ECON 2020 A Mid-Term Examination I - SOLUTIONS Instructor: Derek Olmstead Note: Non-programmable calculators permitted Summer 2012 Duration: 105 minutes Total marks: 20 points Part A: Short-answer questions [3 points each] Note: Use diagrams and/or equations to explain your answer. I. Explain the difference between diminishing total returns to labour and diminishing marginal returns to labour. Diminishing returns to labour means that an increase in the number of labour units
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Perfect Competition 11 After studying this chapter you will be able to ! Define perfect competition ! Explain how firms make their supply decisions and why they sometimes shut down temporarily and lay off workers ! Explain how price and output in an industry are determined and why firms enter and leave the industry ! Predict the effects of a change in demand and of a technological advance ! Explain why perfect competition is efficient The Busy Bee The busy bee pollinates
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chemical equilibrium is already achieved. A reaction is said to be at equilibrium when the following conditions exist. 1. 2. 3. Several factors such as temperature‚ concentration and pressure affects the rate of reaction which can cause an effect in the chemical equilibrium. A general rule is used to predict the direction in which an equilibrium reaction will move which is called the Le Chatelier’s Principle. It states that if an external stress is applied to a system at equilibrium‚ the system
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Microeconomics Economics is the study of allocation of scarce resources 1) Chapter One: The Principles of Microeconomics a. Four resources: Land‚ Labor‚ Capital (machinery)‚ Entrepreneurship (human capital) b. Principle #1: People face trade-offs‚ government also faces them‚ the main one the gov. faces is efficiency vs. equity i. Efficiency is when everyone who makes the most‚ keeps the most money ii. Equity would be if everyone was taxed the same
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Introduction –Demand supply and market equilibrium • It is the belief of many that the principles of demand and supply is very important to microeconomics. • However‚ the concepts that underline these principles are often confused. This presentation will outline the core principles behind these concepts. Demand • Demand can be defined as : the want or desire to possess a good or service with the necessary goods‚ services‚ or financial instruments necessary to make a legal transaction for those
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WLC BUS 181 - Micro Economics 10 Principles of Economics – Final Paper Professor Kudek Samuel Barreto 04/11/2013 Principle #1: People Face Trade-Offs This article released by the World Bank talks about education in the country of Colombia. According to this article only 37.2% of young Colombians continued their studies or training after high school in 2010. The government’s goal is that half of young Colombians continue their education after high school by 2014. Colombians
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Microeconomics Positive economics This is the use of economics to describe the activities which are happening in the world It is also called “what is” or “descriptive” Normative economics This is the use of economics to recomment changes. It means advicing on how things “shoud be” It is also called prescriptive analysis The market economy An economy that is entirely run by the market forces demand and supply and there is no government involvement in the economy A pure market economy
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Microeconomics and the Law of Supply and Demand Thomas Smiley ECO 365 May 31st‚ 2015 Alexander Heil During the simulation of Goodlife Inc. I was able to see how the effects of a lower rent verses a higher rent had on the vacancy percentage. In our simulation the town of Atlantis had only one rental agency with apartments available. There were single family homes available too but the need for renting was with apartments. I got to see how the supply and demand worked with
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Summer2011-Microeconomics-Exam Two Practice 1. To calculate the total utility of consuming N products: A. add the additional satisfaction of consuming each product up to N and multiply by its price. B. add the total satisfactions of consuming each product up to N. C. multiply the additional satisfaction from consuming the Nth product by its price. D. multiply total satisfaction from consuming N products by N. 2. Suppose that the following table lists the utility that Steve receives from
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Southwest Airlines and Microeconomics John Divler Rasmussen College Author Note This research is being submitted on June 14‚ 2010‚ for Mr. Bergeen’s Microeconomics course at Rasmen College by John Divler. Southwest Airlines and Microeconomics Southwest Airlines was created in 1967 and is headquartered in Dallas‚ TX. Southwest offers flights to their passengers to get them to their destinations when they want to get there‚ on time‚ at the lowest possible fare. The advantage that Southwest
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