However, the supply of salt in the UK comes mainly from three salt mines; one in Cheshire, one in Cleveland, and one in County Antrim. The shortage was so great that at one point the government ordered councils to use less grit on the roads and stopped gritting the hard shoulder of the motorways. Problems in the past meant councils had been instructed to hold a few days worth of stock of salt but this was not enough to make the roads safe in what was the coldest period since 1963. Questions Why do councils keep stocks of salt?

The blue curve on the following graph represents the demand curve facing a firm that can set its own prices. Use the graph input tool to help you answer the following questions. You will not be graded on any changes you make to this graph. Note: Once you enter a value in a white field, the graph and any corresponding amounts in each grey field will change accordingly. # 345470 10 QUANTITY (Unita) *** TO QUANTITY (Number of units) Graph Input Tool Market for Goods Quantity Demanded (Lv) Demand Price (Dollars per unit) On the graph input tool, change the number found in the Quantity Demanded field to determine the prices that correspond to the production of 0, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 10 units of output. Calculate the total revenue for each of these production levels. Then, on the following graph, use the green points (triangle symbo) to plot the results. Total Revenue QUANTITY() Ⓒ 50.00 Calculate the total revenue if the firm produces 2 versus 1 units. Then, calculate the marginal revenue of…

The market for soccer balls is composed by 4 firms. Consider the following information on the quatity supplied at different prices: When the price for a ball is $25, the supply of firm 1 is 5, the supply of firm 2 is 2, the supply of firm 3 is 3, and the supply of firm 4 is 0. When the price for a ball is $50, the supply of firm 1 is 7, the supply of firm 2 is 5, the supply of firm 3 is 5, and the supply of firm 4 is 3. When the price for a ball is $75, the supply of firm 1 is 9, the supply of firm 2 is 8, the supply of firm 3 is 7, and the supply of firm 4 is 6. When the price for a ball is $100, the supply of firm 1 is 11, the supply of firm 2 is 11, the supply of firm 3 is 10, and the supply of firm 4 is 9. When the price is $50, the market supply of soccer balls is:   a. 20   b. 10   c. 30   d. 41

When the Covid-19 pandemic hits, chicken sellers are likely to raise chicken prices due to rising costs. The government had to act by setting a ceiling price for the supply of chicken in the market. The original price of chicken is RM6 per kilo. At that time, it is assumed that the equilibrium quantity is 1000 chickens. But the government has set the ceiling price at RM8 only. Draw and briefly explain a curve that illustrates the situation where ceiling pricing takes place in the sale of chicken in the market.

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A federal regulation that required that all beef consumed in the US must be grown and processed in the US is likely to: Drive up the price of beef in the US Increase beef consumption in the US Decrease consumption of chicken in the US (assuming chicken is a substitute for beef in the US) Increase international trade in beef products

The following is an excerpt from an article in the Singaporean newspaper, the Straits Times: Singaporeans with a sweet tooth could soon find themselves paying more for their favourite treats, as bakers and confectioners buckle under soaring sugar prices. Since March last year, the price of white sugar has shot up by 70 per cent, according to the New York Board of Trade. As if that didn’t make life difficult enough for bakers, butter and cheese prices have also risen, by 31 per cent and 17 per cent respectively. The increases have been caused by various factors: a steep drop in Thailand’s sugarcane production due to drought, higher sea freight charges, increasing demand from China’s consumers for dairy products and the strong Australian and New Zealand dollar. For the consumer in Singapore, what this may eventually boil down to is a more expensive bag of cookies, with prices at some bakeries expected to rise between 10 and 20 per cent. [The owner of a Singapore…

In 2020 the UK government introduced a sales tax on all products bought online from overseas. Please note this is not a tariff – it is a tax. The tax will be 2% of the value of the products sold in the UK. This tax is collected from online sellers such as Amazon or ebay. Source: BBC (2019). See link: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50656106   Consider the market for online products. The initial market equilibrium is at 10 million products sold per year at an average price of $500 each. Then, the UK government imposes a tax on the market, collected from sellers (for example Amazon and ebay). The tax is 2% per item (each item has an average price of $500).   Show the effect of this on the market for online products. Show the effect on consumers of online products, on the online sellers and on the government. Does the UK economy gain or lose as a result of the tax? Explain why. Use a diagram to support your answer.

The market for organic and locally sourced foods has skyrocketed over the past decade as consumers focus on improving their eating habits. However, severe droughts have caused organic food prices to rise significantly, forcing many consumers to shop at conventional supermarkets (which are increasingly adding organic food options) instead of organic food markets such as Whole Foods. In response, companies such as Whole Foods have begun offering more nonorganic options on their store shelves in order to provide their consumers with more affordable options. Based on this response, what did companies such as Whole Foods realize about the elasticity of demand for organic foods that caused them to lower their prices by changing the type of foods they sell?

Due to fear about mad cow disease, Japan stopped importing animal feed from Britain in 1996, beef imports and processed beef products from 18 countries including EU members starting in 2001, and similar imports from Canada and the United States in 2003. After U.S. beef imports were banned, McDonald’s Japan and other Japanese importers replaced much of the banned U.S. beef with Australian beef, causing an export boom for Australia (“China Bans U.S. Beef,” cnn.com, December 24, 2003; “Beef Producers Are on the Lookout for Extra Demand,” abc.net.au, June 13, 2005). Use supply and demand curves to show the impact of these events on the domestic Australian beef market.