Suppose the price elasticity of demand for Mexican food is 1.23 and the price elasticity of supply is 0.47. If the government imposes a tax on Mexican food, do buyers or sellers pay most of the tax? Why?
What will be an ideal response?
Sellers pay most of the tax because supply is inelastic while demand is elastic. There are many substitutes for the good, so unless sellers are willing to pay most of the tax, buyers spend their money on other types of food.
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Under the cartel, the individual firm's quantity is (assuming that it wants to cheat on its quota) 
Figure 42.2
A. Q1. B. Q2. C. Q3. D. Qb.
The figure above shows a tax imposed on a good with an external cost. The area of the rectangle abcd equals
A) the MSB. B) the total tax revenue collected by the government. C) the amount of pollution tax per ton. D) the MC. E) the deadweight loss.
The OLS estimator is derived by
A) connecting the Yi corresponding to the lowest Xi observation with the Yi corresponding to the highest Xi observation. B) making sure that the standard error of the regression equals the standard error of the slope estimator. C) minimizing the sum of absolute residuals. D) minimizing the sum of squared residuals.
When we focus on the firm as a supplier of a good or a service, we assume that the firm is a profit maximizer. When we focus on the firm as a demander of labor, we assume that the firm's objective is to
a. minimize wages. b. minimize variable costs. c. maximize the number of workers hired. d. maximize profit.