which the consumer is willing to trade one good for another at any given bundle. Explain. c. An Engel curve can be both positively and negatively sloped‚ why does this happen? d. What do we mean by the term “Consumer Surplus”? e. Han gets utility from consuming soda. He neither likes nor dislikes water. Place water on the horizontal axis and soda on the vertical axis. Draw a set of Han’s IC curves. f. Ralph and Rebecca are talking about how much they like going to the gym and how much they like
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that include 5 units of good 1 and 6 units of good 2. TRUE 11. There are two goods. You know how much of good 1 a consumer can afford if she spends all of her income on good 1. If you know the ratio of the prices of the two goods‚ then you could draw the consumer ’s budget line without any
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using the concept of utility. Two approaches to the concept of utility (Cardinalists and Ordinalists approach) describe how utility can be gauged. The analysis of how consumers make choices can be done using the budget constraint and indifference curves. An indifference curve shows various bundles of commodities that make the consumer equally happy‚ or give him the same level of satisfaction. Utility Defined Utility is a measure of the satisfaction that a consumer gets from consuming a commodity or a
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Barriers to entry: In theories of competition in economics‚ barriers to entry are the obstacles and hindrances that make it difficult for a company to enter a given market or industry. The most common barriers to entry include government regulation and economies of scale‚ but nowadays it is increasing for entry barriers to be viewed as a cost. Stigler defined barriers to entry as “A cost of producing which must be borne by a firm which seeks to enter an industry but is not borne by firms already
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attainable indifference curve(tangent to the income budget line or MRS = |w/p|). At this point A‚ the individual will work Ls1 hours‚ enjoy La leisure hours and enjoy an income of Ca. Assuming the individual has attained a source of non-labour income‚ for example inheritance or lottery winnings‚ represented by vertical distance ZX on the graph. The income budget constraint will now become a kinked line KXZ. The presence of non-labour income allows the individual to reach a higher indifference curve and
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define the indifference curve as a graph showing different bundles of goods between which a consumer is indifferent. That is‚ at each point on the curve‚ the consumer has no preference for one bundle over another. One can equivalently refer to each point on the indifference curve as rendering the same level of utility (satisfaction) for the consumer. Utility is then a device to represent preferences rather than something from which preferences come. The main use of indifference curves is in the representation
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ECON 1001 – INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMICS COURSE OUTLINE 1. Is economics a Science? Discuss 2. Sketch the following graphs: (a) y = x (b) Y= 3x + 1 (c) Y= 10 – 3X (d) Y = 3 3. Identify the 2 curves in question 2 which are positively sloped. Explain. (b) Identify which curve in question 2 is negatively sloped. Explain. (c) Identify which curve in question 2 has zero slope. Explain. 4. What does ceteris paribus mean? Why is the concept useful to economists? 5. Why does the distinction
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1 Managerial Economics 2010 Answers to All Tutorial Questions Topic 1 : What is managerial economics Questions from Chapter 1 of the Text (McTaggart‚ Findlay & Parkin) Review Question 1 (pp. 4) List some examples of scarcity in Australia today. An example of scarcity at the economy-wide level would be people with lower incomes being forced to choose between food and petrol due to high prices for both. An example of scarcity at an individual level would be a person unable to afford both
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ECM002 Business Economics Instructions: Please answer four out of the following six following questions: Question 1. Suppose Cola- Sol and Miniranda are the only two companies producing a particular type of cola drink in the soft drink industry. Both companies are considering launching a new drink with a light lemon twist. They can launch their products either at a low price or at a high price. The expected net payoffs are the following: If both companies choose a high price strategy‚ Cola-
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In microeconomic theory‚ an indifference curve is a graph showing different bundles of goods between which a consumer is indifferent. That is‚ at each point on the curve‚ the consumer has no preference for one bundle over another. One can equivalently refer to each point on the indifference curve as rendering the same level of utility (satisfaction) for the consumer. A budget constraint represents all the combinations of goods and services that a consumer may purchase given current prices within
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