Explain how the strength of the economy as a whole could affect the marginal benefits and the marginal costs associated with a decision to purchase a home. How does the removal of the tax deduction on mortgage interest affect the housing market? The strength of the economy as a whole could affect the marginal benefits and the marginal costs associated with a decision to purchase a home. Here’s how. When the economy is growing‚ a consumer may feel that the purchase of a house is a good decision
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Marginal Costs and Benefits Marginal analysis is a technique used in microeconomics by which very small changes in specific variables are studied in terms of the effect on related variables and the system as a whole. Marginal costs and benefits are a vital part of economics because they help to provide the relevant measurement of costs and benefits at a specific level of production and consumption (McCain‚ 2008). This is the reason why I’ve chosen this topic for my paper. We use economics
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Cost and Revenue Curves J Bara ECO/533 Economics for Managerial Decision Making PA04MBA10 April 7‚ 2005 1. Total profit is the product of profit per unit and the quantity. To maximize profit‚ quantity is chosen at the point where marginal cost (MR) is equal to marginal revenue (MR) which is where the two graphs intersect. This is the ideal situation to a profit seeking company. Since price is greater than the Average Total Cost (ATC)‚ for each unit sold the profit per unit is simply the
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Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia An oligopoly is a market form in which a market or industry is dominated by a small number of sellers (oligopolists). Oligopolies can result from various forms of collusion which reduce competition and lead to higher costs for consumers. [1] With few sellers‚ each oligopolist is likely to be aware of the actions of the others. The decisions of one firm therefore influence and are influenced by the decisions of other firms. Strategic planning by oligopolists needs to
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Marginal Analysis and Profit Maximization Task A At the point of profit maximization within any firm‚ the aspects of both marginal revenue and marginal cost play a major role. The economically working definition of marginal revenue is termed as: the extra revenue that an additional unit of product will bring. It is the additional income from selling one more unit of a good; sometimes equal to price (MoneyTerms‚ 2005). The marginal revenue of the output of any given product ties closely in the
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1i) Demand function for air travel between the U.S. and Europe has been estimated to be: ln Q = 2.737 - 1.247 ln P +1.905 ln I where Q denotes number of passengers (in thousands) per year‚ P the (average) ticket price and I the U.S. national income. Determine the price elasticity and income elasticity of demand (8 points). From Lecture Module 3 Equation 4 we learned the alternative formulation of elasticity. Alternative formulation of elasticity EP = dQ/dP * P/Q = dlnQ/dlnP Natural log:
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between the average cost and marginal cost curve? Answer: We usually assume that the Average Cost curve is U shaped The MC curve will intercept the AC curves at its minimum point. When AC is decreasing‚ MC lies below AC - because when MC is below AC‚ producing an extra unit of output will pull down average cots When AC is increasing‚ MC lies above AC - because when MC is above AC‚ producing an extra unit of output will raise average costs Therefore MC will intercept the AC curve at its minimum point
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Marginal Analysis A. Marginal Revenue: The increase in revenue generated from the sale of one additional unit of output 1. If there is a positive value associated with the marginal revenue there is an increase in the total revenue. Once the marginal revenue reaches or arrives at 0 then the total revenue is maximized. A decrease or negative in marginal revenue will cause the total revenue to go down. B. Marginal Cost: The additional‚ extra cost involved
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Microeconomics Topic 6: “Be able to explain and calculate average and marginal cost to make production decisions.” Reference: Gregory Mankiw’s Principles of Microeconomics‚ 2nd edition‚ Chapter 13. Long-Run versus Short-Run In order to understand average cost and marginal cost‚ it is first necessary to understand the distinction between the “long run” and the “short run.” Short run: a period of time during which one or more of a firm’s inputs cannot be changed. Long run: a period of time during which
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___________________________________________________________________________ 1. A Ch3 Student: firm will maximize profit by producing that level of output at which A. the additional revenue from the last unit sold exceeds the additional cost of the last unit by the largest amount. B. the additional revenue from the last unit sold equals the additional cost of the last unit. C. total revenue exceeds total cost by the largest amount. D. total revenue equals total cost. E. both b and c 2. The function a decision maker seeks to maximize or minimize
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