BEC 1034 Microeconomics GROUP ASSIGNMENT Lecturer’s Name: Madam ONG HWAY BOON Section: BC 177 Article: The Malaysian Insider (27 July 2012) List of members: NAME ID NO Tan Hui Juin 1122701693 Lai Zhi Wei 1122702253 Felicia Mah Phui Mun 1122701689 Toh Han Lin 1131120643 Koh Kai Bin 1131119181 a) Will there be an increase or decrease in demand? There will be an increase in demand of car because the tax of car has been cut for public‚ it cause the price of cars decrease‚ so
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the largest market share. Moreover‚ with the advancements in iPhone products‚ the elasticity of iPhone demand impacts its complement and substitute goods as well. Apart from the Apple inc. iPhone analysis‚ the market structure was found to be an oligopoly market‚ where firms in the smartphone industry are interdependent on each other for maximizing revenue where in the long-run‚ the industry will experience a positive economic profit. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION .......................
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OUM TOPIC 8: MONOPOLY‚ MONOPOLISTIC AND OLIGOPOLY TOPIC 8: MONOPOLY‚ MONOPOLISTIC AND OLIGOPOLY Introduction Apart from perfect market competition‚ we will look at three other types of market structure‚ namely monopoly‚ monopolistic and oligopoly in this topic. We will also compare between the characteristics of the market structure. In this topic‚ the emphasis will be on monopoly‚ while the other two structures will be discussed briefly. Learning Objectives At the end of this topic
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There are mainly five key players in the supermarket industry- Tesco‚ Asda‚ Sainbury‚ Safeway and Morrisons (ChinaCCM). Thus‚ the supermarket industry in the UK could be described as an Oligopoly Market. Oligopolies lie between the definitions of perfect competition and pure monopoly. Firstly‚ there are several sellers but only a few big companies who have a large market share in the industry. In the UK‚ the five big supermarkets totally have 3/4th of the market share (123help me! com). Secondly
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Corrado OFFICE HOURS 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. TR Office: 3633 jcorrado@ccc.edu COURSE DESCRIPTION Microeconomics is the theory of maximizing profit for a firm or utility for an individual. Topics include Elasticity‚ Marginal Utility‚ Monopoly‚ Oligopoly‚ Monopsony‚ interest‚ rent and wages. Macroeconomics and Microeconomics may be taken in any order. REQUIRED TEXT: Microeconomics‚ by Colander‚ 8th ed. Reading assignments may be given on Blackboard. Also‚ videos are on Blackboard. EVALUATION
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following graph: (not able to recreate‚ but in the text)‚ shows a firm with a kinked demand curve a. What assumption lies behind the shape of this demand curve? The kinked demand curve assumes that other firms will follow price decreases and will not follow price increases. For instance‚ in an oligopoly model‚ based on two demand curves that assumes that other firms will not match a firm’s price increases‚ but will match its price increases. The kinked demand curve model of oligopoly implies
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1.1 Introduction of the company Toyota Motor Corporation is a Japanese automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota‚ Aichi‚ Japan. In 2012‚ it was the largest automobile manufacturer. It is the world’s first automobile manufacturer to produce more than 10 million vehicles per year. It was the largest listed company in Japan by market capitalization up to July 2014. In 1937‚ Toyota Motor Corporation was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda‚ as a spinoff from his father’s company‚ Toyota Industries to create
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Explain how economic systems attempt to allocate and make effective use of resources. Because we live in a world where resources are scarce economic systems make use of market structures such as the perfectly competitive market model as a benchmarking tool in order to better understand consumer behaviour and recognise areas of their market structures that require improvement and how they could possibly achieve this in the most efficient and effective way. The theory of perfect competition is
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Chapter Six Businesses and Their Costs Study Questions: 1. Explain the difference between a plant‚ a firm‚ and an industry. Plant – establishments such as a factory‚ farm‚ mine or store. Firm – an organization that employs resources to produce goods/services for profit. Industry – group of firms that produce the same or similar products. 2. State the advantages and disadvantages of the corporate form of business. Advantages – most effective form of
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d. A seller of Canadian dollars in a foreign currency markets. It is a Perfect Competition market with standardize product and there are many buyers and sellers. There are almost no entry or exit barriers. e. A life insurance company It is an Oligopoly. Entry and exit is regulated‚ product is almost standardized. There are entry or exit barriers. f. A liquor store in a remote village It is a Monopoly: Being in this business required special license from government authority. In a remote village
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