3. There are two industries in a circular city. Each industry produces a good for export and theexport point is the center of the city. The price at the point of export is $15 per unit for thefirst good and $15 per unit for the second good. Transportation costs within the city are 50cents per mile per unit for the first good, and 75 cents per mile per unit for the secondgood. Other costs (labor and capital) are $8 per unit for the first good and $6 per unit forthe second good. Firms produce 60 units of the first good and 80 units of the second goodper unit of land. The land market is perfectly competitive, which implies that the users ofland bid enough to reduce their economic profits to zero. The agricultural bid rent is $30 atall locations.a. Find the bid rent curves for the two industries that correspond to zero economic profits.b. Where do the first and second industries locate in the city? Show on a graph.

Rent is characterized as a surplus that comes from benefits like capitalization. It is an indicator…

Answered: a. Find the bid rent curves for the two…

a. Find the bid rent curves for the two industries that correspond to zero economic profits. b. Where do the first and second industries locate in the city? Show on a graph.

ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

14th Edition

ISBN:9780190931919

Author:NEWNAN

Publisher:NEWNAN

Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1QTC

See similar textbooks

Similar questions

8. Assume that the production of cement also produces a substantial amount of air pol- lution and that a technology is available that can lower the pollution but with some- what higher production costs for the cement. Because of the availability of raw materials in Lindertania, it produces large amounts of cement, and its exports supply most demand in Pugelovia. But the air pollution from Lindertania's production blows into Pugelovia, causing a noticeable deterioration in Pugelovia's air quality. Although Lindertania suffers some harm itself from this air pollution, it does not now have any policy to reduce the pollution. The Pugelovian government wants to address this air pollution problem. a. If the two countries' governments cooperate, what is the best solution to address the problem? Explain. b. If Pugelovia must come up with a solution on its own, what should the Pugelovian government do? Explain.
1. The Coca-Cola Company markets the Coke brand and manufactures concentrate for sale to regional bottlers. Coke bottlers mix concentrate with sweetener and water to produce the soft drink for supermarkets, restaurants, and other retail outlets. Possible sweeteners include corn syrup and sugar. Owing to federal restrictions against imports, sugar is relatively more expensive in the United States than the rest of the world. (a) Why do U.S. soft drink bottlers use relatively more corn syrup than bottlers elsewhere in the world? (b) Draw a US Coke bottler’s demand for corn syrup. (Hint: You are free to assume any data necessary to draw the demand.) (c) Use your figure to explain how the following changes would affect a Coke bottler's demand for corn syrup: (i) removal of the federal restrictions against sugar imports; (ii) fall in the price of corn syrup; and (iii) increase in the sales of Pepsi. (d) Who benefits and who loses from the federal restrictions against sugar imports? Note:-…
R Imagine that it costs $40 in the United States to produce one ton of soybeans and transport them to market, while it costs $30 in Brazil to produce one ton of soybeans and transport them to market Imagine that it costs $20,000 in the United States to produce one automobile and transport it to maket, while costs $10,000 in Brazil to produce one automobile and transport it to market. Which of the following four arrangements would be most efficient? (Hint: Derived OC from PPF (production) = 1/OC derived from costs to make ) a. The United States should produce everything, since it can produce both soybeans and automobiles better than Brazil can produce them. Ob. Brazil should specialize and produce only automobiles. The United States should specialize and produce only soybeans. Then the two countries should trade with each other. Brazil will send automobiles to the United States, while the United States sends soybeans to the Brazil. Oc. The United States should specialize and produce…
Wichita — Farmers in Kansas, the biggest US producerof wheat, are abandoning their crops damaged by severedrought and cold.Some are spraying wheat fields with crop-killingchemicals and claiming insurance payouts in the beliefthat it is not worth harvesting the little grain that thereis, Reuters found on a three-day tour of the state. Othergrowers let cattle graze on the dismal-looking fields.Abandoning fields will reduce the crop of the world’sfifth-largest wheat exporter, with stocks expected to fallto a 16-year low. Large-scale abandonment deals aneconomic blow to farm towns and force wheat buyersto adjust procurement plans by buying the staple grainelsewhere.Nationally, winter-wheat farmers plan to abandon 33%of the acres they planted, the highest percentage sinceWorld War 1, the US department of agriculture said ina May 12 report.Kansas farmers are expected to abandon about 19% ofthe area planted last autumn, up from 10% in 2022 and4% in 2021, according to the report. But farmers,…
