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AP MICROECONOMICS “GRAPHING PROJECT”
As we move into the second half of the year, you have a little less than 4 months to prepare for the AP
Microeconomics Exam in May. As you have seen, we are 100% through the material that you will be
tested on. At this point, you should now have a firm grasp on many of the elementary graphs and
illustrations presented within the course. This understanding is important due to the fact that:
“Since 1996, students have been required to draw and label their own graphs for
some parts of the free-response questions on the AP Microeconomics
Examination. Drawing graphs is not just the key to earning points directly for
your artwork; it is also the secret to solving problems that may not even require
a graph. Have you noticed that economists seem compulsive about drawing
graphs? It’s not that they are repressed artists. Rather, they know this secret:
Economics is very hard to sort out in your head but relatively easy with a few
illustrations. Invest the time necessary to learn to draw the graphs. Resist the
temptation to interpret the question with words alone. Although the graders
often permit a high point allocation for good prose (word only) responses, the
most successful prose responses are typically explanations of graphs that show
that the students understand the graphs and visualize them in their minds.”
BARRON’S How to Prepare for the AP Microeconomics Exam
To complete the project, students will need to use colored pens (pencils), graphing
paper, and their text book. Students are expected to place the following graphs on the
required pages.
ILLUSTRATION WITH CORRESPONDING PAGE:
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1. The Circular Flow Model.
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2. The Production Possibilities Frontier (Include output combinations that are
efficient, inefficient, and not feasible given the economy’s resources)
3. A Shift in the Production Possibilities Frontier with a corresponding explanation
of how such a shift is possible.
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4. A Production Possibilities Frontier for Two Independent Countries (with two
respective products) and How Trade Between the Countries Increases each
Country’s Consumption. Note: Two illustrations are required here. See page
49 for assistance.
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5. Compare a Bowed PPF with a Linear PPF – include below each of your graphs an
explanation of why each PPF is shaped as it is.
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6. The Demand Curve. Show both an increase and a decrease in quantity demanded.
At the bottom of the graph, list the determinant that would cause a change in
quantity demanded.
7. A Market Demand Curve that is Comprised of Three Individual Demand Curves
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8. A Shift in the Demand Curve. Show the shift in both directions (i.e. – increase and
decrease). At the bottom of the graph, list five determinants of demand that
would shift the demand curve in either direction.
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9. The Supply Curve. Show both an increase and a decrease in quantity supplied. At
the bottom of the graph, list the determinant that would cause a change in
quantity supplied.
10. A Market Supply Curve that is Comprised of Three Individual Supply Curves
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11. A Shift in the Supply Curve. Show the shift in both directions (i.e. – increase and
decrease). At the bottom of the graph, list six determinants of supply that
would shift the supply curve in either direction.
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12. The Equilibrium of Supply and Demand
13. Price Ceiling & Resulting Shortage
14. Price Floor and Resulting Surplus
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*For Graphs 15-20, discuss the impact on Price & Quantity at the bottom of each
graph.
15. Increase in Demand with Supply Remaining Constant.
16. Increase in Supply with Demand Remaining Constant
17. Increase in Demand with an Increase in Supply
18. Increase in Demand with a Decrease in Supply
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19. Decrease in Demand with an Increase in Supply
20. Decrease in Demand with a Decrease in Supply
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21. The Equilibrium of Supply and Demand Illustrating Consumer Surplus &
Producer Surplus
22. The Elasticity Along a Straight Line Demand Curve That Illustrates the Elastic,
Unitary Elastic, and Inelastic Ranges
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*For Graphs 23 & 24, identify the deadweight loss and tax revenue associated within
the graph.
23. Tax Incidence: Elastic Demand with Inelastic Supply
24. Tax Incidence: Inelastic Demand with Elastic Supply
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25. The Laffer Curve
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*For Graphs 26-29, illustrate how free trade affects welfare in the domestic country.
26. International Trade in an Importing Country (i.e. – the World Price for the Good is
Below the Domestic Price. Be sure to illustrate the distribution of surplus
within your graph.
27. International Trade in an Exporting Country (i.e. – the World Price for the Good is
Above the Domestic Price. Be sure to illustrate the distribution of surplus
within your graph.
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28. The Effects of a Tariff in an Importing Country. Be sure to illustrate the
distribution of surplus within your graph.
29. The Effects of a Quota in an Importing Country. Be sure to illustrate the
distribution of surplus within your graph.
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*For Graphs 30 & 31, identify the appropriate government action needed to correct
the externality. As part of your response, discuss why the action selected impacts the
producer’s behavior.
