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3 years ago

Why is a price floor set above an equilibrium price tends to cause persistent imbalances in the market?

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kotykmax [81]3 years ago

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Answer:

A price floor set above the equilibrium price will result in a surplus of supply.

Explanation.

An equilibrium price refers to the price at which demand for a service or product is equivalent to the quantity of the product or service supplied in the market.

Setting a price floor above the equilibrium price essentially means that the set prices will be higher than what demand is willing to pay for the product or service. Demand will therefore purchase fewer quantity of the product offered by supply at the prevailing price than they would have at equilibrium price.

Since the price floor will raise the product price to considerably higher than the equilibrium price, supply will be willing to provide higher volumes of the product at the prevailing price than at equilibrium price.

This will lead to a mismatch in the market between supply and demand resulting into a surplus.

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Answer: less than the coupon

Explanation:

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a. How many shares authorized?

b. How many shares were issued?

c. How many shares are outstanding?

d. What is the balance of the Common Stock account?

e. What is the balance of the Treasury Stock account?

Answer:

(a) 4,000,000 shares

(b) 3,200,000 shares

(d) $3,200,000

(e) $750,000

Explanation:

(A) Number of shares that was authorized is 4,000,000

(B) Number of shares that was issued is 3,200,000

= number of shares issued-acquired shares in the treasury stock

= 3,200,000-30,000

= 3,170,000

(D) The balance of common stock account can be calculated as follows

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= 3,200,000×$1

= $3,200,000

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b) 12.6825

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