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what are your thoughts about design thinking? Incorporate in your reflection the concept of social

innovation learned


Economists in Champaign have been studying the local market for pizza. They've found that the demand for pizza can be described by the following equation: P= 20 - 0.1Q.


What is the price elasticity of demand(using the Midpoint method) when moving from a quantity of 20 to 30?


explain the applicability of the Stolper-Samuelson theorem for predicting terms of trade in two countries.
2 Give an example of a social welfare function that leads to the egalitarian allocation that everyone should be given exactly the same bundle of goods. 5.3 Suppose that society used the à ¢ € œoppositeà ¢ €  of a Rawlsian welfare function: It tried to maximize the wellbeing of the best-off member of society. Write this welfare function. What allocation maximizes welfare in this society?
Consider an economy with two people (person A and person B) and two goods (goodX and good Y). Person A is endowed with Xunits of good X and no units of good Y.Person B is endowed with Yunits of good Y and no units of good X. Their preferencesover their own consumption are identical and describable with the following utilityfunctions:UX YAAaAb=and UX YBBaBb=(where a>0and b>0)What is the utility possibility frontier?What outcome is preferred by the Rawlsian SWF?What outcome is preferred by the utilitarian SWF?

The following Table-3 depicts the market for rice (millions of kilos). Use this table to

answer following questions.

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Table-3

 Price ($) of rice

 2.00

 4.00

 6.00

 8.00

 10.00

 Quantity demanded

 90

 80

 70

 60

 50

 Quantity supplied

  30

  50

  70

  90

  110

 (a) Draw the demand and the supply curves for rice.

(b) What is the present equilibrium price and quantity exchanged in this market?

(c) Suppose that government introduces a price floor of $8 kilo. How much in total will

rice buyers now be paying?

(d) As a result of the price floor, what will be the total amount of surplus? What will be

the dollar amount of this surplus?

(e) Who will be responsible for buying this surplus?


The following Table-2 depicts the market for pizzas (number of pizzas per month).

Use this table to answer following questions. 4 Table-2

  Price ($) per pizza

 2.00

 3.00

 4.00

 5.00

 6.00

 Quantity demanded

 640

 600

 560

 520

 460

 Quantity supplied

  400

  480

  560

  640

  720

 (a) Draw the demand curve for pizzas and supply curve of pizza in a diagram

(b) Explain how the equilibrium in pizza market is determined

(c) What are the values of equilibrium price and quantity exchanged

(d) What will happen in equilibrium price and the quantity demanded if the price of

sandwich goes up assuming that both pizza and sandwich are normal goods

(e) What will happen in equilibrium price and the quantity demanded if an advanced

technology introduced in pizza production


Imagine an economy that consists of 2 consumers named A and B. Consider the following utility possibilities frontier (UPF).

a.Let the social welfare function be W = UA + UB. Draw the UPF and using this social welfare function, show which allocation(s) maximizes social welfare. How would you describe the relative importance to each individual's respective well-being?

b.Let the social welfare function be W = 10UA + UB. Draw the UPF and using this social welfare function, show which allocation(s) maximizes social welfare. How would you describe the relative importance assigned to each individual's respective well-being?

c.Let the social welfare function be W = min(UA, UB). Draw the UPF and using this social welfare function, show which allocation(s) maximizes social welfare. How would you describe the relative importance assigned to each individual's respective well-being?
A social welfare function is thought to be additive along the lines proposed by Bentham and Mill: W=U1+U2 + ... + Un where U; is individual i's utility and there are n individuals. Suppose an economy is made up of two individuals, John and Jane. John's utility function is UJohn = 127 and Jane's utility function is Ujane = 3x. There is a fixed quantity of 140 units of good X. What allocation of good X between John and Jane maximizes social welfare? units of good X and Jane consumes units of good X. (Enter numeric responses using Social welfare (W) is maximized when John consumes integers.)
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