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Harvard_edx_Contract_Law_FULL 2022( WITH 100 % C0RRECT ANSWERS)Unit 1 Deadweight Loss Problem 1 2/2 points (graded) Vera and Vladimir live in the Arctic. Vera is an expert ice fisher, and Vladimir ... is an excellent hunter. Neither is any good at the other activity – Vera is a terrible hunter, and Vladimir is awful at fishing. Vera can only ice fish in the winter, but she can freeze what she catches to eat during the summer. Vladimir can only hunt in the summer, but he can’t freeze what he kills. It’s winter, and all of the meat that Vladimir killed during the summer has been eaten or has spoiled. He’s hungry. He sees that Vera is still slowly but surely catching fish, and that she isn’t eating all of them – she’s freezing the extras. He asks her if he can have some of her extra fish, but she says no, because she needs to freeze them so she’ll have something to eat in the summer, when she can’t fish. As a result, Vladimir doesn’t have anything to eat. What is the deadweight loss in this situation? Vera is freezing her extra fish. Vladimir has nothing to eat in the winter. correct Vera won't have anything to eat in the summer. Vladimir will be unable to eat all of the meat he catches. Answer Correct: You are correct. The food is inefficiently allocated between Vladimir and Vera, so Vladimir does not have anything to eat during the winter. Why is this deadweight loss happening? Vera and Vladimir do not trust each other; therefore, Vladimir cannot make a promise to give Vera meat in the summer in exchange for fish. Vladimir cannot fish; therefore, Vladimir is going hungry. They cannot agree on a fair price for fish, therefore Vera does not want to sell her fish. They cannot trade, therefore they are unable take advantage of the surplus produced by the other. correct [Show More]

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