CARLETON UNIVERSITY Department of Economics ECON 4302 Competition and Regulatory Policy Instructor: D.G. McFetridge Fall Term 2011 Office: A806 Loeb Building Phone: 613-520-2600 ext. 3748 E-mail: donald_mcfetridge@carleton.ca Office Hours: Mondays‚ 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. and Thursdays‚ 11:30 a.m. – 12:30‚ or by appointment COURSE WEB SITE: www.carleton.ca/~dmcfet/courses PREREQUISITE: ECON 2030 with a grade of C- or higher or ECON 2003 (no longer offered) with a grade of C- or higher. COURSE FORMAT:
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What is Elasticity? - Elasticity refers to the degree of responsiveness in supply or demand in relation to changes in price. If a curve is more elastic‚ then small changes in price will cause large changes in quantity consumed. If a curve is less elastic‚ then it will take large changes in price to effect a change in quantity consumed. Graphically‚ elasticity can be represented by the appearance of the supply or demand curve. A more elastic curve will be horizontal‚ and a less elastic curve will
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1 2 3 4 5 6 Total cost (dollars) 20 35 49 61 71 79 85 2. Paulette owns a pizza parlor. Her total cost schedule is in the above table. Her marginal cost of producing the fifth pizza is a. $16 b. $10. c. $8 d. $6. 3. When firms in an oligopoly successfully collude and do not cheat on a cartel agreement‚ they achieve long-run economic profit similar to: a. perfect competition. b. monopoly. c. monopolistic competition. d. non-colluding oligopolies. 4. The price
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= 3P – 50. a. If I=25‚ find the market clearing price and quantity for the product. QS=QD 300-2P+4I=3P-50 300-2P+4(25)=3P-50 450=5P ______ P=90‚ Q=220 __________________________________________________________________ b. If I=50‚ find the market clearing price and quantity for the product. QS=QD 300-2P+4I=3P-50 300-2P+4(50)=3P-50 ____________________________________________________________ =550=5P P=110‚ Q=280
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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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Karynn Ortiz Week 2 HW Chapter 3. Problem 2 Consider an economy in which taxes‚ planned investment‚ government spending on goods and services‚ and net exports are autonomous‚ but consumption and planned investment change as the interest rate changes. You are given the following information concerning autonomous consumption‚ the magical propensity to consume‚ planned investment‚ government purchases and goods and services‚ and net exports. Ca =1500-10r c=0.6 T=1800 Ip=2400-50r G=2000
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ECON 1. (Demand Under Perfect Competition) what type of demand curve does a perfectly competitive firm face? Why? A horizontal or a perfectly elastic‚ demand curve. A perfectly competitive firm is called a price taker because that firm must “take‚” or accept‚ the market price- as in “take it or leave it.” 2. Explain the different options a firm has to minimize losses in the short run. A firm in perfect competition has no control over the market place. Sometimes that price may be so low
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Tri Vi Dang Email: td2332@columbia.edu Columbia University Spring 2013 Corporate Finance (ECON W4280) Meeting time: Tu‚ Th 4.10-5.25 Meeting place: Hamilton 503 Office address: IAB 1032 Office hours: Th 11.00-12.00 and other times by appointment Course Description The aim of this introductory course in corporate finance is to provide students with fundamental concepts for understanding firms’ financing decisions and the basic tools for the valuation of a corporation. This course
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ECON 7002: Semester 1 2012 Tutorial Topic 1 Tutorial Topic 1 CHAPTER 1 Practise Economics: Question 2: In light of your answer to question 1‚ provide some explanations for the apparent differences in the relative share of government expenditure in the countries listed in the above table. Governments spend money on social security‚ health services‚ infrastructure such as roads‚ bridges etc‚ and transfer payments such as unemployment benefits and pensions. The disparity within the table
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NSS Exploring Economics 4 Chapter 19 Monopoly pricing Questions P.2 Think it over 1. Why does Microsoft not lower its price for Windows so that more people can use its software products? 2. The MTR charges students a lower fare. Do you know why? P.3 Discuss 19.1 Which private companies can be regarded as monopolists in Hong Kong? Do they charge higher prices? What do you mean by ‘higher prices’? Higher than what levels? P.7 Test yourself 19.1 Given the following information
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