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Supply Demand And Government Policies - Economics
The document discusses the effects of supply, demand, and government policies in a free market, focusing on price controls like ceilings and floors. It explains how binding price ceilings can create shortages, while binding price floors can lead to surpluses, along with their impacts on goods such as gasoline and housing. Additionally, it explores the implications of taxes on market activity, highlighting how tax incidence depends on the elasticity of supply and demand.
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- 1. Supply, Demand and GovernmentPolicies
- 2. Supply, Demand, andGovernment Policies In a free, unregulated market system, market forces establish equilibrium prices and exchange quantities. While equilibrium conditions may be efficient, it may be true that not everyone is satisfied. One of the roles of economists is to use their theories to assist in the development of policies.
- 3. Price Controls... Are usuallyenacted when policymakers believe the market price is unfair to buyers or sellers. Result in government-created price ceilings and floors.
- 4. Price Ceilings &Price Floors Price Ceiling A legally established maximum price at which a good can be sold. Price Floor A legally established minimum price at which a good can be sold.
- 5. Price Ceilings Two outcomesare possible when the government imposes a price ceiling: The price ceiling is not binding if set above the equilibrium price. The price ceiling is binding if set below the equilibrium price, leading to a shortage.
- 6. A Price CeilingThat Is Not Binding... $4 3 Quantity of Ice-Cream Cones 0 Price of Ice-Cream Cone Demand Supply Price ceiling Equilibrium price 100 Equilibrium quantity
- 7. A Price CeilingThat Is Binding... $3 Quantity of Ice-Cream Cones 0 Price of Ice-Cream Cone 2 Demand Supply Equilibrium price Price ceiling Shortage 125 Quantity demanded 75 Quantity supplied
- 8. Effects of PriceCeilings A binding price ceiling creates ... … shortages because QD > QS. Example: Gasoline shortage of the 1970s … nonprice rationing Examples: Long lines, Discrimination by sellers
- 9. Lines at theGas Pump In 1973 OPEC raised the price of crude oil in world markets. Because crude oil is the major input used to make gasoline, the higher oil prices reduced the supply of gasoline. What was responsible for the long gas lines? Economists blame government regulations that limited the price oil companies could charge for gasoline.
- 10. The Price Ceilingon Gasoline Is Not Binding... $4 P1 Quantity of Gasoline 0 Price of Gasoline Q1 Demand Supply Price ceiling 1. Initially, the price ceiling is not binding...
- 11. The Price Ceilingon Gasoline Is Binding... P1 Quantity of Gasoline 0 Price of Gasoline Q1 Demand S1 Price ceiling S2 2. …but when supply falls... P2 3. …the price ceiling becomes binding... 4. …resulting in a shortage.
- 12. Rent Control Rent controlsare ceilings placed on the rents that landlords may charge their tenants. The goal of rent control policy is to help the poor by making housing more affordable. One economist called rent control “the best way to destroy a city, other than bombing.”
- 13. Rent Control inthe Short Run... Quantity of Apartments 0 Rental Price of Apartmen t Demand Supply Controlled rent Shortage Supply and demand for apartments are relatively inelastic
- 14. Rent Control inthe Long Run... Quantity of Apartments 0 Rental Price of Apartmen t Demand Supply Controlled rent Shortage Because the supply and demand for apartments are more elastic... …rent control causes a large shortage
- 15. Price Floors When thegovernment imposes a price floor, two outcomes are possible. The price floor is not binding if set below the equilibrium price. The price floor is binding if set above the equilibrium price, leading to a surplus.
- 16. A Price FloorThat Is Not Binding... $3 Quantity of Ice-Cream Cones 0 Price of Ice-Cream Cone 100 Equilibrium quantity Equilibrium price Demand Supply Price floor 2
- 17. A Price FloorThat Is Binding... $3 Quantity of Ice-Cream Cones 0 Price of Ice-Cream Cone Equilibrium price Demand Supply Price floor$4 120 Quantity supplied 80 Quantity demanded Surplus
- 18. Effects of aPrice Floor A price floor prevents supply and demand from moving toward the equilibrium price and quantity. When the market price hits the floor, it can fall no further, and the market price equals the floor price.
