Questions from Microeconomics


Q: Vaccines don’t provide immunity from disease for some people. But if

Vaccines don’t provide immunity from disease for some people. But if most people get vaccinated against a disease, such as measles, then the population achieves “herd immunity,” which means that there...

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Q: The elasticities reported in this Making the Connection were calculated using price

The elasticities reported in this Making the Connection were calculated using price data for many brands of beer. Why might price elasticity estimates be less reliable if they use data for only one br...

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Q: Some economists and policymakers have argued that one way to control federal

Some economists and policymakers have argued that one way to control federal government spending on Medicare is to have a board of experts decide whether new medical technologies are worth their highe...

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Q: Suppose China decides to pay large subsidies to any Chinese company that

Suppose China decides to pay large subsidies to any Chinese company that exports goods or services to the United States. As a result, these companies are able to sell products in the United States at...

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Q: Use the following graph of the market for basketball tickets at State

Use the following graph of the market for basketball tickets at State University to answer the questions. a. What is the price elasticity of supply? b. Suppose the basketball team at State Universit...

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Q: According to a news story, during the summer of 2015,

According to a news story, during the summer of 2015, gasoline prices were expected to decline by 32 percent, while “U.S. drivers are expected to consume slightly more gasoline, a 1.6 percent increase...

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Q: The following comments were made by two employers regarding a proposed increase

The following comments were made by two employers regarding a proposed increase in the federal minimum wage: Dillon Edwards, founder of Parlor Coffee: “[The increase] should definitely be [to] more th...

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Q: Sean Astin, who played the hobbit Sam in The Lord of

Sean Astin, who played the hobbit Sam in The Lord of the Rings movies, wrote the following about an earlier film he had appeared in: “Now I was in a movie I didn’t respect, making obscene amounts of m...

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Q: Someone who owns a townhouse wrote to a real estate advice columnist

Someone who owns a townhouse wrote to a real estate advice columnist to ask whether he should sell his townhouse or wait and sell it in the future, when he hoped that prices would be higher. The colum...

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Q: According to one observer of the lobster market: “After Labor

According to one observer of the lobster market: “After Labor Day, when the vacationers have gone home, the lobstermen usually have a month or more of good fishing conditions, except for the occasiona...

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