The President of ALS Society of America asks you to determine whether the level of ALS research in the U.S. is close to where it should be. You decide to estimate the demand and supply curves for ALS research, which you are thinking of as a pure public good. You find that there are two types of people in the U.S., each with a very different demand for autism research: Mother Teresas: P-$50-2Q Scrooges: P=$10-Q You also estimate that the marginal cost of producing each ALS study is $20. a. Sketch the Demand Curves for Mother Teresas and for Scrooges? Label the x and y Intercepts. Mother Teresas: P-$50 when Q-0 Q-25 when P-0 Scrooges: P-$10 when Q-0 Q-10 when P-0

The President of ALS Society of America asks you to determine whether the level of ALS research in the U.S. is close to where it should be. You decide to estimate the demand and supply curves for ALS research, which you are thinking of as a pure public good. You find that there are two types of people in the U.S., each with a very different demand for autism research: Mother Teresas: P-$50-2Q Scrooges: P=$10-Q You also estimate that the marginal cost of producing each ALS study is $20. a. Sketch the Demand Curves for Mother Teresas and for Scrooges? Label the x and y Intercepts. Mother Teresas: P-$50 when Q-0 Q-25 when P-0 Scrooges: P-$10 when Q-0 Q-10 when P-0

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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