes.Figure 6-33. a. The equilibrium price of frisbees is $8 and the equilibrium quantity is 6 millionfrisbees.b. With a price floor of $10, the new market price is $10 since the price floor isbinding. At that price, o nly 2 million frisbees are sold, since that’s thequantity demanded.c. If there’s a price ceiling of $9, it has no effect, since the market equilibriumprice is $8, below the ceiling. So the equilibrium price is $8 and theequilibrium quantity is 6 million frisbees.4. a. Figure 6-4 shows the market for beer without the tax. The equilibrium priceis P1 and the equilibrium quantity is Q1. The price paid by consumers is thesame as the price received by producers.Figure 6-4Figure 6-5b. When the tax is imposed, it drives a wedge of $2 between supply and demand,as shown in Figure 6-5. The price paid by consumers is P2, while the pricereceived by producers is P2 - $2. The quantity of beer sold declines to Q2.5. Reducing the payroll tax paid by firms and using part of the extra revenue to reducethe payroll tax paid by workers would not make workers better off because the division of the burden of a tax depends on supply and demand, not who must pay the tax.Since the tax wedge would be larg er, it’s likely that both firms and workers, who share the burden of any tax, would be worse off.6. If the government imposes a $500 tax on luxury cars, the price paid by consumers willrise less than $500, in general. The burden of any tax is shared by both producersand consumers−the price paid by consumers rises and the price received by producers falls, with the difference between the two equal to the amount of the tax. The onlyexceptions would be if the supply curve were perfectly elastic or the demand curvewere perfectly inelastic, in which case consumers would bear the full burden of the tax and the price paid by consumers would rise by exactly $500.7. a. It doesn’t matter whether the tax is imposed on producers or consumers−theeffect will be the same. With no tax, as shown in Figure 6-6, the demandcurve is D1 and the supply curve is S1. If the tax is imposed on producers, thesupply curve shifts up by the amount of the tax (50 cents) to S2. Then theequilibrium quantity is Q2, the price paid by consumers is P2, and the pricereceived (after taxes are paid) by producers is P2 - 50 cents. If the tax isinstead imposed on consumers, the demand curve shifts down by the amountof the tax (50 cents) to D2. The downward shift in the demand curve (whenthe tax is imposed on consumers) is exactly the same magnitude as theupward shift in the supply curve when the tax is imposed on producers. Soagain, the equilibrium quantity is Q2, the price paid by consumers is P2(including the tax paid to the government), and the price received byproducers is P2 - 50 cents.Figure 6-6Figure 6-7b. The more elastic is the demand curve, the more effective this tax will be inreducing the quantity of gasoline consumed. Greater elasticity of demandmeans that quantity falls more in response to the rise in the price of gasoline.Figure 6-7 illustrates this result. Demand curve D1 represents an elasticdemand curve, while demand curve D2 is more inelastic. To get the same tax wedge between demand and supply requires a greater reduction in quantitywith demand curve D1 than for demand curve D2.c. The consumers of gasoline are hurt by the tax because they get less gasolineat a higher price.d. Workers in the oil industry are hurt by the tax as well. With a lower quantityof gasoline being produced, some workers may lose their jobs. With a lowerprice received by producers, wages of workers might decline.8. a. Figure 6-8 shows the effects of the minimum wage. In the absence of theminimum wage, the market wage would be w1 and Q1 workers would beemployed. With the minimum wage (w m) imposed above w1, the marketwage is w m, the number of employed workers is Q2, and the number ofworkers who are unemployed is Q3 - Q2. Total wage payments to workers areshown as the area of rectangle ABCD, which equals w m times Q2.b. An increase in the minimum wage would decrease employment. The size ofthe effect on employment depends only on the elasticity of demand. Theelasticity of supply doesn’t matter, because there’s a surplus of labor.c. The increase in the minimum wage would increase unemployment. The sizeof the rise in unemployment depends on both the elasticities of supply anddemand. The elasticity of demand determines the quantity of labordemanded, the elasticity of supply determines the quantity of labor supplied,and the difference between the quantity supplied and demanded of labor is theamount of unemployment.d. If the demand for unskilled labor were inelastic, the rise in the minimum wagewould increase total wage payments to unskilled labor. With inelasticdemand, the percentage decline in employment would be less than thepercentage increase in the wage, so total wage payments increase. However,if the demand for unskilled labor were elastic, total wage payments woulddecline, since then the percentage decline in employment would exceed thepercentage increase in the wage.Figure 6-8Figure 6-99. a. Figure 6-9 shows the effect of a tax on gun buyers. The tax reduces thedemand for guns from D1 to D2. The result is a rise in the price buyers pay forguns from P1 to P2, and a decline in the quantity of guns from Q1 to Q2.Figure 6-10b. Figure 6-10 shows the effect of a tax on gun sellers. The tax reduces thesupply of guns from S1 to S2. The result is a rise in the price buyers pay forguns from P1 to P2, and a decline in the quantity of guns from Q1 to Q2.c. Figure 6-11 shows the effect of a binding price floor on guns. The increase inprice from P1 to P f leads to a decline in the quantity of guns from Q1 to Q2.There is excess supply in the market for guns, since the quantity supplied (Q3) exceeds the quantity demanded (Q2) at the price P f.Figure 6-11Figure 6-12d. Figure 6-12 shows the effect of a tax on ammunition. The tax on ammunitionreduces the demand for guns from D1 to D2, because ammunition and guns arecomplements. The result is a decline in the price of guns from P1 to P2, and adecline in the quantity of guns from Q1 to Q2.10. a. Programs aimed at making the public aware of the dangers of smoking reducethe demand for cigarettes, shown in Figure 6-13 as a shift from demand curveD1 to D2. The price support program increases the price of tobacco, which isthe main ingredient in cigarettes. As a result, the supply of cigarettes shifts tothe left, from S1 to S2. The effect of both programs is to reduce the quantityof cigarette consumption from Q1 to Q2.Figure 6-13b. The combined effect of the two programs on the price of cigarettes isambiguous. The education campaign reduces demand for cigarettes, whichtends to reduce the price. The tobacco price supports raise the cost ofproduction of cigarettes, which tends to increase the price.c. The taxation of cigarettes further reduces cigarette consumption, since itincreases the price to consumers. As shown in the figure, the quantity falls toQ3.11. a. The effect of a 50 cent per cone subsidy is to shift the demand curve up by 50cents at each quantity, since at each quantity a consumer’s willingness to payis 50 cents higher. The effects of such a subsidy are shown in Figure 6-14.Before the subsidy, the price is P1. After the subsidy, the price received bysellers is P S and the effective price paid by consumers is P D, which equals P Sminus 50 cents. Before the subsidy, the quantity of cones sold is Q1; after thesubsidy the quantity increases to Q2.Figure 6-14b. Because of the subsidy, consumers are better off, since they consume more ata lower price. Producers are also better off, since they sell more at a higherprice. The government loses, since it has to pay for the subsidy.。