- 19. Effects of aPrice Floor A binding price floor causes . . . … a surplus because QS >QD. … nonprice rationing is an alternative mechanism for rationing the good, using discrimination criteria. Examples: The minimum wage, Agricultural price supports
- 20. The Minimum Wage Animportant example of a price floor is the minimum wage. Minimum wage laws dictate the lowest price possible for labor that any employer may pay.
- 21. The Minimum Wage Quantityof Labor 0 Wage Equilibrium wage Labor demand Labor supply A Free Labor Market Equilibrium employment
- 22. Minimum wage The Minimum Wage Quantityof Labor 0 Wage Labor demand Labor supply Quantity supplied Quantity demanded Labor surplus (unemployment) A Labor Market with a Minimum Wage
- 23. Taxes Governments levy taxesto raise revenue for public projects.
- 24. What are somepotential impacts of taxes? Taxes discourage market activity. When a good is taxed, the quantity sold is smaller. Buyers and sellers share the tax burden.
- 25. Taxes Tax incidence isthe study of who bears the burden of a tax. Taxes result in a change in market equilibrium. Buyers pay more and sellers receive less, regardless of whom the tax is levied on.
- 26. Impact of a50¢ Tax Levied on Buyers... 3.00 Quantity of Ice-Cream Cones 0 Price of Ice-Cream Cone 100 D1 Supply, S1 A tax on buyers shifts the demand curve downward by the size of the tax ($0.50). D2
- 27. 3.00 Quantity of Ice-Cream Cones 0 Priceof Ice-Cream Cone 10090 $3.30 Price buyers pay D1 D2 Equilibrium with tax Supply, S1 Equilibrium without tax Impact of a 50¢ Tax Levied on Buyers... 2.80 Price sellers receive Price without tax Tax ($0.50)
- 28. What was theimpact of tax? Taxes discourage market activity. When a good is taxed, the quantity sold is smaller. Buyers and sellers share the tax burden.
- 29. 3.00 Quantity of Ice-Cream Cones 0 Priceof Ice-Cream Cone 10090 S1 S2 Demand, D1 Impact of a 50¢ Tax on Sellers... Price without tax 2.80 Price sellers receive $3.30 Price buyers pay Equilibrium without tax A tax on sellers shifts the supply curve upward by the amount of the tax ($0.50). Tax ($0.50) Equilibrium with tax
- 30. A Payroll Tax Quantityof Labor 0 Wage Wage without tax Labor demand Labor supply Tax wedge Wage firms pay Wage workers receive
- 31. The Incidence ofTax In what proportions is the burden of the tax divided? How do the effects of taxes on sellers compare to those levied on buyers? The answers to these questions depend on the elasticity of demand and the elasticity of supply.
- 32. Elastic Supply, InelasticDemand... Quantity0 Price Demand Supply Tax 1. When supply is more elastic than demand... 2. ...the incidence of the tax falls more heavily on consumers... 3. ...than on producers. Price without tax Price buyers pay Price sellers receive
- 33. Inelastic Supply, ElasticDemand... Quantity0 Price Demand Supply Price without tax Tax 1. When demand is more elastic than supply... 2. ...the incidence of the tax falls more heavily on producers... 3. ...than on consumers. Price buyers pay Price sellers receive
- 34. So, how isthe burden of the tax divided? The burden of a tax falls more heavily on the side of the market that is less elastic.
- 35. Summary Price controls includeprice ceilings and price floors. A price ceiling is a legal maximum on the price of a good or service. An example is rent control. A price floor is a legal minimum on the price of a good or a service. An example is the minimum wage.
- 36. Summary Taxes are usedto raise revenue for public purposes. When the government levies a tax on a good, the equilibrium quantity of the good falls. A tax on a good places a wedge between the price paid by buyers and the price received by sellers.
