Managerial Economics Comm 295 Class 1 1. Course Outline 2. Introduction 3. Supply and Demand THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA 1. Outline Instructor: James Brander Vista: An outline and old assignments and exams (with answers) are posted. Class notes will be posted before each class. Questions corresponding to the textbook and selected answers will be posted. Course Description: Economic foundations of managerial decision–making. The early topics review and extend material from first
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UTILITY MAXIMIZATION We will examine the nature of consumer choices by working with a simple model in which the consumer DM chooses how to allocate their income M between two good X and Y. The kinds of choices we examine with this model can be quire general with X and Y varying from subjects as diverse as income versus leisure‚ consumption today versus consumption tomorrow‚ and different classes of consumption goods. The utility model has proven quire useful in a number of real world applications
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Managerial Economics HW #4 (Chapter 5) 1.A firm can manufacture a product according to the production function Q F(K‚ L) K3/4L1/4 a. Calculate the average product of labor‚ APL‚ when the level of capital is fixed at 16 units and the firm uses 16 units of labor. How does the average product of labor change when the firm uses 81 units of labor? Saat (Capital) K = 16 (Labour) L = 16 Q = (16)0‚75(16)0‚25 Q = (8)(2) = 16 APL =Q/L =16/16=1. Saat K= 16 Q= 81 Q = (16)0‚75(81)0‚25 Q = (8)(3)
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Midterm: Jose Barela Managerial Accounting 2025 For the second part‚ answer the following questions. Submit this portion of the midterm as a Word document. 1. You want to use break-even and target profit analysis with respect to the introduction of a new product in the marketplace. Your manager says you are wasting your time because the best determination of profitability is the income statement after this product has been introduced. Explain why your manager is wrong. In order to fully understand
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TC When maximizing profits‚ MR = MC is equivalent to P = MC because The marginal revenue curve for a perfectly competitive firm is the same as its demand curve. Perfectly competitive firms should produce the quantity where The difference between total revenue and total cost is as large as possible. Profit for a perfectly competitive firm can be expressed as (P-ATC) x Q ‚ where P is price‚ Q is output‚ and ATC is average total cost. A student argues: “To maximize profit‚ a firm should produce
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INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE COURSE OUTLINE: MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS PGDM 2013-15 INSTRUCTORS Dr. Rajeev Anantaram (ranantaram@imi.edu) Dr. Arnab Deb (arnab.deb@imi.edu) 1. COURSE DESCRIPTION In a scenario characterized by increasing uncertainty and competition‚ managers will be called upon to make increasingly complex decisions that will have a crucial bearing on the prospects of the firm they work for. Indeed‚ even Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) are increasingly faced with the challenge
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exit Short Run Firm has some market power and faces downward sloping demand curve Price exceeds marginal cost When P>AC firms earn positive economic profits Long Run Positive economic profits in short run attracts new firms Firm’s market share falls and demand curve shifts down P=AC firms earn 0 economic profit P>MC and 0 economic profits deadweight loss Market in which only a few firms compete with one another‚ and entry by new firms is impeded Oligopoly Environment Few Firms
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Managerial Economics Home Work-I Solutions 1. The Potomac Range Corporation manufactures a line of microwave ovens costing $500 each. Its sales have averaged about 6‚000 units per month during the past year. In August‚ Potomac’s closest competitor‚ Spring City Stove Works‚ cut its price for a closely competitive model from $600 to $450. Potomac noticed that its sales volume declined to 4‚500 units per month after Spring City announced its price cut. a. What is the arc cross elasticity of demand between
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negative Net Present Value and should not be undertaken. 5.) Determine which of two investment projects a manager should choose if the discount rate of the firm is 10 percent. The first project promises a profit of $100‚000 in each of the next four years‚ while the second project promises a profit of $75‚000 in each of the next six years. The second project should be undertaken as it has a higher Net Present Value as per the attached excel sheet analysis. 6.) Determine which if the two investment
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Dr. David J. St. Clair Managerial Economics and Business Strategy 3551 #6 Answers – Summer 2012 1. What type of evidence did Dupont introduce in its plastic wrap trial that proved decisive in its acquittal? __ It brought in cross elasticities to show that there were many substitutes for plastic wrap. It then argued that the market had to be defined to include all substitutes. This broadened the definition of the market to the point where DuPont’s market share
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