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PEA 2024Question 29mcqHard

Country CC has 10,00010{,}000 identical farmers with cost C(qi)=0.5qi2+4qi+100C(q_i)=0.5q_i^{2}+4q_i+100, aggregate demand Q=10,000p+400,000Q=-10{,}000p+400{,}000. Current price support p=30p=30; government buys all unsold output at 3030. The government proposes removing the support and giving each farmer an equal share of the saved expenditure as a lump-sum transfer. Each farmer must, however, pay 300300 to open a bank account to receive the transfer. By how much does a farmer gain (or lose)?