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Macroeconomic Aggregates

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1) Explain the difference between the short run and the long run as it relates to the firm's production function. Why is this distinction important to a firm's manager?

2) Explain why a firm maximizes its profits by producing the level of output at which marginal revenue equals marginal costs.

3) Explain how labor resistance and political and legislative influences reduce the ability of firms to minimize their costs of production. What do the two have in common in this regard?

4) What are the two primary factors that influence a firm manager's choice between a labor-intensive and a capital-intensive method of production? How does each factor influence the manager's choice?

5) Summarize the relationship between elasticity, price changes, and changes in total revenue.

6) Distinguish between "a change in demand" and "a change in quantity demanded." What are the causes of each type of change and how do we illustrate them graphically?

7) List the factors that influence supply. How does a change in each of factors you have listed affect the supply curve?

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This is foundational macroeconomics. The most basic terms are defined and examples of each are given. The distinct measures of demand and supply are the focus. This is strictly for beginners.

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