One method of dealing with a negative externality is to set quotas on the consumption of the good. Suppose that there are only two consumers of a good with a negative externality, Nicole and Andrew. Their willingness-to-pay schedules are given below. Quantity Nicole's Willingness to Pay Andrew's Willingness to Pay 1 50 25 2 40 20 3 30 15 4 20 10 5 10 5 Suppose that the government wishes to limit consumption of this good to 6 units, and thus sets a consumption quota of 3 units on each consumer. If the price of the good is $15, each consumer will purchase the three units allowed. Instructions: Enter your answer as a whole number. a. Total consumer surplus is: $ . b. The resulting distribution of resources is (Click to select) . c. Consumer surplus (and thus social surplus) at the same output: multiple choice 2 would increase if fewer units were consumed. would increase if Nicole received fewer units and Andrew received more units. is maximized at the current equal distribution of goods. would increase if Nicole received more units and Andrew received fewer units.

Consider how health insurance affects the quantity of health care services performed. suppose that the typical medical procedure has a cost of $160, yet a person with health insurance pays only $40 out of pocket. her insurance company pays the remaining $120. (the insurance company recoups the $120 through premiums, but the premium a person pays does not depend on how many procedures that person chooses to undergo.) consider the following demand curve in the market for medical care. use the black point (plus symbol) to indicate the quantity of procedures demanded if each procedure has a price of $160. then use the grey point (star symbol) to indicate the quantity of procedures demanded if each procedure has a price of $40. q d at p=$160 q d at p=$40 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 200 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 price of medical procedures quantity of medical procedures demand if the cost of each procedure to society is truly $160, the quantity that maximizes total surplus is procedures. economists often blame the health insurance system for excessive use of medical care. given your analysis, the use of care might be viewed as excessive because consumers get procedures whose value is than the cost of producing them.

Margaret company reported the following information for the current year: net sales $3,000,000 purchases $1,957,000 beginning inventory $245,000 ending inventory $115,000 cost of goods sold 65% of sales industry averages available are: inventory turnover 5.29 gross profit percentage 28% how do the inventory turnover and gross profit percentage for margaret company compare to the industry averages for the same ratios? (round inventory turnover to two decimal places. round gross profit percentage to the nearest percent.)

Six years ago, an 80-kw diesel electric set cost $160,000. the cost index for this class of equipment six years ago was 187 and is now 194. the cost-capacity factor is 0.6. the plant engineering staff is considering a 120-kw unit of the same general design to power a small isolated plant. assume we want to add a precompressor, which (when isolated and estimated separately) currently costs $13291. determine the total cost of the 120-kw unit. (hint: skip $ and comma symbols)