Microeconomics,, 16th Canadian Edition

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this market.


Price (per
kilogram)

Quantity
Demanded

Quantity
Supplied

(millions of kilograms per year)

$2.00 28


$2.40 26


$2.60 24


$3.50 19.5 19.5


$3.90 17


$4.30 14.5 23.5


a. Plot the demand and supply schedules on a diagram.
b. Identify the amount of excess demand or supply
associated with each price.
c. Identify the equilibrium price in this market.
d. Suppose that a collection of national governments were
somehow able to set a minimum price for coffee equal to
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