Scenario 6-1. Austin and Joel both work and earn $50,000 per…
Scenario 6-1. Austin and Joel both work and earn $50,000 per year. Assume all income is consumed (c). There is a 2% chance Austin will become injured and earn no income. There is a 8% chance that Joel will become injured and earn no income. Austin and Joel both have utility function Refer to Scenario 6-1. Suppose full insurance is offered and the premium is $2000 per year. Which is correct?
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Scenario 4-2. Suppose there are three residents in a neighborhood, Barbara, Cole, and Dawn. They are considering the allocation of a certain public good in the neighborhood. Barbara’s demand for the public good is P = 120 – Q. Cole’s demand for the public good is P = 100 – Q. Dawn’s demand for the public good is P = 80 – Q. If your answer is not a whole number, please make sure to round to the nearest hundredth.Refer to Scenario 4-2. At what price is the socially optimal number of the public good produced equal to 40 units? Please do not enter the dollar sign in your answer.
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Scenario 3-2 Consider a market with the following supply and demand curves: Qd= 50-2P and Qs=P-10 Suppose the government charges the producer a tax of 3 dollars for each unit sold.Based on Scenario 3-2 What is the tax revenue?
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Table 3-4 Federal Government receipts and expenditures and nominal GDP, billions of dollars. 1967 1978 1984 1999 2009 2018 Tax Receipts 108 280 410 1175 1124 1956 Other Receipts 38 144 302 732 1116 1542 Government Purchases and Subsidies 92 173 317 501 993 1121 Government Transfer Payments 52 234 397 986 2141 2846 Interest Payments 22 79 194 352 355 541 Net Government Investment 9 5 25 -3 49 4 Nominal GDP 860 2,352 4,339 9,631 14,449 20,580 Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis Assume the table above represents all federal government revenues and expenditures. Refer to table 3-4. Calculate the government budgetary position in 1984 in billions of dollars. If the budget is in deficit, enter a ‘-‘ sign before the value. Do not enter a ‘$’ sign.
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