Page 1 of 14 THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS SESSION 1‚ 2009 ‚ ‚ I ECONllOl MICROECONOMICS I FINAL EXAMINATION TIME ALLOWED - 2HOURS THIS PAPER IS WORTH 65% OF THE TOTAL SUBJECT MARK This examination paper consists of two parts - Part A and Part B Part A consists of 20 multiple choice questions each worth onc and one quarter (1.25) marks. Answer all the questions in Part A on the answer sheet provided‚ using pencil . only: Print your student number‚ name and
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different product or (market-specific) service‚ and the products combine to satisfy a common need. It is contrasted with horizontal integration.Vertical integration is one method of avoiding the hold-up problem. A monopoly produced through vertical integration is called a vertical monopoly‚ although it might be more appropriate to speak of this as some form of cartel. Two types of vertical integration:- Backward Vertical integration when it controls subsidiaries that produce some of the inputs used
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consumer is willing to pay and the price actually paid is known as consumers’ surplus. Thus a firm engaging in first degree price discrimination is attempting to extract all the consumers’ surplus from its customers’ as profits. In general graph of monopoly‚ one of the most interesting things to look at is marginal revenue. While demand curve indicates the relationship between the quantity and the price‚ marginal
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MB0042 MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS Q. Inflation is a global Phenomenon which is associated with high price causes decline in the value for money. It exists when the amount of money in the country is in excess of the physical volume of goods and services. Explain the reasons for this monetary phenomenon 1. Define Inflation 2. Causes for Inflation ANS: (1) Inflation is a situation of substantial and rapid increase in the level of prices and consequent deterioration in the value of money over a period of
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each brand. MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION In the short run these markets look like mini monopolies as illustrated on page 225. In the long run any successful idea will be copied‚ thereby eroding any economic profits. MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION Any company with a new variation of a product that the public likes‚ such as clear products‚ remember Pepsi Clear a few years ago‚ will have a monopoly position and can charge a price that produces economic profits. Needless to say if Pepsi
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way. The competitive market leads to structure such as oligopoly where many buyers and sellers involve in trade of similar products making average profit. The non-competitive market structures leads to monopoly with high barriers controlling new entrants‚ and with equilibrium profit or higher monopoly profit. Market forces affect organizational responses to supply and demand‚ where those responses and behavior are shaped via cultural environment such as economics‚ socio-culture‚ technology‚ etc. In
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characteristics of a competitive market for a firm are when there a large number of small firms to compete with. Each firm sells the same product and the consumer has the ability to go in and out of each firm and they know the price of each good. A monopoly is a single seller of a good or service. They have the ability to set their own price of their good. It could be a diamond seller or a company that had sole ownership of a particular space in the airport. No other firm can come in and take over or
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any communications business -- to let any communications business to compete in any market against any other” In the old days‚ the telecom industry was viewed as an example of “natural monopoly.” This was due to increasing returns to scale‚ where the telecom services could only be provided efficiently by a monopoly provider. In the U.S.‚ this pattern started many years ago when the American Bell Telephone purchased the Western Electric Company of Chicago. Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone
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so that price rises causes revenues to fall. When dmand is inelastic a price rise causes revenues to fall as the expression becomes negative. 2. Show graphically and explain verbally how a monopoly results in a deadweight loss. Also point out the redistribution that takes place in society because of monopoly. The total of loss of consumer and producer surplus equals dead weight loss 3. In rent years‚ many elderly people have purchased Medigap insurance policies to cover a growing Medicare
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In terms of competitive nature‚ we can classify real world organisations under the following headings‚ Monopoly‚ Monopsony‚ Oligopoly‚ duopoly and Monopolistic Competition. Monopoly In the UK‚ a business controlling 25% of the market is considered a monopoly. According to Stigler‚ G (2008) a monopoly is “an enterprise that is the only seller of a good or service”. In order for a true monopoly to arise‚ a company must hold a significant advantage‚ imposing barriers for entry to prevent others from
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