Wichita — Farmers in Kansas, the biggest US producerof wheat, are abandoning their crops damaged by severedrought and cold.Some are spraying wheat fields with crop-killingchemicals and claiming insurance payouts in the beliefthat it is not worth harvesting the little grain that thereis, Reuters found on a three-day tour of the state. Othergrowers let cattle graze on the dismal-looking fields.Abandoning fields will reduce the crop of the world’sfifth-largest wheat exporter, with stocks expected to fallto a 16-year low. Large-scale abandonment deals aneconomic blow to farm towns and force wheat buyersto adjust procurement plans by buying the staple grainelsewhere.Nationally, winter-wheat farmers plan to abandon 33%of the acres they planted, the highest percentage sinceWorld War 1, the US department of agriculture said ina May 12 report.Kansas farmers are expected to abandon about 19% ofthe area planted last autumn, up from 10% in 2022 and4% in 2021, according to the report. But farmers,…
The following graph shows intra-industry trade in the United States for two types of yogurts: Yoplait (a famous French brand) and Dannon (a famous American brand): 13 12 11. 10 A 9 7 1. -1 0 -11 O AKL. O AGH. Supply of Yoplait 3 O GHLK. O HPL. US Market for Yoplait (Y) Demand for Yoplait Yoplak 10 11 12 13 14 15 -1 12 Price 11 10 A 0 US Market for Dannon (D) Refer to the above graph. At the price of $6, intra-industry trade leads to a consumers surplus for Y equal to: Supply of Dannon Demand for Dannon Dannon 10 11 12 13
The market for avocados in Santa Cruz has 5 local producers and 5 local "consumers" (each is actually a restaurant). Each producer can produce 1 avocado, and each consumer demands 1 avocado. The producers and consumers are: Table 1: Producer Cost |Amy's Farm $15 Ostrich Farm $6 Knott's Farm $14 Fambrini's Farm $9 JSM Organic Farms $10 Table 2: Willingness Consumer to pay Cafe Ivita $4 Avanti's $1 El Palomar $10 Olita's $9 Vim $5
China is a major producer of grains, such aswheat, corn, and rice. Some years ago, the Chinesegovernment, concerned that grain exports weredriving up food prices for domestic consumers,imposed a tax on grain exports.a. Draw the graph that describes the market for grainin an exporting country. Use this graph as thestarting point to answer the following questions.b. How does an export tax affect domestic grainprices?c. How does it affect the welfare of domesticconsumers, the welfare of domestic producers,and government revenue?d. What happens to total welfare in China, asmeasured by the sum of consumer surplus,producer surplus, and tax revenue?
Steel (millions of tons) 8 30 20- 10 0 Country A Production possibilition curve 10 20 30 40 Chemicals (millions of tons) From the diagrams, it can be seen that 50 Steel (millions of tons) 8 20 10 0 Country B Production possibilities curve 10 20 30 40 Chemicals (millions of tons) O the slopes of the two curves indicate both countries will specialize in chemicals. O country B has an absolute advantage in both commodities. O it is more costly in terms of resources to produce steel in country A. O country B has a comparative advantage in chemicals. O country A has a comparative advantage in both commodities. 50
2. The figure below shows the demand curve for a U.S. farmer for irrigating his land. It costs 097 the farmer $100 per acre to irrigate the land. Each acre of land irrigation generates salty runoff that winds up in the Colorado River. It costs $50 to desalinate this river water so Mexican farmers can irrigate their crops. a. Price 2 Linolla no bobang od liw nowomon quoY sho Hyldguorodi Arow He wor? C. 250 yab labiquis noboinions amoT 000, bus ,0012 101 og awotllam2 ni amoor fotoH 1 moos beinet von 02 10 xat s lod ogradio or aobioob toyim odiounovor seisT OT S 1001 101 011 gniog odt.bozogmi zi xet ont rofl A siir onsloole.000 of alls bonor amo01 to to 220l trigiswbsob oda bus nwollem? (lasvuo bramab Jazon bra vigque diw do wendaiti) Irrigation(acres) D=PB=SB 100 Draw the (marginal) private cost of irrigation on the graph. (Hint: when one more acre is irrigated, how much should be spent?) b. Draw the (marginal) social cost of irrigation on the graph. asiduob won 10vers: d To 15dman od…
Country A Country B Textiles 4 4 Soybeans 4 5 The numbers in the table indicate the number of hours required to produce 1 unit of the good What is pT in Autarky? O 1 in Country A 4/5 in Country B 4wA in Country A 4wB in Country B O4 in Country A 4 in Country B O 1 in Country A 5/4 in Country B
1. The United States currently imports all of its coffee. The annual demand for coffee by U.S. consumers is given by the demand curve Q = 250 – 10P, where Q is quantity (in millions of pounds) and P is the market price per pound of coffee. World producers can harvest and ship coffee to U.S. distributors at a constant marginal (= average) cost of $8 per pound. U.S. distributors can in turn distribute coffee for a constant $2 per pound. The U.S. coffee market is competitive. Congress is considering a tariff on coffee imports of $2 per pound. a. If there is no tariff, how much do consumers pay for a pound of coffee? What is the quantity demanded? b. If the tariff is imposed, how much will consumers pay for a pound of coffee? What is the quantity demanded? c. Calculate the lost consumer surplus. d. Calculate the tax revenue collected by the government. e. Does the tariff result in a net gain or a net loss to society as a whole?