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If D(p) = 100/p and c(y) = y2, what is the optimal level of output of
the monopolist?
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A monopolist is operating at an output level where (€) = 3. The government imposes a quantity tax of $6 per unit of output. If
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True or false? Convenience stores near the campus have high prices
because they have to pay high rents with reason's
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Which of the following are true? (1) Average fixed costs never increase
with output; (2) average total costs are always greater
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1. The market demand curve for heroin is said to be highly inelastic. Heroin
supply is also said to be monopolized by the Mafia,
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The monopolist faces a demand curve given by D(p) = 100 - 2p. Its cost
function is c(y) = 2y. What is its optimal level of output
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The monopolist faces a demand curve given by D(p) =10p^-3 Its cost
function is c(y) = 2y. What is its optimal level of output and
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If D(p) = 100/p and c(y) = y2, what is the optimal level of output of
the monopolist? (Be careful.)
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If the demand curve facing the monopolist has a constant elasticity of 2,
then what will be the monopolist markup on marginal
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The government is considering subsidizing the marginal costs of the monopolist described in the question above. What level of
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Show mathematically that a monopolist always sets its price above marginal cost.
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True or false? Imposing a quantity tax on a monopolist will always
cause the market price to increase by the amount of the tax.
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Will a monopoly ever provide a Pareto efficient level of output on its own?
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Suppose that a monopolist sells to two groups that have constant elasticity demand curves, with elasticity €1 and €2. The
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Suppose that the amusement parkowner can practice perfect price discrimination by charging a different price for each ride.
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If Sl (p) = p- 10 and S2(p) = p- 15, then at what price does the industry
supply curve have a kink in it?
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If Sl (p) = p- 10 and S2(p) = p- 15, then at what price does the industry
supply curve have a kink in it? Use step by step to
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In the short run the demand for cigarettes is totally inelastic. In the long run, suppose that it is perfectly elastic. What is
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True or false? Convenience stores near the campus have high prices
because they have to pay high rents.
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True or false? In long-run industry equilibrium no firm will be losing
money.
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According to the model presented in this chapter, what determines the
amount of entry or exit a given industry experiences?
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In the short run, if the price of the fixed factor is increased, what will
happen to profits?
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If a firm had decreasing returns to scale at all levels of output and it
divided up into two equal-size smaller firms, what would
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Is maximizing a firm's profits always identical to maximizing the firm's stock market value?
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If pMPl > wl, then should the firm increase or decrease the amount of
factor 1 in order to increase profits?
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A profitmaximizing competitive firm that is making positive profits
in long-run equilibrium (may/may not) have a technology
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Prove that a profit-maximizing firm will always minimize costs.
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If a firm is producing where MPlIw1 > MPz/wz, what can it do to
reduce costs but maintain the same output?
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If a firm is producing where MP1/w1 > MP2/w2, what can it do to reduce costs but maintain the same output?
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If a firm uses n inputs (n > 2), what inequality does the theory of
revealed cost minimization imply about changes in factor
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True or false? In the long run a firm always operates at the mini
mum level of average costs for the optimally sized plant to
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Utilities function and equitions with the budget constrains
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Condition's for maximizing utility functions
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A short run equilibriam production function is given as Q= X
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A short run equilibriam production function is given as Q= X¹
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A short run equilibriam production function is given as Q= X½ were Q is output and X is input.
a) is the production function
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A short run equilibriam production function is given as Q= X½ were Q is output and X is input.
a)Let P represent output price
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Clearly distinguish between the following pairs of concepts as used ina economics.
a)production possibility set and input
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Clearly distinguish between the following pairs of concepts as used ina economics.
a)production possibility set and input
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Consumer utility function taker the following form. U(X1, X2)=min(aX1, X2) were X is a positive number.
a)find consumer demand
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Consumer utility function taker the following form. U(X1, X2)=min(aX1, X2) were X is a positive number.
a)find consumer demand
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Suppose that consumer has utility function U(X1, X2)=X½,X½. He originally face price (1,1) and has income 100. Then the price
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Suppose that consumer has utility function U(X1, X2)=X½,X½. He originally face price (1,1) and has income 100. Then the price
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Suppose that consumer has utility function U(X1, X2)=X½,X½. He originally face price (1,1) and has income 100. Then the price
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Suppose that consumer has utility function U(X1, X2)=X½,X½. He originally face price (1,1) and has income 100. Then the price
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Suppose that consumer has utility function U(X1, X2)=X½,X½. He originally face price (1,1) and has income 100. Then the price
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Suppose that consumer has utility function U(X1, X2)=X½,X½. He originally face price (1,1) and has income 100. Then the price
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Suppose that consumer has utility function U(X1, X2)=X½,X½. He originally face price (1,1) and has income 100. Then the price
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Suppose that consumer has utility function U(X1, X2)=X½,X½. He originally face price (1,1) and has income 100. Then the price
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Suppose that consumer has utility function U(X1, X2)=X½,X½. He originally face price (1,1) and has income 100. Then the price
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Suppose that consumer has utility function U(X1, X2)=X½,X½. He originally face price (1,1) and has income 100. Then the price
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An agent consumer quantity (X1, X2) of goods 1 and 2. She has utility U(X1, X2)=X½,X½.
a) Derive the MRS
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An agent consumer quantity (X1, X2) of goods 1 and 2. She has utility U(X1, X2)=X½,X½.
a) Derive the MRS and show your work
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Suppose that we were given a utility
function U(X1,X2)= X²,X² , What do its indifference curves look like?
