Chapter 4: Q6. (page 93)
People drive faster when they have auto insurance. This example illustrates
- adverse selection.
- asymmetric information.
- moral hazard.
Short Answer
Option (c): Moral hazard
Chapter 4: Q6. (page 93)
People drive faster when they have auto insurance. This example illustrates
Option (c): Moral hazard
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Get started for freeLook at Tables 4.1 and 4.2 together. What is the total surplus if Bob buys a unit from Carlos? If Barb buys a unit from Courtney? If Bob buys a unit from Chad? If you match up pairs of buyers and sellers so as to maximize the total surplus of all transactions, what is the largest total surplus that can be achieved?
Person | Maximum willingness to pay (\() | Actual price (\)) | Consumer surplus (\() |
Bob | 13 | 8 | 5 (=13-8) |
Barb | 12 | 8 | 4 (=12-8) |
Bill | 11 | 8 | 3 (=11-8) |
Bart | 10 | 8 | 2(=10-8) |
Brent | 9 | 8 | 1 (=9-8) |
Betty | 8 | 8 | 0(=8-8) |
Person | Minimum acceptable price (\)) | Actual price (\() | Consumer surplus (\)) |
Carlos | 3 | 8 | 5 (=8-3) |
Courtney | 4 | 8 | 4 (=8-4) |
Chuck | 5 | 8 | 3 (=8-5) |
Cindy | 6 | 8 | 2 (=8-6) |
Craig | 7 | 8 | 1 (=8-7) |
Chad | 8 | 8 | 0 (=8-8) |
Refer to Table 4.2. If the six people listed in the table are the only producers in the market, and the equilibrium price is \(6 (not the \)8 shown), how much producer surplus will the market generate?
Person | Minimum acceptable price (\() | Actual price (\)) |
Carlos | 3 | 6 |
Courtney | 4 | 6 |
Chuck | 5 | 6 |
Cindy | 6 | 6 |
Craig | 7 | 6 |
Chad | 8 | 6 |
What divergences arise between equilibrium output and efficient output when (a) negative externalities and (b) positive externalities are present? How might government correct these divergences? Cite an example (other than the text examples) of an external cost and an external benefit.
Refer to Tables 4.1 and 4.2, which show, respectively, the willingness to pay and the willingness to accept of buyers and sellers of bags of oranges. For the following questions, assume that the equilibrium price and quantity depend on the following changes in supply and demand. Also assume that the only market participants are those listed by name in the two tables.
a. What are the equilibrium price and quantity for the data displayed in the two tables?
b. Instead of bags of oranges, assume that the data in the two tables deal with a good (such as firework display) that can be enjoyed by free riders who do not pay for it. If all the buyers in the two tables free ride, what quantity will private sellers supply?
c. Assume that we are back to talking about bags of oranges (a private good), but the government has decided that tossed orange peels impose a negative externality on the public that must be rectified by imposing a \(2-per-bag tax on sellers. What is the new equilibrium price and quantity? If the new equilibrium quantity is the optimal quantity, by how many bags were oranges overproduced before?
Person | Maximum price willing to pay (\)) |
Bob | 13 |
Barb | 12 |
Bill | 11 |
Bart | 10 |
Brent | 9 |
Betty | 8 |
Person | Minimum acceptable price ($) |
Carlos | 3 |
Courtney | 4 |
Chuck | 5 |
Cindy | 6 |
Craig | 7 |
Chad | 8 |
Which of the following are moral hazard problems? Which are adverse selection problems?
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