This paperwork of ECON 545 Week 8 Final Exam shows the solutions to the following problems: 1. (TCO A) Suppose you are hired to manage a small manufacturing facility that produces Widgets. (a.) (15 points) You know from data collected on the Widget Market that market demand and market supply have both increased recently. As manager of the facility‚ what decisions should you make regarding production levels and pricing for your Widget facility? Remember that supply and demand are about the market
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Everyone’s Gasoline Problem: As we all know that the price of gasoline is definitely driven by the concept of supply and demand. Never the less prices fall‚ quantity demand will rise‚ when price rises‚ quantity demanded will fall. Usually this is a true statement in most cases. But gasoline is a necessity to most Americans. The demand for fuel does not decrease when the price increase. Consumers often influence the price of gasoline. Gas prices in the late spring and summer months are the highest
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ECON 2020 – FINAL EXAM REVIEW Exam 1 Review Scarcity * A situation in which unlimited wants exceed the limited resources available to fulfill those wants. * Scarcity leads to CHOICE Choice * A situation caused by scarcity. * Leads to OPPORTUNITY COST Rational Choice (Marginal Cost & Benefit) * Rational consumers will use all available information as they act to achieve their goals * Marginal Benefit – The benefit that arises from an increase in an activity
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Ch. 26 1) List and explain the characteristics of the market structure known as monopolistic competition. 2) List some examples of monopolistically competitive firms. 3) Explain‚ graphically and verbally‚ how a firm in monopolistic competition derives its demand curve and marginal revenue (MR) curve. 4) Explain‚ graphically and verbally‚ how a firm in monopolistic competition determines what quantity to produce and what price to charge in order to maximize its profits. 5) Explain the impact
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CARLETON UNIVERSITY Department of Economics ECON 4302 Competition and Regulatory Policy Instructor: D.G. McFetridge Fall Term 2011 Office: A806 Loeb Building Phone: 613-520-2600 ext. 3748 E-mail: donald_mcfetridge@carleton.ca Office Hours: Mondays‚ 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. and Thursdays‚ 11:30 a.m. – 12:30‚ or by appointment COURSE WEB SITE: www.carleton.ca/~dmcfet/courses PREREQUISITE: ECON 2030 with a grade of C- or higher or ECON 2003 (no longer offered) with a grade of C- or higher. COURSE FORMAT:
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University of Southern California Econ 513 Spring 2012–2013 Prof. Sakata Final Examination Date: Tuesday‚ April 14‚ 2013 Instruction: (a) This is a two-hour‚ closed-book exam. Put away everything but pens‚ pencils‚ erasers‚ and a numeric calculator. (b) Write your name and student ID on the front pages of the exam and its appendix‚ and continue to read this instruction. Do NOT look at other pages‚ however‚ until you are told to start to write the exam. (c) Solve all problems. (d) Fully
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document of DEVRY ECON 545 Entire Course consists of: DEVRY ECON 545 Week 1 DQs 1 Supply and Demanв DEVRY ECON 545 Week 1 DQs 2 Elasticity and the Minimum Wage DEVRY ECON 545 Week 2 DQs 1 Marginal Analysis DEVRY ECON 545 Week 2 DQs 2 Controlling Costs DEVRY ECON 545 Week 2 Project Part 1 DEVRY ECON 545 Week 3 DQs 1 Mergers Acquisitions DEVRY ECON 545 Week 3 DQs 2 Anti-Trust Policy and Microsoft DEVRY ECON 545 Week 3 Quiz Imperfect Competition DEVRY ECON 545 Week 4 DQs
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1. (5 pts)What is the Hecksher-Ohlin Theory of Comparative Advantage? This is a theory developed by two Swedish economists to explain how countries develop comparative advantage in certain areas rather than others. The model works as follows: 1) Assume every country‚ for the most part‚ has access to the same technology. 2) Still‚ factors of production are difficult to move across national boundaries. 3) It follows from (2) that factors of production are relatively bound by geography and national
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Economics 200: Principles of Microeconomics Due (in class): Monday‚ Oct. 13 Professor MacDonald Your Name: _______________________________ Problem Set 1 Question 1 (2 points): Explain how each of the following events affects the equilibrium price and quantity in the associated market. Hint: in each case‚ either the supply or the demand curve shifts‚ but not both. Explain your answer in one sentence and draw a graph to accompany your answer‚ being sure to correctly label all parts of the graph
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Microeconomic Analysis – Situation C Econ 545 Introduction Edgar is an investor who sees the high gas prices as a chance to make money from American consumers and their constant demand of gasoline‚ and soon a large demand from increasing car sales in India and China. Over the past several years the increase in crude oil price resulted in a drastic increase in gasoline prices setting record highs every summer. Consumers had to change their way of living‚ and savvy investors saw this as an opportunity
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