Holy Shift
Stretchy Pants
Dancing on the Ceiling
Death and Taxes
Gio and Abe
100

The difference between what a consumer is willing and able to pay for a product and the price they actually pay is known as?

Consumer Surplus

100

What is the formula to calculate percentage change?

(New - Old)/Old x 100

100
Are binding price ceilings above or below the price equilibrium?

Below.

100

What happens to supply when the government establishes a per-unit excise tax in a market?

It decreases. (Shifts upward)

100

What did Gio and Abe dress up as on Saturday, 10/25/25?

A gorilla and a penguin.

200

The difference between what a producer is willing and able to sell a product and the price they actually sell it for is known as?

Producer Surplus

200
What is the formula to calculate the coefficient of the price elasticity of demand?

% Change in Quantity/% Change in Price

200

True or False: Price floors create shortages.

False.

200

How could the government discourage the production and purchase of harmful goods like cigarettes?

Put on an excise tax.

200

Gio: In 2010, Gio secured his first acting role in a commercial for what department store?

Macy's

300

What are the five factors that can shift the demand curve?


Market Size

Expectations

Related Goods

Income

Tastes and Preferences

300

The Total Revenue Test states that if a product is inelastic, and price increases, what will happen to total revenue?

Total revenue will increase.

300

If you remove a binding price ceiling for a product, what will happen to the equilibrium price?

It will increase.

300

What happens to quantity sold when the government institutes an excise tax?

Quantity sold decreases.

300

Abe: Who was Abe's first kiss?

The Princess Belle at Disney World

400

What are the six factors that can shift the supply curve?

Input Prices

Number of Sellers

Subsidies/Taxes

Expectations

Related Goods

Technology

400
If the price of good A increases and the quantity of good B decreases, does this indicate that these goods are substitutes or complements?

Complements.

400

What will happen to the quantity demanded if the government institutes an effective price floor?

Quantity demanded will decrease.
400

What is the formula for calculating the total tax revenue the government receives?

Per-unit tax multiplied by quantity.
400

Gio: What was the make and model of Gio's first car?

2009 Toyota Rav-4

500

If an unusually cold summer destroyed a large portion of the bee population, the equilibrium price and quantity of honey produced by bees will most likely change in which of the following ways?

Price will increase.  Quantity will decrease.

500

To alleviate a financial crisis, a university increases student fees.  This action will increase university revenues if the price elasticity of demand for university education is?

Inelastic.

500

Assume that the government imposes a binding price ceiling on a market for an inferior good.  If consumer incomes increase, what will happen to the shortage?

It will decrease.

500

If the market demand for a good is inelastic and the supply is elastic, do consumers or producers bear most of the tax burden?

Consumers.

500

Who did Abe take as the last overall pick of the 2024 Microeconomic team draft?

Kaden