Consider a market for something called savings. Demanders are people with money who want savings; suppliers are people who have savings who want money. Call the market price r (the interest rate). Suppose that demanders want savings so that when they retire they will be able to “eat, drink and be merry.” The government comes along with a program that gives people money when they retire (call the program Social Security), thereby enabling them to “eat, drink and be merry” without any savings. As a consequence,  ________.

Suppose that all farmers rent the land they farm from non-farmers (the landlords). Suppose, further, that the amount of land being cultivated cannot change. Finally, suppose that subsidies tied to production of agricultural products are provided to farmers by the US Congress. Given this scenario, which of the following statements is true?

The outcome in a market where a firm has market power and the government bans entry.

The outcome in a market where a transactions tax is split, with half collected from suppliers and half collected from demanders.

The outcome in a market where the government announces that if you enter, you cannot exit. (That is, potential entrants understand that the government bans exit even when it would be economically sensible to exit were a firm to be in the market).

The outcome in a market where a transactions tax is collected from suppliers.

The outcome in a market where the use of a good by buyers harms non-buyers.

The following graph applies to questions 21 and 22. Visual Description The shown graph has quantity on the x-axis and price/cost on the y-axis. Three lines are drawn on the graph: Lines A, B, and D. Lines A and B both have positive slopes, while D has a negative slope. Line A passes through (800, $10) and (1000, $12) while line B passes through (800, $4) and (1000, $6). Line D passes through line A at (800, $10) and passes through line B at (1000, $6). At 1000 units of output, the marginal willingness to pay for the last unit is equal to ________.

Slosh Waterbeds faces the following demand for its output: Slosh Waterbeds Price versus Output Price per bed Quantity demanded per day $1000 1 $900 2 $800 3 $700 4 $600 5 $525 6 $450 7 Slosh’s marginal cost is constant at $600 per bed produced for whatever its level of production. Given this, Slosh will choose to ________.

The members of a state legislature claim that they want to increase the quality of schooling in their state. However, they have limited the competition to public schools from private schools. The only way this makes economic sense is if ________.