Topic 5 – Demand‚ Supply and government policy (Week five Oct 6th – Oct 13th) Outline: 1. Price Ceiling: -- General Analysis; -- Example: Rent Control; 2. Price Floor: -- General Analysis; -- Example: minimum wage law; 3. The Incidence of Sales Tax -- Key Results; -- Numerical Examples: a)Tax levied on sellers; b)Tax levied on buyers; -- Elasticities of demand and supply; Price Ceiling A legal maximum on the price at which a good can be sold 1) General Analysis Price 12 PE 8 Shortage 16 QE
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Principles of Economics II – Microeconomics Homework #1: Ch 4~6 and Article Questions Article Questions Please download the associated article. “Fare Hike...” 1. Based on the article‚ are taxi fares more elastic or less elastic for drivers? Passengers? How do you know? Give at least 3 reasons. 2. If given a chance‚ do you think that cab drivers would have raised the amount that high? Why/not? Chapter Questions Ch 4 Questions: 1. Consider the market for eggs. For each of the events
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Supply and Demand Scenario In the global economical scenario the factors governing the supply‚ demand and even manufacturing location are driven by global factors. The opportunity cost is governed by customer demand in global locations. Proximity to the end user is a key factor in selecting the location of manufacturing facilities or distribution network. This is more important in products where the transportation cost is significant and business is serving a specific customer base. In case
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Damita Nix 1/15/2012 CTU Online ECON202-1201B Phase 1 Individual Project1 Instructor Olanrewaju Abstract This paper will explore the world of two particular types of cell phones that are identical with minor features. I will be demonstrating skills in using the tools of economics for decision making for the firm operating in the market economy to include supply and demand‚ elasticity of demand‚ consumer behavior and utility maximization‚ and the costs of production both short-run and long-run
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instructor and have been asked to submit an elaborate report on the topic. 1.2 Objectives and scopes * Analyzing the demand and supply of Dell laptops. * Analyzing the current market situation of Dell laptops. * Analyzing the factors affecting the demand and supply of Dell laptops in Dhaka city. * Analyzing the price elasticity of demand and supply of Dell laptops. 1.3 Methodology The data needed to prepare this report was basically learned from the course and the
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Microeconomics and the Laws of Supply and Demand Your NAME ECO/365 July 6‚ 2015 INSTRUCTOR NAME Microeconomics and the Laws of Supply and Demand The simulation showed how a shift in the supply curve or the demand curve can lead to significant changes to the economic standing of the business. When the demand curve shifts downward or to the left it showed a decrease in demand from renters thus yielding less apartments rented. This happened when the new company who moved into the area had a higher
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CHAPTER 9 OLIGOPOLY AND FIRM ARCHITECTURE 1. The demand function for a product sold by an oligopolist is given below: QD = 370 – P The firm’s marginal cost function is given below: MC = 10 + 4Q Calculate the equilibrium price and quantity. Solution: P = 370 – Q so TR = 370Q – Q2 and MR = 370 – 2Q MR = 370 – 2Q = 10 + 4Q = MC so Q = 60 and P = 310 2. The demand function for a product sold by an oligopolist is given below: QD = 135 – 0.5P The firm’s marginal cost function is given
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1i) Demand function for air travel between the U.S. and Europe has been estimated to be: ln Q = 2.737 - 1.247 ln P +1.905 ln I where Q denotes number of passengers (in thousands) per year‚ P the (average) ticket price and I the U.S. national income. Determine the price elasticity and income elasticity of demand (8 points). From Lecture Module 3 Equation 4 we learned the alternative formulation of elasticity. Alternative formulation of elasticity EP = dQ/dP * P/Q = dlnQ/dlnP Natural log:
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com/MEFE.htm An Analysis of Factors Affecting the Price and Volatility of Coffee Future Returns Anastasios Alexandridis Associate Professor in the Department of Business Administration Technological Education Institute (TEI) of West Macedonia Kila 50100 Kozani‚ Greece E-mail: tasosalexandridis@yahoo.gr Tel: +00306944523644; Fax: + 30 2461 39582 Abstract This paper examines the effect of financial and currency factors on the coffee future prices. The empirical results indicate that the stock market
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Supply and Demand Simulation Timothy J. Vrabel Axia College University of Phoenix In the video‚ several principles and concepts of microeconomics and macroeconomics were simulated. In the simulated neighborhood of Atlantis‚ there are many amenities that customers demand. The simulation uses two bedroom apartments to teach the fundamentals of supply and demand. Several scenarios were used throughout the simulation to represent challenges with which management needed to contend. The scenarios
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