Market Equilibrium and the Price Mechanism
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Explain what is meant by equilibrium price and quantity in the market for a good and how price and quantity will be affected by both a rise in the wage rate paid to the workers producing the good and a rise in wages paid to all workers in the economy.
Discuss whether government policies to influence the free market price for a good can ever improve the allocation of resources in that market.
Assess the likely effects on resource allocation of a continuing increase in demand for semi-conductors.
Discuss whether the direct provision of goods and services by the government prevents the price mechanism from working effectively.
Discuss why in most mixed economies, resources are mainly allocated using market forces and the price mechanism.
Discuss whether the imposition of maximum prices can improve the allocation of scarce resources.
Discuss whether subsidies on the production of all types of good will lead to an improved allocation of resources.
Analyse the likely effects on the global price of chocolate of the reported changes in 2015. Discuss the most effective way that the price of chocolate might be stabilised.
In 2022 the supply of root ginger from Nigeria, Africa’s biggest producer, fell by 20%. Market demand was expected to grow by more than 5%.
With the help of a demand and supply diagram, explain how the market equilibrium for root ginger in Nigeria is likely to change and consider how certain you are of the new market price.
Explain the functions of price in resource allocation and consider the importance of these functions in relation to the potential effectiveness of a market economy.