- 37. Summary The incidence ofa tax refers to who bears the burden of a tax. The incidence of a tax does not depend on whether the tax is levied on buyers or sellers. The incidence of the tax depends on the price elasticities of supply and demand.
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- 39. A Price CeilingThat Is Not Binding... $4 3 Quantity of Ice-Cream Cones 0 Price of Ice-Cream Cone Demand Supply Price ceiling Equilibrium price 100 Equilibrium quantity
- 40. A Price CeilingThat Is Binding... $3 Quantity of Ice-Cream Cones 0 Price of Ice-Cream Cone 2 Demand Supply Equilibrium price Price ceiling Shortage 125 Quantity demanded 75 Quantity supplied
- 41. The Price Ceilingon Gasoline Is Not Binding... $4 P1 Quantity of Gasoline 0 Price of Gasoline Q1 Demand Supply Price ceiling 1. Initially, the price ceiling is not binding...
- 42. The Price Ceilingon Gasoline Is Binding... P1 Quantity of Gasoline 0 Price of Gasoline Q1 Demand S1 Price ceiling S2 2. …but when supply falls... P2 3. …the price ceiling becomes binding... 4. …resulting in a shortage.
- 43. Rent Control inthe Short Run... Quantity of Apartments 0 Rental Price of Apartmen t Demand Supply Controlled rent Shortage Supply and demand for apartments are relatively inelastic
- 44. Rent Control inthe Long Run... Quantity of Apartments 0 Rental Price of Apartmen t Demand Supply Controlled rent Shortage Because the supply and demand for apartments are more elastic... …rent control causes a large shortage
- 45. A Price FloorThat Is Not Binding... $3 Quantity of Ice-Cream Cones 0 Price of Ice-Cream Cone 100 Equilibrium quantity Equilibrium price Demand Supply Price floor 2
- 46. A Price FloorThat Is Binding... $3 Quantity of Ice-Cream Cones 0 Price of Ice-Cream Cone Equilibrium price Demand Supply Price floor$4 120 Quantity supplied 80 Quantity demanded Surplus
- 47. The Minimum Wage Quantityof Labor 0 Wage Equilibrium wage Labor demand Labor supply A Free Labor Market Equilibrium employment
- 48. The Minimum Wage Minimum wage Quantityof Labor 0 Wage Labor demand Labor supply Quantity supplied Quantity demanded Labor surplus (unemployment) A Labor Market with a Minimum Wage
- 49. Impact of a50¢ Tax Levied on Buyers... 3.00 Quantity of Ice-Cream Cones 0 Price of Ice-Cream Cone 100 D1 Supply, S1 A tax on buyers shifts the demand curve downward by the size of the tax ($0.50). D2
- 50. Impact of a50¢ Tax Levied on Buyers... 3.00 Quantity of Ice-Cream Cones 0 Price of Ice-Cream Cone 10090 $3.30 Price buyers pay D1 D2 Equilibrium with tax Supply, S1 Equilibrium without tax 2.80 Price sellers receive Price without tax Tax ($0.50)
- 51. Impact of a50¢ Tax on Sellers... 3.00 Quantity of Ice-Cream Cones 0 Price of Ice-Cream Cone 10090 S1 S2 Demand, D1 Price without tax 2.80 Price sellers receive $3.30 Price buyers pay Equilibrium without tax A tax on sellers shifts the supply curve upward by the amount of the tax ($0.50). Tax ($0.50) Equilibrium with tax
- 52. A Payroll Tax Quantityof Labor 0 Wage Wage without tax Labor demand Labor supply Tax wedge Wage firms pay Wage workers receive
- 53. Elastic Supply, InelasticDemand... Quantity0 Price Demand Supply Tax 1. When supply is more elastic than demand... 2. ...the incidence of the tax falls more heavily on consumers... 3. ...than on producers. Price without tax Price buyers pay Price sellers receive
- 54. Inelastic Supply, ElasticDemand... Quantity0 Price Demand Supply Price without tax Tax 1. When demand is more elastic than supply... 2. ...the incidence of the tax falls more heavily on producers... 3. ...than on consumers. Price buyers pay Price sellers receive