15 Oct You are a junior executive of a new cellular phone carrier called Technologies of the Future (TOF) that competes in the same market as Verizon Wireless, AT&T, and T-Mobile. You have
You are a junior executive of a new cellular phone carrier called Technologies of the Future (TOF) that competes in the same market as Verizon Wireless, AT&T, and T-Mobile. You have been asked to analyze supply and demand, market equilibrium, and market shortages and surpluses to determine the optimal price for TOF to charge for a phone. The task at hand is to graph the supply and demand curves in Excel using the values given below.
Your graph must be properly constructed; please use a scatter graph with markers or a scatter graph with smooth lines. The graph should include a chart title, x-axis, y-axis, and contain a properly labeled equilibrium point.
- Identify the firm's equilibrium price and quantity in the market.
- Draw on your graph a price ceiling and a price floor and discuss what those terms mean. Explain which government-mandated price would result in a market shortage and a market surplus and why?
- Calculate market shortages and market surpluses given the values from the graph based on the prices provided in the Price.docx. Be sure to define a market shortage and a market surplus.
- Identify and discuss the price TOF should charge for its cellular phones.
- Describe potential market failures that TOF could experience as a result of government policies.
Price |
Quantity Demanded |
Quantity Supplied |
500 |
1200 |
200 |
600 |
1100 |
300 |
700 |
1000 |
400 |
800 |
900 |
500 |
900 |
800 |
600 |
1000 |
700 |
700 |
1100 |
600 |
800 |
1200 |
500 |
900 |
1300 |
400 |
1000 |
1400 |
300 |
1100 |
1500 |
200 |
1200 |