Question 1 Being a price taker in a market means that the seller Answer | | charges each consumer the maximum that she will be able to pay for the product. | | | has no choice but to charge the equilibrium price that results from the market supply and demand curves. | | | takes her price from her average total cost curve. | | | sells her products at different prices to different customers. | 1 points Question 2 For a certain firm‚ the 100th unit of output that
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The Three Basic Economic Questions 1. What to Produce? what items to produce and how much of each item to produce using its productive inputs in the most efficient manner. 2. How to Produce? one the decision has been made regarding what to produce. each country must choose which resources productive inputs will be used and in what combinations 3. For Whom to Produce? should the productive outputs be distributed based on social customs‚ personal wealth and ownership‚ or mandated by the government
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Some review questions for Lecture 4‚ 5 and 6 4.1 When and in which areas MAY local officials overstate or understate the economic growth rates? Briefly explain. 4.2 Indicate FOUR economic measures which are supplementary to and more reliable than the GDP data. 4.3 Between 1952 and 1978‚ the average annual growth rates of GDP and population were 6.0% and 1.9% respectively. Then how to calculate the average annual growth rate of GDP per capita? 4.4 China’s GDP measured at current or official exchange
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These are Discussion questions for Business Economics 150 ward count for each question 1. For many years (actually centuries)‚ the dominant Christian church of the world forbade anyone to print a copy of the Bible in any language other than Latin. After the invention of the printing press‚ several people printed the Bible in languages other than Latin (including German and English) without permission. Some of those people were convicted and executed. Is this a warning to those who fear that others
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eco NITIE‚ MUMBAI 400 087 I MODULE ENDING EXAMINATION PGDIM XIth BATCH EC01 BUSINESS ECONOMICS Date: 23 September 2004 Time: 9.30 am to 12.30 am Maximum marks: 60 Instructions: Attempt any three questions out of four. All questions carry equal marks. Start each answer on a fresh page. Parts of the question must be answered together. Use appropriate tables‚ diagrams‚ equations to support your answers. Assume suitable assumption wherever necessary. Q 1(a) Mrs. Palekar has Rs 1
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However‚ an extensive analysis about Naked Lunch reveals that the novels deals with important issues ; the novel shows is how drug addicts go through challenges as they try to seek money that allows them to get a quick fix. In addition‚ the author shows how tough it is to be an addict because you do things that normal people would not find themselves doing. Another issue brought in the novel is the fact that all addict would want to get out of the desire to be an addict however‚ it is not a habit
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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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CHAPTER 12 Fiscal Policy A. Short-Answer‚ Essays‚ and Problems 1. Give a brief definition of fiscal policy? What are its economic goals? 2. What is the Council of Economic Advisers? 3. “The Employment Act of 1946 is no more than a vague and ill-defined commitment by the Federal government to assist in the achievement of full employment.” Do you agree? Explain. 4. Explain the effect of a discretionary cut in taxes of $40 billion on the economy when the economy’s marginal propensity to consume
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CHAPTER 1 1. Internal expansion involves a normal increase in business resulting from increased demand for products and services‚ achieved without acquisition of preexisting firms. Some companies expand internally by undertaking new product research to expand their total market‚ or by attempting to obtain a greater share of a given market through advertising and other promotional activities. Marketing can also be expanded into new geographical areas. External expansion is the bringing together
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The table given below represents the marginal valuation of a beekeeper (collecting honey) and an orchard farmer (producing mangoes). The beekeeper’s opportunity cost reflects the loss in honey collection resulting from the usage of the same orchard again and again. Table 1 Days used Total honey value ($) Marginal honey value ($) Beekeeper’s opportunity cost ($) Total value of mangoes ($) Marginal value of mangoes ($) 1 18 18 2 10 10 2 23 6 2 17 7 3 27 5 2 23 6 4 30 3 2 28 5 5 32 2 2 32 4
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