1. Discuss the characteristics of a perfectly competitive market? Give 2 examples of perfectly competitive markets? - Infinite buyers and sellers * Zero entry and exit barriers * Perfect factor mobility Perfect information * Zero transaction costs * Profit maximization * Homogeneous products * Non-increasing returns to scale Eg: Fish market and the vegetable or fruit vendors who sell at the same place‚ the bars in "Le Carré" (Liège‚ Belgium) or the
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Homework Problem Set #1 Delectation Delicatessen Problem a) Answer: Delectation wants to determine the number of Fish-n-Fowl and Surf-n-Turf sandwiches it should make each day to maximize the deli’s revenues in USD$. The decision variables are how many units of Fish-n-Fowl and Surf-n-Turf sandwiches Delectation should make each day. F= units of Fish-n-Fowl sandwiches Delectation should make each day. S= units of Surf-n-Turf sandwiches Delectation
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Analysis of Market Structures and Pricing Strategies The markets today are so complex and deal with so many variables it can be difficult to understand just exactly how they operate. In the following I will reveal the different kinds of market structures along with their different pricing strategies. Relating to these topics‚ I will focus on the importance of cost‚ competition and customer. 1. Analysis of different market Structures Different
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Marginal Analysis Economics & Global Business Applications‚ EGT 1‚ Task 1 A. Explanation of profit maximization The total revenue‚ TR‚ is the overall amount of all sources of a business’s income. It consists of total sales or profit‚ over a period of time. The TR can be calculated by taking the price and multiplying it by the quantity. For example‚ if a business decides to retail another product and the total revenue does increase‚ thus the marginal revenue would be greater than zero
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The Law of Diminishing Marginal Production Econ 31514 Shenika De Silva SS/2009/087 Content 1. Introduction 2. Production 3. Stages of Production 4. Production Function 5. Production Time Periods 6. Marginal productivity Theory i. Diminishing Marginal Productivity ii. Example 1 iii. Example 2 7. References Introduction Diminishing returns‚ also called law of diminishing returns or principle
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CHAPTER 1 The Fundamentals of Managerial Economics McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2014 by The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. All rights reserved. Chapter One Chapter Overview • Introduction – The manager – Economics – Managerial economics defined • Economics of Effective Management – Identifying goals and constraints – Recognize the nature and importance of profits – Understand incentives – Understand markets – Recognize the time value of money – Use marginal analysis • Learning managerial economics
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How to tackle alcohol abuse There are many market failures associated with alcohol such as increased anti-social behaviour‚ an increased cost on healthcare and reduced productivity. A minimum price is the best way to tackle market failures associated with alcohol. Market failure occurs when an economy fails to deliver and efficient allocation of resources; a minimum price is set above the equilibrium in order to raise the price of the good. A minimum price can act as a deterrent for the good and
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ALTERNATIVE MARKET STRUCTURES It is traditional to divide industries to categories according to the degree of competition that exists between the firms within the industry. There are four such categories. At one extreme is perfect competition‚ where there are many firms competing. Each firm is so small relative to the whole industry that it has no market power to influence price. It is a price taker. At the other extreme is monopoly‚ where there is just one firm in the industry‚ and hence no competition
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Happyland Construction Maulik Patel Maulik.patel@westburne.ca Module – 2 Happyland Construction Inc. is an engineering firm involved in design and construction of oil shale plants. It is building a plant in Blissful Valley‚ which is part of Mirth County‚ in the Province of Giggle. Happyland is a world leader in designing shale oil plants and has about 100 employees working on site. Happyland has been advised that a new crane has to be used on the site – the GargantuLift 6000 by Mega Corporation
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To what extent do subsidies might encourage the consumption of a good that generates positive externalities such as pu’er tea? A positive externality occurs when a benefit accrues to someone outside of the production or consumption of a good. Goods which contain significant positive externalities are known as merit goods. However‚ without intervention these goods and services do not respond well to price signals and would be under consumed at market price‚ because they are expensive and not wanted
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