Katrina caused massive shortage on natural gas and fuel in the USA.Due to the location of the hurricane in southern USA‚ agricultural shipping‚ fuel production and processing and transport were all affected. On the global market‚ all of these were already in high demand.As a result of the increase in natural gas prices‚ fertilizers costs‚ residential heating and electricity rates rise since they are complementary goods.Another effect of the natural gas prices‚ some fertilizing plants chose to close
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whether each of the following statements applies to microeconomics or macroeconomics‚ and why: 12 Marks Total a. The unemployment rate in Canada was 7.0 percent in January 2010 Answer: This is the macroeconomic statement because it describes the unemployment rate of the whole country. b. A Canadian software firm discharged 15 workers last month and transferred the work to India. Answer: This is the microeconomic statement because it focuses in an individual Canadian
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Limited resourcesTime‚ money. * Inability to satisfy all of our wants * Faced with scarcity we must choose among available alternatives * Trade offs * Incentive: Reward that encourages and action or penalty that discourages * Microeconomics: Choices of: * Individuals * Businesses * The way these choices interact in markets and the influence of the government * Macroeconomics: * Study of the performance of the national economy and the global economy * E.g.
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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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Price elasticity of demand and practical application. Price elasticity of demand Price elasticity of demand is a measure to show the responsiveness‚ or elasticity‚ of the quantity demanded of a good or service to a change in its price. More precisely‚ it gives the percentage change in quantity demanded in response to a one percent change in price ( i.e. holding constant all the other determinants of demand‚ such as income). Practical application of price elasticity : Practical application
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meant by the terms price elasticity‚ income elasticity and cross elasticity of demand and discuss the main determinants of each of these. Discuss the importance of each of these to the decision making process within a typical business. Elasticity is the responsiveness to which one variable responds to a change in another variable Price elasticity of demand (PED) measures the responsiveness of quantity demanded of a product to a change in its price. If a relatively small change in price leads to a relatively
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Economics Research Report: The Price Elasticity of Demand The Price Elasticity of Demand: 1. Introduction: Price elasticity of demand is an economic measure that is used to measure the degree of responsiveness of the quantity demanded of a good to change in its price‚ when all other influences on buyers remain the same. Elasticity of demand helps the sales manager in fixing the price of his product‚ deciding the sales
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of Price elasticity and Income elasticity of demand. Ans: There are many practical applications of price elasticity and Income elasticity of demand which are discussed as below. (A) Practical application of price elasticity of demand : 1. Production planning: It helps a producer to decide about the volume of production. When the demand is elastic‚ a producer has to produce different quantity of product and fixed quantity when the demand is inelastic. 2. It helps in fixing the prices of
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Unit 2: Supply and Demand - QuizTop of Form Question 1. 1. An article in the Wall Street Journal in early 2001 noted two developments in the market for laser eye surgery. The first development concerned side effects from the surgery‚ including blurred vision. The second development was that the companies renting eye-surgery machinery to doctors had reduced their charges. In the market for laser eye surgeries‚ these two developments (Points : 1) decreased demand and decreased supply‚ resulting
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the quantity demanded and a decrease in demand for Mickey Mantle baseball cards. Give a possible reason for change in each graph. Decrease in the quantity demand of Mickey Mantle Baseball cards. The reason is that the price increase. Decrease in demand for Mickey Mantle Baseball cards. The reason may be taste and preferences. 4. Draw graphs to illustrate the difference between a decrease in quantity supplied and a decrease in supply for condominiums. Give a possible reason
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