Important Things To Know * Markup = P-MCP= -1price elasticity of demand * Market demand = firm’s demand for a monopoly ONLY * TR=aQ-bQ2 and MR=a-2bQ * Monopoly output is ALWAYS LESS than competitive output * Colluding leads to the ideal situation (illegal) * MC=WMPL * X=aa+b×MPx or Y=ba+b×MPy * Y = M/Py – (Px/Py)X * Isocost Line: C(Q)=wL+rK | Variation: K=TCr-wrL | Slope: -(w/r) * Isoquant Slope: -(MPL/MPK) | MPLMPK=aKbL=∆K∆L * Optimal cost-minimization:
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Economics 500 – Problem Set #3 Consider a firm producing an output Q using the two inputs “labor” (L) and “capital” (K) according to the production function Q = K.5L.5 (i.e.‚ the amount of output produced Q is equal to the square root of K times the square root of L). Suppose that the firm is in a short-run situation in which K is fixed at one unit (K = 1) but labor is variable. Suppose that the user cost of capital‚ r‚ is $48 for each unit of K and that the wage rate‚ w‚ the cost of one unit
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ECON 312 – Intermediate Microeconomics Due date: 22-02-2100 ASSIGNMENT # 1 STUDENT’S NAME : Devon Rachae SECTION 1 Multiple Choice Questions 1. The theory of consumer behavior is based on certain assumptions. It includes at least the assumption(s) that preferences are: a. complete. b. transitive. c. intransitive. d. both (a) and (b) are correct. e. both (a) and (c) are correct. 2. A consumer prefers market basket A to market basket B‚ and prefers market
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1. Discuss how the two cases in this chapter illustrate the major theme of this text: Changes in the macro environment affect individual firms and industries through the microeconomic factors of demand‚ production‚ cost‚ and profitability. Drawing on current business publications‚ find some updated facts for each case that support this theme. In the Farnham text‚ “both the cases of McDonald’s in China and Wal-Mart in Mexico show how the interplay of microeconomic and macroeconomic factors influences
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INTRODUCTION & CHAPTER 1 1. What is the main point of marketing myopia? a. Railroads only saw themselves in the railroad business – not the transportation business; they became product oriented instead of being customer oriented. b. There was not a lack of demand‚ as they claimed; transportation customers just chose cars‚ planes‚ etc. 2. There is no such thing as a commodity. Define yourself broadly and in terms of your customer 3. Working Assumption – managers work to maximize the value of
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Chapter 18 Optimization Techniques Winter 2014 Agenda… 1) Functional Relationship 2) Marginal Analysis 3) Concept of a Derivative; Rules of Differentiation 4) The Marginal Cost = Marginal Revenue Rule 5) Constrained Optimization Functional relationships How an Economic Relationship is Expressed? By a Table‚ a Graph‚ or an Equation An Example of Functional Relationships (Table) CHERRY CORPORATION DAILY SALES 150 100 50 0 PER UNIT PRICE 10 20 30 40
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Week 1 Quiz (Chapters 1 & 2) Return to Assessment List Part 1 of 1 - 100.0 Points Question 1 of 10 10.0 Points The branch of economics that examines the impact of choices on aggregates in the economy is: A.positive economics. B.normative economics. Correct C.macroeconomics. D.microeconomics. Answer Key: C Question 2 of 10 10.0 Points When we are forced to make choices we are facing the concept of: A.ceteris paribus. B.free goods. Correct C.scarcity. D.the margin
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Economics 1103 080 - Principles of Macroeconomics PRACTICE Midterm Exam Part A: Multiple Choice (30 marks) Answer the following questions on the scantron sheet. 1. Which of the following goods best meets the definition of scarcity? a) air b) water in the ocean c) water in a city d) wood in a forest 2. When the government attempts to cut the economic pie into more equal slices‚ what happens? a) It is easier to cut the pie‚ and therefore the economy can produce a larger pie. b) The
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To say that the deadly activities of the Islamic sect‚ Boko Haram‚ are killing the economy of the North is an understatement. In most states in the North‚ the devastating socio-economic effects of the sect’s serial killings and bombings‚ especially in Borno‚ Yobe‚ Niger‚ Kaduna‚ Kano‚ Plateau (which is more of ethno-religious conflict)‚ Kogi‚ Bauchi and recently ‚Sokoto‚ has destroyed economic and commercial activities with many people relocating to other places. In Maiduguri‚ Borno
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BU224 Unit 8 Assignment Template: Name: Gina Orlando Course Number: BU224 Section Number: Unit 8 Unit Number: - 8 Date: 11/8/14 ---------------------------------- General Instructions for all Assignments----------------------------------- 1. Unless specified differently by your course instructor‚ save this assignment template to your computer with the following file naming format: Course number_section number_LAST_FIRST_ unit number 2. At the top of the template‚ insert the appropriate information:
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