1. As part of the preparations for the arrival of a hurricane, NC residents sought to purchase electricity generators. As a result, you expect that in NC a. the price of generators will tend to rise b. the price of generators will tend to fall c. shortages will tend to be observed d. a and c e. b and c. 2. Recent stu
Draw out multiple supply graphs and identify and explain and affect on quantity and price: 1) Elastic Demand Curve, 2) Perfectly Inelastic Demand Curve, 3) Perfectly Elastic Demand Curve, and 4) Unit Elasticity.
1.Suppose a bank has $200,000 in deposits, a required reserve ratio of 10 percent, and bank reserves of $50,000. Then the bank can make new loans in the amount of? 1a. If the required reserve is decreased, how do you show that on a graph (investment demand)? 1b. If the required reserve is decreased, what happens to the eq
(See attached file for full problem description) --- Profit Maximization: Equations. Rochester Instruments, Inc., operates in the highly competitive electronics industry. Prices for its RII-X control switches are stable at $50 each. This means that P = MR = $50 in this market. Engineering estimates indicate that relevant
Your hometown newspaper needs someone to write an informative article on large scale economic issues. The reporter who spoke with you before thinks of you, welcomes you home, and requests another article. Click here to view a summary of disaggregated data drawn from information provided on the 2000 U.S. balance of payments which
1. What type of monetary policy has the Federal Reserve been using for the past year (easy/expansionary, tight/contractionary, or neutral/non-involvement)? 2. Why have they been using this policy? 3. How have they implemented the policy (changing the "interest rate", changing the reserve ratio, or open mark
These questions come from Baye's fifth edition of Managerial Economics and Business Strategy. Chapter 14: A Manager's Guide to Government in the Marketplace. 1) You are the manager in a market comprised of five firms, each of which has a 20 percent market share. In addition, each firm has a strong financial position and is
Here i demonstrate how to generate a supply and demand function from a data table that includes the supply and demand data for two different price levels. First I show how to compute the slope then the intercept. With slope and intercept information supply and demand can be written in the familar P = a + bQ and... P = a -
The federal government wants to cool down the overheated economy by cutting its spending. Describe how this policy may affect the unemployment rate. Next, consider the following three scenarios, and USE APPROPRIATE DIAGRAMS to show the likely effects of an activist policy in both the short and long run. A. The economy is abo
See attached file for full problem description. --- 2. Let us take a look at nominal versus real interest rates . The following equations describe the economy of Hermisia: Consumption: C=.8 (1-t) Y where t, the tax rate is .25. Investment: I=900 -2r where r is the real interest rate. Government: G=700
How do governments borrow funds to finance deficit spending? What is likely to happen to interest rates in the market? Assume flexible exchange rates, what is likely to happen to the exchange rate of the domestic currency? How are these related to crowding-out effect?
Suppose the banking system's nonborrowed reserves total $48.3 billion, with total legal reserves standing at $51.2 billion. What must borrowed reserves be? This morning the Federal Reserve decided to undertake the sale of $500 million in government securities through open market operations. What will the new level of nonborro
How does your business go about estimating its sales? (This is often a confidential procedure.) How does it estimate the demand for new products so that it can prepare a production run? Which is more important for your business: lower cost, quality, customer expectations, or some other feature? Why?
(1) In the first graph link below, move the green pointer on the horizontal axis to "3.0" and how many pizzas were gained and how many robots lost and why? http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072819359/student_view0/chapter2/interactive_graphs.html (2) Explain the difference between "rational self-interest" and "greed"
A few questions to clarify supply and demand: If the number of producers for a product declines- what happens to the supply and demand of that product? If you have two items that are complements in consumption and the price of one of them goes up, what happens to the demand of each of the items?
1. Discuss the factor(s) that determine the slope of the LM curve and whether an increase in theses factor(s) will make the curve flatter or steeper. 2. In words what does the IS curve represent? 3. What factor(s) causes the LM curve to shift? 4. In words what does the LM curve represent? 5. Is the interest rate we
In recent years, the scores in baseball have steadily increased. Most experts believe this is due to the expansion of new teams into the league. It is their belief, that the increase in the number of teams has left teams unable to fill their roster with high-quality pitchers. Thus they fill out their roster with low-quality pitc
13. If an oligopolistic firm decides to raise its price. A. other firms will automatically follow B. none of the other firms will follow c. other firms may follow if it is the price leader D. only some of the firms will follow 14. The main difference between perfect competition and
Microeconomics is considered to be the study of scarce resources. Here, consumers (both individuals and organizations) must make allocation decisions. These three basic trade-offs include which goods/services are to be produced, how to produce them, and who gets them. Briefly explain the three trade-offs within a specific good/s
1. Explain why personalized pricing or first degree price discrimination is usually more profitable than menu price. Why, if this is the case, do companies use menu pricing? 2. Companies often sell multiple products (e.g., such as PepsiCo produces and sells both soft drinks and snack foods such as Fritos and Lays potato chip
Suppose that, as the chair of the Fed, you decide to "put policy on automatic pilot" and require that monetary policy follow an established rule. When might each of the following two rules be appropriate? (a) Maintain a constant interest rate. (b) Maintain a constant money supply.
Question 4. Tariffs Rice is traded in a competitive world market. At the world price of $0.10 per pound, unlimited amounts of rice can be imported into Japan for purchase in the Japanese rice market. (e.g. There is an infinite supply of rice at the world price of $0.10 per pound.) The domestic demand and supply of ri
What does it mean for the good to be elastic, inelastic, or just unit elastic?
1. A new taco-making machine that is similar in size and cost to hog dog carts has encouraged more street vendors to begin selling tacos. What SHORT RUN impact do you think this might have on the market for hot dogs? A decrease in the demand for hot dogs B. increase in the demand for hot dogs C. d
The market for beet sugar is purely competitive and entry is free. There are 1000 producers in the industry each of which has a total cost function given by: TC= 240q - 20q² +q³ The demand: Q= 21,280 - 2P 1- determine the industry's supply curve and graph it. Suppose the normal production process for beet sugar u
GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS, ESSAYS AND CALCULATIONS 1. In a free market economy, the price mechanism works to allocate scarce resources in the most efficient manner. Illustrate and explain how this mechanism works to achieve market equilibrium between supply and demand forces. How does a change in supply/demand differ from a shi
When I worked out part a of the problem I got a quantity of 3 as the profit maximizing level of output, but when I plugged that into the profit equation I got a -32 so I'm thinking that this may be incorrect. I also went ahead and attempted to work part b. I came up with 40 firms to supply the market, but this is based off
10. How does a tariff affect consumer's surplus and producer's surplus? Explain and demonstrate with a graph. 13. What is dead weight loss? How does seller market power create dead weight loss? Explain and demonstrate.
Broomsticks are manufactured by 2 firms which constitute a competitive industry. Neither firm has any fixed costs. There are two consumers, Jack and Enis. Consider the following information. Total Cost Total Value Quantity Firm
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