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If a consumer has a utility function u(x1, x2) = X,X⁴ , what fraction of
her income will she spend on good 2?
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Consider the following profit function has been obtained from technology that uses single input.
π(P, W)=P²W^B , were P is the
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Consider the following profit function has been obtained from technology that uses single input.
π(P, W)=P²W^B , were P is the
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Consider the following profit function has been obtained from technology that uses single input.
π(P, W)=P²W² , were P is the
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Consider the following profit function has been obtained from technology that uses single input.
π(P, W)=P²W² , were P is the
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Consider the following profit function has been obtained from technology that uses single input.
π(P, W)=P²W^B , were P is the
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An agent consumer quantity (X1, X2) of good1 and 2, she has utility U(X½,X½).
a) Derive MRS b) Show the prefernce are convex
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An agent consumer quantity (X1, X2) of good1 and 2, she has utility U(X½,X½).
a) Derive MRS by calculating clearly b) Show the
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A consumer utility takes the following form, U(X1, X2)=min(aX1, X2) were "a" is a positive parameter.
a) find consumer demand
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A firm has a cost function given by c(y) = 10y2 + 1000. What is its
supply curve?
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A firm has a cost function given by c(y) = 10y2 + 1000. What is its
supply curve? Show your work Clearly
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A firm has a cost function given by c(y) = 10y2 + 1000. At what output
is average cost minimized?
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If the supply curve is given by S(p) = 100 + 20p, what is the formula for
the inverse supply curve?
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If the supply curve is given by S(p) = 100 + 20p, what is the formula for
the inverse supply curve? Show your working
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A firm has a supply function given by S(p) = 4p. Its fixed costs are 100.
If the price changes from 10 to 20, what is the change
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A firm has a supply function given by S(p) = 4p. Its fixed costs are 100.
If the price changes from 10 to 20, what is the change
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If the long-run cost function is c(y) = y2 + 1, what is the long-run supply
curve of the firm?
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What is the major assumption that characterizes a purely competitive
market?
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What is economic profits?
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If Sl (p) = p- 10 and S2(p) = p- 15, then at what price does the industry
supply curve have a kink in it? Show your working
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Evaristi Paulo
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If D(p) = 100/p and c(y) = y2, what is the optimal level of output of
the monopolist? (Be careful.)
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Evaristi Paulo
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What cause monopolies?
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What is cartel?
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If a firm had decreasing returns to scale at all levels of output and it
divided up into two equal-size smaller firms, what would
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1. Consider the production function f(x1,x2) =X²,X². Does this exhibit
constant, increasing, or decreasing returns to scale?
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Consider the production function f(x1,x2) =X²,X². Does this exhibit
constant, increasing, or decreasing returns to scale? With
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Suppose that an economicbproduction function cobb-douglas with parameter alpha = 0.3
a) what fraction of income do capital and
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Suppose that an economic production function cobb-douglas with parameter alpha = 0.3
a) what fraction of income do capital and
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Suppose that an economic production function cobb-douglas with parameter alpha = 0.3
a) what fraction of income do capital and
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Suppose that an economic production function cobb-douglas with parameter alpha = 0.3
a) what fraction of income do capital and
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Suppose that an economic production function cobb-douglas with parameter alpha = 0.3
a)Suppose that immigration increases the
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Suppose that an economic production function cobb-douglas with parameter alpha = 0.3
a)Suppose that immigration increases the
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Your given the firm production function Y= L½ , were Y is quantity of output, L number of labour.
a) find production demand
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Your given the firm production function Y= L^0.5 , were Y is quantity of output, L number of labour.
a) find production demand
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If a firm had everywhere increasing returns to scale, what would happen
to its profits if prices remained fixed and if it doubled
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The demand for detergent in Tanzania is characterized by the following functuon P(Q) = 100 - 10Q. Firm A supplies detergent and
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The demand for detergent in Tanzania is characterized by the following functuon P(Q) = 100 - 10Q. Firm A supplies detergent and
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Evaristi Paulo
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The demand for detergent in Tanzania is characterized by the following functuon P(Q) = 100 - 10Q. Firm A supplies detergent and
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Evaristi Paulo
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The demand for detergent in Tanzania is characterized by the following functuon P(Q) = 100 - 10Q. Firm A supplies detergent and
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Evaristi Paulo
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The demand for detergent in Tanzania is characterized by the following functuon P(Q) = 100 - 10Q. Firm A supplies detergent and
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