Consumer Surplus The term surplus is used in economics for several related quantities. The consumer surplus (sometimes named consumer’s surplus or consumers’ surplus) is the amount that consumers benefit by being able to purchase a product for a price that is less than the most that they would be willing to pay. The producer surplus is the amount that producers benefit by selling at a market price mechanism that is higher than the least that they would be willing to sell for. Note that producer
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draw a diagram of a perfectly competitive firm earning a positive economic profit assume the wages‚ which the firm pays to its workers‚ falls. Illustrate the impact of such an event on the price‚ output and profits of this firm 2. Examine the following statement to see whether it is true or false. If it is true‚ explain why it is true. If it is false‚ explain why it is false and then write the statement correctly. A profit maximising perfectly competitive firm should select the output level
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Nescafe‚ one of the top ten most valuable brands in the world‚ has over 50% instant coffee market share of the world‚ followed by General Food‚ Maxwell House and Brooke Bond. It’s so successful that some people in some of the Asian country such as China think that instant coffee is the whole world of coffee in 1990s. Such impressive influences come from Nescafe’s insight on the market situation and its own capability‚ fast response and feasible strategies. On this analysis‚ we will try to define
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A minimum wage is introduced into an experimental labor market characterized by gift exchange. In the experiment‚ subjects are randomly divided into two groups‚ including manager group and employees group‚ with ten subjects in each group. In all periods each manager was matched anonymously with one employee no more than twice and never re-matched in two consecutive periods. In each period‚ the manager makes an individual wage offer to his matched employee and wage offers were written directly on
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Chapter 1 Thinking as an economist Answers to review questions 1 They probably mean that‚ given the competing demands on their limited resources‚ there are other things (a holiday‚ private school fees‚ a new computer) that they choose to spend their income on rather than a plasma screen television. 2 Your friend probably means that your tennis game will improve faster if you take individual lessons instead of group lessons. However‚ individual lessons are also more costly than group lessons‚ so
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2010/2011 EC1301 Principles of Economics Semester II Tutorial 3 Short Answer Questions PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY AND COST 1. Consider the paddle production example shown in Table 23.2 (see Lecture 3). Compute the short-run average cost for 10 paddles with the following changes. a) Your opportunity cost of work time triples‚ from $50 to 150. b) The interest rate for invested funds is cut in half‚ from 10 to 5 percent. c) Labor productivity (the quantity
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Course Description This course applies economic concepts to make management decisions. Students employ the concepts of scarce resources and opportunity costs to perform economic analysis. Other topics include supply and demand‚ profit maximization‚ market structure‚ macroeconomic measurement‚ money‚ trade‚ and foreign exchange. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: •
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Raggs‚ Ltd.‚ a clothing firm‚ determines that the marginal profit and marginal cost are given by ‚ . Find the total revenue if R(0) = 3000. 1‚ The distance profit is given by the definiteinte gral of (P’(x)) Px=P’x=150-0.5xdx =150x-0.25x2+CThe distance cost is given by the definiteinte gral of (C’(x)) Cx=C’x=4000+0.25x2dx =4000x-112x3+CWe have the total revenue is R(x) = P(x) + C(x) Cx=150x-0.25x2+C+4000x+112x3+C =112x3-0
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Discuss And Illustrate The Economic Justification For Establishing A Warehouse Storage has always been an important aspect of economic development. For manufacturers‚ strategic warehousing offered a way to reduce holding or dwell time of materials and parts. On the outbound side of manufacturing‚ warehouses can be used to create product assortments for customer shipment. An important charge in warehousing is maximum flexibility. Ideally a warehouse will simultaneously provide economic and service
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1 Monopoly Why Monopolies Arise? Monopoly is a rm that is the sole seller of a product without close substitutes. The fundamental cause of monopoly is barriers to entry: A monopoly remains the only seller in its market because other rms cannot enter the market and compete with it. Barriers to entry have three main sources: 1. Monopoly Resources. A key resource is owned by a single rm. Example: The DeBeers Diamond Monopoly|this rm controls about 80 percent of the diamonds in the world. 2. Government-Created
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