1. A good can be produced in a competitive industry at a cost of $10 per unit. There are 100 consumers are each willing to pay $12 each to consume a single unit of the good (additional units have no value to them.) What is the equilibrium price and quantity sold? The government imposes a tax of $1 on the good. What is the deadweight loss of this tax?
In the past 50 years, the frozen food industry in the U.S has grown from $1billion to $27 billion. Discuss the role of opportunity cost in our lives with regards to this huge growth in the frozen food market in the U.S? (3 marks)