THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS SESSION 1‚ 2008 ECONllOl MICROECONOMICS I FINAL EXAMINATION TIME ALLOWED - 2HOURS THIS PAPER IS WORTH 60% 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 one (1) mark. Answer all the questions in Part A on the answer sheet provided‚ using pencil only: (a) Print your student number‚ name and initials in the space provided and mark the appropriate
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Sample paper Note: not 30 questions have been included here. Look at the on line Quizzes for revision questions. PART A This section is worth 30 marks Answer all the questions in Part A on the answer sheet provided‚ using pencil only: Question 1 Which of the following statements is true? (a) A profit maximising monopolist will always set price and output at a level where demand is price elastic. X (b) A profit maximising monopolist always produces where Average Revenue equals Average
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Please explain how the excessive production of steel yields negative externality by using a diagram. 3. How do private markets respond to externalities? Please explain these private remedies by giving examples for each. 4. What is the Coase Theorem? Please explain briefly with an example. 5. What are the main failures of these private remedies for externalites? Please explain briefly by giving examples for each. 6. What are the public sector solutions to externalities? Please explain
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Imperfection in liability system The products liability system has been criticized on equity‚ distributive‚ and efficiency grounds. The equity arguments often express a belief that cases should be inside on the basic afford and negligence. In particular‚ firm consider it in equitable to be assessed damage when there was nothing that could be done to prevent the injury. Objection had been made to the inability to use state-of-the-art design as a defense in cases governed by strict liability. In the
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GOALS OF ECONOMIC SYSTEMS Every economic entity is confronted with three basic issues 1. what to produce 2. how to produce it 3. how to allocate the final output Organization: National economies Central planning Free Markets Firms and Households Centralized decision making One authority for decision making Pareto efficiency A distribution of resources where there are no alternative allocations that keeps all individuals at least as well off but makes even one person better off. When
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P 3–4: Just One‚ Inc. Just One‚ Inc.‚ has two mutually exclusive investment projects‚ P and Q‚ shown below. Suppose the market interest rate is 10 percent. The ranking of projects differs‚ depending on the use of IRR or NPV measures. Which project should be selected? Why is the IRR ranking misleading? Using the IRR method will result in project Q being selected over P due to its higher rate of return. Using the NPV method would result in choosing project P because of its higher NPV.
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What is meant by externalities? How have oil companies in Trinidad and Tobago employed solutions to externalities as part of their corporate social responsibilities (CSR)? Externalities exist when a third party bears costs or receives benefits arising from an economic transaction in which he or she is not a direct participant. This occurs when producers or consumers provide benefits to third parties or impose costs on third parties for which the market system does not enable them to receive
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Conclusion Based on the explanation above‚ we can make a conclusion. The Tai Yau Tour Travel Limited may concern about their strength and weakness in the objection. The strength includes that their service is offered in Mainland and the contract and profits can be regarded as antecedent activity. According to the Agency Principle‚ Agents’ activities are equivalent to the company’s. But weaknesses are showing as they advertised in Hong Kong‚ the contract was made in Hong Kong and Profit was arising
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Chapter 1 The Big Ideas in Economics Think of why some goods should be allocated by money while some not. Why demand curve is downward sloping? Two effects: 1.Substitution effect (dominent) 2.Income effect (small) The demand&supply curve can be read horizontally or vertically. You should be familiar with both ways of reading. Chapter 3 Supply&Demand Concepts: 1.A normal good: a good for which demand increases when income increases. An inferior good: a good for which demand decreases
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The Firm is an article by Ronald H. Coase. It presented an economic enlightenment of why those who prefer to structure companies‚ or partnerships‚ and or further business thing rather than operating two-sidedly throughout contracts on a marketplace. The purpose of Ronald H. Coase in writing the article called “The Nature of the Firm” is to elaborate more or state the problem of Economic Theory in its failure to state clearly its assumption. Mr. Ronald H. Coase wanted to know clearly this assumption
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