30. Positive Externality
31. Negative Externality
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32. Marginal Product Curve
33. Average Total Cost, Marginal Cost, Average Variable Cost, & Average Fixed
Cost Curves
34. Total Cost, Total Variable Cost, & Total Fixed Cost Curves
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35. Short Run & Long Run Average Total Cost Curves Illustrating Economies of
Scale, Constant Returns to Scale & Diseconomies of Scale
36. Production Function – below your graph, include an explanation as to why your
curve is shaped as it is.
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37. A Competitive Firm’s Short Run Supply Curve
38. A Competitive Firms’ Long Run Supply Curve
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39. Lorenz Curve – Illustrate a graph that depicts 2 Lorenz Curves. Curve 1 is for
Country X, with Curve 2 being for Country Y. Country X has a Gini
Coefficient that is greater than Country Y.
40. Short-Run Phillips Curve intersecting a Long-Run Phillips Curve
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41. A Perfectly Competitive Firm’s Short Run Illustrating Positive Economic Profit
42. A Perfectly Competitive Firm’s Short Run Illustrating Negative Economic Profit
43. A Perfectly Competitive Firm in Long Run Equilibrium
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44. Side by Side Graphs for a Perfectly Competitive Firm and Market: The Graph will
begin in Long-Run Equilibrium, then it will demonstrate an Increase in
Demand (Illustrating Positive Economic Profits). Finally, the graph will return
to Long Run Equilibrium and Normal Profit. Under the graphs, provide a
summary of what happens with respect to entry/exit and P&Q as you shift the
different curves.
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45. Side by Side Graphs for a Perfectly Competitive Firm and Market: The Graph will
begin in Long-Run Equilibrium, then it will demonstrate a Decrease in
Demand (Illustrating Negative Economic Profits). Finally, the graph will
return to Long Run Equilibrium and Normal Profit. Under the graphs, provide
a summary of what happens with respect to entry/exit and P&Q as you shift
the different curves.
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46. A Monopoly in Long Run Equilibrium – be sure to shade in both the deadweight
loss & the area of monopoly profit.
47. A Monopoly in Short Run Equilibrium with Negative Economic Profit – be sure
to shade in both the deadweight loss & the area of monopoly profit.
48. A Monopolist with Perfect Price Discrimination
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49. A Regulated Monopoly that is producing at the Allocatively Efficient Output
Level
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50. A Monopoly that is producing at a quantity that Maximizes Total Revenue
51. A Regulated Monopoly that is producing at a quantity where it is receiving
Normal Profit in the Long Run
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52. A Kinked Demand Curve for an Oligopolist
53. A Monopsonist in Long Run Equilibrium – below your graph, provide a brief
explanation of how the monopsonist determines the wage that it will pay in the
factor market.
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54. A Monopolistic Competitive Firm in Long Run Equilibrium
55. A Monopolistic Competitive Firm’s Short Run Illustrating Positive Economic
Profit
56. A Monopolistic Competitive Firm’s Short Run Illustrating Negative Economic
Profit
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57. The Market Supply & Demand Curves for Labor (i.e. – The Factor Market)
58. A Firm’s Supply & Demand Curves for Labor (i.e. – The Factor Market). Below
your graph, please state the profit maximizing criteria that companies will use
when hiring employees.
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*For each graph below, the increase or decrease in demand results in the product
market; not the factor market. Your graphs in 61 & 62 are for the factor market.
The shift in the product market does impact the firm in each graph. Please
illustrate how the firm is impacted.
59. Side by Side Graphs for the Factor Market and a Firm: The Graph will begin in
Equilibrium and then experience an increase in demand within the Product
Market. On the graph for the firm, illustrate how this shift in the Product
Market will affect both the Factor Market and the firm.
60. Side by Side Graphs for the Factor Market and a Firm: The Graph will begin in
Equilibrium and then experience a decrease in demand within the Product
Market. On the graph for the firm, illustrate how this shift in the Product
Market will affect both the Factor Market and the firm.
THE ASSIGNMENT IS DUE ON FEBRUARY 23 AND IS WORTH 100 POINTS.
ALL PROJECTS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED IN A BINDER CLIP. PLEASE DO
NOT PLACE YOUR PROJECT IN A FOLDER.
Please do a nice job as this will serve as an excellent study tool that can be used leading
up to the May testing date. Submitted work that is unprofessional in appearance
(i.e. – white out, correction tape, sloppiness, scribbled, graphs out of order, etc.) will
receive an automatic 20% deduction.