ECM002 Business Economics Instructions: Please answer four out of the following six following questions: Question 1. Suppose Cola- Sol and Miniranda are the only two companies producing a particular type of cola drink in the soft drink industry. Both companies are considering launching a new drink with a light lemon twist. They can launch their products either at a low price or at a high price. The expected net payoffs are the following: If both companies choose a high price strategy‚ Cola-
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Topic 6 - The Theory of Consumer Behavior – the theory of utility • The theory of consumer behaviour may be analysed by either utility theory and / or indifference curve analysis. • Note: this course only requires students to be aware of utility theory. Indifference curve analysis is undertaken in year 2 and is not a requirement of this course Basic Principles of the theory of Consumer Behaviour • Consumers are rational optimisers • Consumers seek to maximise total utility • Utility is achieved
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Minicase 4 Yield Curve Hypotheses and the Effects of Economic Events CONCEPTS IN THIS CASE term structure of interest rates default risk risk premium yield curve expectations hypotheses segmented markets theory preferred habitat theory liquidity premium theory Your employer (a bank) has decided to offer five-year loans to its small business customers. You have been presented the task of determining what the appropriate minimum interest rate should be for the most creditworthy customer
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Spectrophotometer; the finding of protein concentration of an unknown sample of BSA‚ and by using the standard curve. Abstract A spectrophotometer’s purpose is to use colors of the light spectrum to determine the concentration of light absorbing molecules in a solution. (p.59) In this particular lab‚ our mission was to determine the protein concentration and the standard curve of the unknown sample of BSA. This‚ by preparing five dilutions of the unknown solution of BSA together with other
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indifference curve(tangent to the income budget line or MRS = |w/p|). At this point A‚ the individual will work Ls1 hours‚ enjoy La leisure hours and enjoy an income of Ca. Assuming the individual has attained a source of non-labour income‚ for example inheritance or lottery winnings‚ represented by vertical distance ZX on the graph. The income budget constraint will now become a kinked line KXZ. The presence of non-labour income allows the individual to reach a higher indifference curve and the new
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−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− 4dx A B C = + + (x + 2)(x2 − 4) x − 2 x + 2 (x + 2)2 Then 4 = A(x + 2)2 + B(x2 − 4) + C(x − 2) which 1 implies A = −B = − C = 4 . Therefore 4 4dx 1 1 x−2 = ln + +C (x + 2)(x2 − 4) 4 x+2 x+2 3 dx Lorentz curves For 0 x 1‚ L(x) is the percentage of total income
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Monopolistic competition: definition; characteristics 1-17 2. Demand curve 18-24 3. Price-output behavior 25-78 4. Efficiency aspects 79-88 5. Oligopoly: definition; characteristics 89-112 6. Concentration ratio; Herfindahl Index 113-140 7. Game theory 141-156 8. Kinked-demand curve model 157-176 9. Collusion; cartels; price leadership 177-194 10. Advertising 195-200 11. Efficiency aspects 201-204 12. Review of four
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Kyungnam‚ 645-797‚ Republic of Korea a r t i c l e in fo abstract This paper proposes a new estimation method of total cost and average cost curves and applies it to the telecommunications industry. The method is more flexible and entails less hassle for data collection than traditional methods. The results show that the longrun average cost (LRAC) curve is downward sloping‚ revealing the presence of economies of scale in production. The two largest Korean mobile network operators are realizing
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creating as set of contour plots of DM’s implied utility function. Figure 1 plots a set of "indifference curves" assuming a utility function of U = X Y. FIGURE 1 U=X^1Y^1 100 U= 1 U= 8100 U= 6400 U= 4900 U= 3600 U= 2500 Y 60 80 40 U= 1600 U= 900 U= 400 U= 100 0 20 0 20 40 X 1 60 80 100 Marginal Rate of Substitution The slope of the indifference curve is called DM’s Marginal Rate of Substitution (MRS) and provides information with respect to tradeoff’s
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Experiment 9: Growth curve of Serratia marcescens Abstract Bacteria grows by binary fission. The aim of this experiment is to follow the growth of Serratia marcescens in nutrient broth at 37oCby recording the changes in turbidity (cloudiness) by measuring the absorbance of visible light (600 nm) and also to prove that there is an increase in the cell number and not just in mass during the growth. In the experiment we measure the full growth curve of Serratia marcescens by measuring the absorbance
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