Fundamentals of Microeconomics In the world today product and services are both key to the survival of mankind. Depending on the demand from consumers‚ companies will see an increase or decrease of the items they produce or the service rendered. In the article of trends in US gasoline and ethanol use and petroleum production and imports these items will be looked at; as well as a discussion of the fundamentals of microeconomics. First‚ in order to understand what the fundamentals of microeconomics are
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IB/AP Economics Unit 1 Introduction to Economics Introduction to Economics AP and IB Economics Unit 1 Definitions of social science and economics Definitions of microeconomics and macroeconomics Definitions of growth‚ development and sustainable development Positive and normative concepts Ceteris paribus Scarcity • factors of production: land‚ labor‚ capital and management/entrepreneurship • payments to factors of production: rent‚ wages‚ interest‚ profit Choice Utility: basic definition Opportunity
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ECON 281 Fall Term Intermediate Microeconomic theory I University of Alberta XiaoGang Che Chapter One Overview 1. Defining Microeconomics and Macroeconomics 2. Microeconomic Modeling Tools • Constrained Optimization • Equilibrium Analysis • Comparative Statics 3. The Types of Microeconomic Analysis • Positive Analysis • Normative Analysis Chapter One 2 Microeconomics Defined Microeconomics is the study of how individual economic decision-makers such as consumers‚ workers‚ firms
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in the supply and demand affect the price of the gasoline and everyone can see the result of that volatility at the pump as the gas price fluctuates accordingly. When demand for the gas is high retailers raise prices and when demand is low – the prices are driven down. As an example‚ one can observe that when in need for gas the intersection that has several gas stations would have the same or similar pricing for gas because the supply is high and the prices are contained by competition‚ however
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|ECON E-1010 | |Microeconomic Theory Spring‚ 2013 | Course Web Site: http://isites.harvard.edu/course/ext-23285/2013/spring Professor: Bruce Watson econe1010@dce.harvard.edu Lectures: Mondays 7:40 – 9:40 Science Center A Teaching Assistants: Teo Nicolais (For
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in the price of Good 1 will not change the horizontal intercept of the budget line. 2. Henrietta’s utility function is U(x1‚ x2) = x1x2. She has diminishing marginal rate of substitution between goods 1 and 2. 3. Other things being equal‚ a lump sum tax is at least as good for a consumer as a sales tax that collects the same revenue from him. 4. Sharon spends all of her income on peaches and strawberries. Peaches are a normal good for her. Her income increased by 20 percent and prices did not
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from 200 to 400 pounds? 5. Can you explain why the answers to parts 3. and 4. above are not the same? What does this imply about the slope of the production possibility frontier? --------------------- References: Grading Rubric Microeconomics: Unit 2 Assignment: PPF and Opportunity Costs | Content | Points Possible | Points Earned | Draw production possibility frontier (PPF) | 3 | | Analyze feasible/infeasible production | 2 | | Compute opportunity cost of increasing annual
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Microeconomics study guide Chapter 6 Notes: Firms and Production A firm converts inputs into outputs What firms want: 1. Profit : π = R - C 2. efficient production to maximize π -efficient production alone is not sufficient to ensure a firm’s π is maximized How they are organized 1. information exchange 2. incentives for workers Production Function q = f(L‚K) relationship b/w quantities of inputs used & max quantity of output that can be produced given current knowledge about
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in order to create a competitive industry? A monopoly exists when one single firm is the only producer of a commodity in the market‚ allowing them to set prices as they wish and maximise profits due to the high barriers to entry. In this case‚ the firm is given the ability to exploit their consumers in terms of price discrimination based on price elasticity. In this essay‚ I will be discussing whether it is wholly reasonable for a monopoly to operate‚ or whether there is a need for the economy to
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focus on how the price mechanism determines the equilibrium price in the market. Markets can be effective at resolving the basic issues of what and how much to produce at a certain price level although left to operate on its own‚ the market can still create unsatisfactory outcomes. When markets do not produce the desired outcome‚ it is known as market failure and when this occurs‚ governments may intervene in the market. How the price mechanism brings about the equilibrium price in the market can
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