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marysya
2 months ago
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Carlos is risk-neutral and has an ancient farmhouse with great character for sale in Slaterville Springs. His reservation price

for the house is $130,000. The only possible local buyer is Whitney, whose reservation price for the house is $150,000. The only other houses on the market are modern ranch houses that sell for $125,000, which is exactly equal to each potential buyer’s reservation price for such a house. Suppose that if Carlos does not hire a realtor, Whitney will learn from her neighbor that Carlos’s house is for sale and will buy it for $140,000. However, if Carlos hires a realtor, he knows that the realtor will put him in touch with an enthusiast for old farmhouses who is willing to pay up to $350,000 for the house. Carlos also knows that if he and this person negotiate, they will agree on a price of $300,000.
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1 answer:
Free_Kalibri [3.7K]2 months ago
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Answer:

The question lacks completeness; the following addition would enhance it:

"If Realtors require a 5 percent commission on the sale price and every Realtor faces opportunity costs of $2,000 to negotiate a sale, will Carlos opt to hire a Realtor? If he does, how will the overall economic surplus change?"

The result is that the total economic surplus rose from $20,000 to $248,000.

Explanation:

It is essential to grasp the concepts of marginal cost, marginal benefit, and asymmetric information. Marginal cost refers to the additional cost incurred from utilizing one more unit of a resource, while marginal benefit signifies the advantage gained from that investment. Asymmetric information arises when one side in a transaction possesses more information than the other.

Carlos's reservation price stands at $130,000. He intends to sell for $140,000 to Whitney, whose reservation price is $150,000. Thus, Carlos enjoys a surplus of 140,000 - 130,000 = $10,000, and Whitney has a surplus of 150,000 - 140,000 = $10,000. Consequently, the total economic surplus amounts to $20,000.

Should Carlos enlist a realtor, who charges 5% if the property is sold for $300,000 to someone with a reservation price of $350,000, the surplus would be calculated as:

5% × 300,000 - 2000 = $13,000.

Here, the surplus equals 300,000 - 130,000 + 15,000 = $185,000.

Hence, the buyer's surplus is:

350,000 - 300,000 = $50,000.

Thus, the total economic surplus has increased from $20,000 to $248,000.

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