Answer: A target price for farm crops is an example of price floor because it’s fixed ahead of harvests with the interest of farmers in mind.
Explanation: A quick definition of both concepts would be of help. A price floor is usually fixed by government legislation and it ensures that the price of a commodity or service does not fall below a certain minimum. In the case of farm crops, a floor price makes sure that the farmers are guaranteed a level of profit in case there is poor harvest for any reason whatsoever. The price floor must be fixed above the equilibrium price for this to be effective.
A target price is an expectation of the future price of commodities or services, and hence prices are fixed ahead of the harvest in the case of farm crops. This is so because as explained earlier, future conditions might change and become unfavorable, therefore making the current market price unprofitable for farmers. If for example, a sack of potatoes currently sells for $30, the government may fix the price floor ahead of the harvest season at $45 per sack. This implies that after harvesting farmers can still sell at $30. However if the harvest turns out to be bad perhaps due to natural disasters, pests or fungal attacks, etc, then the farmers can go ahead and sell at $45 and possibly higher. No farmer is allowed to sell below $45 (since that is the ‘floor’). That way, farmers would still have some profit guaranteed and would be encouraged to remain in the farming business.
Answer:
A. Inelastic
B. a less than 10% increase in quantity supplied
Explanation:
A supply is inelastic when a percentage change in quantity supplied is less than percentage change in price.
A supply is inelastic if the price elascitiy is less than 1.
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Answer:
The annual difference between Option 1 (15 years) and Option 2 (20 years) is $7,211.19 in favor of the first one.
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Option 1:
Number of years= 15
FV= 450,000
i= 0.0525
Option 2:
Number of years= 20
FV= 450,000
i= 0.0525
To calculate the annual cash flow, we will use the following formula on each option:
A= (FV*i)/{[(1+i)^n]-1}
A= annual cash flow
<u>Option 1:</u>
A= (450,000*0.0525) / [(1.0525^15) - 1]
A= $20,464.72
<u>Option 2:</u>
A= (450,000*0.0525) / [(1.0525^20) - 1]
A= $13,253.53
The annual difference between Option 1 (15 years) and Option 2 (20 years) is $7,211.19 in favor of the first one.
Answer:
We see that Prog A will give an annual CF of 75%*$6000 = $4500
Prog B will give annual CF of 95%*$6000 = $5700
Disc Rate Kd = 20%
So PV of Annuity of $1 for 5 yrs with Kd = 20% is 2.9906
So NPV of Prog A = CF0+CF1+ ....+Cf5 = -12000+2.9906*4500 = $1,458
So NPV of Prog B= CF0+CF1+ ....+Cf5 = -20000+2.9906*5700 = $(2,954)
So Prog A is more effective as it gives a Positive NPV
