Question

When British regulators were forced to suspend the license of a flu vaccine plant in Liverpool operated by the Chiron Corporation due to concerns over bacterial contamination. As a result, the number of flu vaccines available in the United States market decreased by 48 million doses. This was nearly half of the total supply of vaccines in the market.
a) use a supply and demand diagram to illustrate the impact of this event on the market to vaccines in the United States. What impact will this have on the equilibrium price and equilibrium quantity in the U.S. vaccine market?
b) What impact will this have on producer and consumer surplus? Briefly explain

Answer 1

Explanation:

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A. As license got suspended price rose to p1 as quantity fell from q to q1.

So quantity decreased and price rose.

B. The area market csps, D ands cs were consumer surpluses , after the decrease in amount of vaccines in the market, consumer surplus decreased to area cs, csps became part of producer surplus. Triangle d is the deadweight loss caused by fall in quantity.

Ps and d' are initial producer surplus. Producer surplus after decrease in vaccine can be seen in ps and csps. D' is the dead weight loss as price decreases.