camera-ready copy submitted by the Unit Coordinator. The Flexible Learning Centre of the University of South Australia was not involved in its production. CONTENTS Contents 3 Introduction 5 An introduction to the economic perspective 13 Demand and supply 17 Elasticity 21 Market applications 25 The behaviour of firms and costs 31 Perfect competition 37 Monopoly 43 Monopolistic competition 47 Oligopoly 51 Economic performance‚ market failure and government intervention 55 Appendix: Guide
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SUPPLY‚ DEMAND AND GOVERNMENT POLICIES When analyzing government policies‚ supply and demand are the first and most useful tools of analysis. Price controls such as‚ price ceiling‚ price floor and tax incidence mentioned in this chapter show how price controls affect economy. Price ceiling is a legal maximum on the price at which a good can be sold and price floor is a legal minimum on the price at which a good can be sold. Evaluating
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MARKET DEFINITION AND MARKET POWER IN COMPETITION ANALYSIS The Economic and Social Review‚ Vol. 31‚ No. 4‚ October‚ 2000‚ pp. 309-328 309 Market Definition and Market Power in Competition Analysis: Some Practical Issues PATRICK MASSEY* Competition Authority Abstract: Market definition plays a key role in competition analysis and has often proved controversial. However‚ it is merely a means to an end‚ the real issue being to establish whether or not firms have significant market power
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CHAPTER 2 THE BASICS OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND 1. Consider a competitive market for which the quantities demanded and supplied (per year) at various prices are given as follows: Price ($ ) Demand Supply (millions) (millions) 60 22 14 80
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Economic Policy Problem: Demand and Supply The demand and supply of Housing and the Housing affordability in Australia I. Introduction Like all other economies The Australian economy has been affected by the global financial crisis which is now a global economic crisis due the collapse of Lehman Brothers and other financial institutions in US. The consequences of the global economic crisis has been severe and as a result of this the world is in Recession therefore many economies has pushed
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Answer Key: C Question 2 of 19 5.0 Points Which of the following is not a central focus of the "economic perspective"? A. Scarcity and choice. B. The scientific method. C. Purposeful behavior. D. Marginal analysis. Answer Key: B Question 3 of 19 5.0 Points The satisfaction or pleasure one gets from consuming a good or service is: A. price. B. utility. C. consumption. D. preferences. Answer Key: B Question
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“Effects of Taxes on Demand and Supply” Definition: A fee charged ("levied") by a government on a product‚ income‚ or activity. If tax is levied directly on personal or corporate income‚ then it is a direct tax. If tax is levied on the price of a good or service‚ then it is called an indirect tax. Overview: The legal definition and the economic definition of taxes differ in that economists do not consider many transfers to governments to be taxes. For example‚ some transfers to the public
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using some of the crops especially corn. The demand of biofuel is increased which is because of biofuel is used as an alternative source of fuel. This is because of the fuel supplies are depleted caused by worse climate. Therefore‚ when the demand of biofuels increase‚ it also soared the price of food‚ especially corn. PART A (i). Analyze the impacts of increased demand for biofuels on the demand for and price of crops such as corn. Recently‚ demand of biofuels increased because of consumers
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surpassed the PC user base in India and very soon the Indian market will have more mobile users than TV viewers. The growing intensity of competition has led to more services for the end user at lower prices. This has had an effect of stimulating demand and thus increasing the category adoption rate. As more users have been added to the subscriber base‚ it has led to a further downward pressure on operator costs. This has led to further cost benefits to the end user‚ fuelling further
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Definitions: Examples: Cross Elasticity of Demand (XED). Is a measure of how much the demand for a product changes when there is a change in the price of another product. Determinants of Price Elasticity of Demand. is a measure used in economics to show the responsiveness‚ or elasticity of the quantity demanded of a good or services to a change in its price. Determinants of Price Elasticity of Supply. is a measure of how much the supply of a product changes when there is a change in
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