ECO 5305 Final Exam Answers underlined in yellow 1. Fixed costs include: a. variable labor expenses. b. output-related energy costs. c. output-related raw material costs. d. variable interest costs for borrowed capital. 2. Marginal cost equals: a. average variable cost at its maximum point. b. the change in total fixed cost divided by the change in quantity. c. the change in total variable cost divided by the change in quantity. d. total cost divided by quantity
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The Haymarket Riot of 1886. In May 4‚ 1886 the Haymarket riot in the police clashed violent whit militant anarchists and labor movement protesters in Chicago. The strong public and state reaction against the Haymarket protesters has been palled the first red scare in U.S history. The Haymarket Riot grew out of labor unrest that had been brewing since the 1870. The different working
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1a) Explain how the different features of monopolistic competition and oligopoly affect price and output determination in these market structures. Both monopolistic competition (MPC) and oligopoly generally determine price and output based on the profit-maximising condition that marginal cost (MC) equals to marginal revenue (MR). Due to the different features of both monopolistic competition and oligopoly such as the barriers to entry (BTE)‚ which affects the number of sellers as well as market
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Name:_________________________ ECO 101 Principles of Microeconomics Final Exam Spring 2006 Form A There are 30 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions on this double-sided exam‚ so be careful not to skip any questions! Part I: Multiple Choice (60 points) Read each question carefully and select the best response. Fill in the corresponding circle on your answer sheet. 1. If the total output of candles in Nick’s Wicks shop increases from 20 per hour to 30 per hour
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Micro Chapter 25 Practice Questions Key 1. Derived demand is the demand: A) that arises because of monopoly control of resources in a market. B) for a product based on the tastes and preferences of consumers. C) derived from consumer satisfaction with a product. D) for a resource to produce a product. Answer: D 2. Marginal revenue product is the increase in: A) total revenue from a decrease in the price of the product. B) marginal revenue from a decrease in the price of the product
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1. Use only 1 or 2 sentences only to answer in terms of economic concepts. [10 points] a. What are automatic stabilizers? Automatic stabilizers are part of the fiscal policy and are built into the federal/state/local tax and transfer systems. They are put in place to stimulate aggregate demand in a recession without the need for action by policymakers. Corporate and personal income taxes are the best-known automatic stabilizers. For example: when the economy is in its growth stage‚ our progressive
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Econ Answers Chapter 3 The price of train travel increases by 10% and the demand for train travel falls by 12.5%. The price elasticity of demand for train travel is – -1.25 The short run (retail) supply of freshly cut flowers is much less elastic than that of pot plants because: -florists cannot keep freshly cut flowers as long as pot plants If demand drops to zero at the slightest increase in price‚ demand is: - Perfectly elastic Price elasticity of supply will be greater when: - firms hold large
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University of Bahrain College of Business Administration Department of Economics and Finance Econ 341 - Monetary Economics Problem Set 6 (Chapter 22) AlShawa 1. According to the quantity theory of money‚ movements in the price level result * a. solely from changes in the quantity of money. b. primarily from changes in the quantity of money. c. partially from changes in the quantity of money. d. from changes in factors other than the quantity of money. 2. Because Keynes assumed
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Econ 301 Intermediate Macroeconomics‚ Professor __________ Park University Online‚ Fax _________________ Final Exam (Weight 300 Points) STUDENT’S NAME ______________________________ Multiple choice Questions. (Weight 5 points each) Choose the best answer. 1) The unemployment rate is the number of ? 2) The value of steel sold to an automobile producer is __________ directly included in the GDP because __________. 3) In the simplest Keynesian model of the determination of income‚ interest
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Principles of Microeconomics: ECON 202-01 “The Purpose of the Different Economies in our Society” Raquel Moss Mr. George L. Edwards July 20‚ 2012 The Purpose of the different economies is so that society is able to answer the three questions: what‚ how and who to produce to. Because we live in a society full of scarcity‚ we face the economic problems of limited economic resources with that being the main issue. The society design and organized our economy into three different categories:
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