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    Budgetary control and responsability accounting

    Zelmer Company uses budgets in controlling costs. The August 2008 budget report for the company's Assembling Department is as follows. ZELMER COMPANY Budget Report Assembling Department For the Month Ended August 31, 2008 Difference Favorable F Manufacturing Costs Budget Actual Unfavorable U Vari

    Incremental analysis

    The management of Borealis Manufacturing Company is trying to decide whether to continue manufacturing a part or to buy it from an outside supplier. The part, called WISCO, is a component of the company's finished product. The following information was collected from the accounting records and production data for the year e

    Managerial Economics

    Need some help writing a paper...on how the below game should be set up, played and solved... a consumer decide whether to buy life insurance or not. To keep the game relatively simple, assume the life insurance being considered is term life, i.e. insurance without an accumulating investment value. Keep in mind that your p

    Managerial Economics

    1. Use the ideas of consumer surplus and producer surplus to explain why economists say competitive markets are efficient. Why are below- or above-equilibrium levels of output inefficient, according to these two sets of ideas? 2. Suppose the cross elasticity of demand for products A and B is +3.6 and for products C and

    Manangerial Economics

    'The Theory of Individual Behavior', is devoted to the use of indifference analysis to build a framework for demand theory. Indifference analysis goes to great lengths to explain consumer behavior and how consumers make choices between options available to them. The options they face include budget constraints, different prefe

    Utility

    What is meant by the term "utility" and how does it relate to purposeful behavior?

    Economics help

    1. A firm will only earn normal profit in the long run a. if firms can freely enter or leave the market b. if firms do not try to maximize profit c. only if the industry is perfectly competitive d. whenever products are not differentiated 2. Under which of the following market conditions is it most difficult to maintai

    The Rational Consumer

    1. To say that you can't have too much of a good thing means that for any good that you enjoy (say pizza), a. higher consumption will always lead to greater utility b. higher consumption will cause utility to increase at an increasing rate c. higher consumption will increase utility but only up to a point; after that utilit

    Demand: Utility and Marginality

    The political philosophy of redistributing income: Utilitarianism Utilitarianism: the political philosophy according to which the government should chose policies to maximize the total utility of everyone in society. Liberalism Liberalism: the political philosophy according to which the government should chose policie

    Marginal utility.

    Q1: Exercise and Total Utility The table below shows a consumer's total utility from consuming hours of exercise at the gym. Given this information, what can be said about this consumer's marginal utility curve for exercise? A) Marginal utility initially decreases, but eventually increases as more exercise is consumed.

    Consumer Behavior

    Income and substitution effects 1.The income effect indicates that: A)a rise in money income will cause consumers to buy smaller quantities of normal goods. B)when the price of a product falls, the lower price will induce the consumer to buy more of that product now that it is relatively cheaper. C)consumers should subs

    Multiple choice questions in microeconomics

    Please answer by choosing one of the multiple choice answers. Answer the following 1.Scarcity 1.exists because people have wants that are unlimited relative to the availability of resources to satisfy those wants 2.creates a need for society to allocate goods according to some set of criteria 3.means tha

    Expected Utility, Relative Risk Aversion

    An expected utility maximizing individual has utility of eno-of-period wealth given by u(W)= W^(1-y)-1, if y is not equal to 1 ln(W), if y=1 1. Show that this individual has constant relative risk aversion and decreasing absolute risk aversion. 2. Consider the special case where y=2. Suppose that this individu

    Marshallian/ Hicksian Demand Functions

    An individuals preferences over goods x=(x1,x2) can be represented by the following utility function: u(x)= ln(x1-b)+ ln(x2) The individual faces prices p=(p1,p2)>>0 and has income m>p1b>0 Why is it important that m>p1b? What is the interpretation of the coefficient b? Do the demand function

    A consumer can live up to two periods, but is uncertain about surviving to period 2. How is his/her optimal consumption choice affected? What if he/she can survive to the next period with certainty, but might need to pay to get well? How much will he/she insure if insurance is actuarially fair? How does his/her insurance coverage relate to such concepts as equivalent variation and compensating variation? Please see the long description for exact statement of this problem.

    Suppose that individuals potentially live for two periods. The utility function in each period is given by: u(ci)= c^(1/2) where ci is period i's consumption. Every individual receives income m, in the first period. This income can be used to finance consumption in that period, or it can be saved at zero interest to fin

    Levels of Satistfaction Based on Price

    5) Suppose an individual has the utility schedule: Q UTILITY IN DOLLARS 0 0 1 100 2 180 3 250 4 300 5 340 6 370 7 390 8 400 A)Suppose P=55. What is the individual's optimal level consumption? What is his level of net satisfaction from this good? B)Suppose p=15. What is the individual's optimal level

    compute the marginal utility per dollar

    Mary is consuming 3 hot dogs and 2 Cokes at the Bucs game. The marginal utility of the third hot dog is 60 utils and the marginal utility of the second Coke is 180 utils. The price of a hot dog is $1 and the price of a Coke is $4. From the information given, we can see that Mary consumed too many (hot dogs, Cokes) and too fe

    Equilibrium price

    1. A consumer is at equilibrium at one of the 4 points (A, B, C, or D) shown in Figure 1 (attached to this assignment). a. If we know that the consumer is maximizing his/her utility, and that the price of Skittles is not the same as the price of M&M's, at what point is the consumer operating? Explain your logic. b. If the pric

    Solve accounting problems

    PE 2-14 Expanded Accounting Equation Use the expanded equation to compute the missing quantity. Assets Liabilities Capital Stock Retained Earnings Case A $23,000 $11,000 A $ 4,500 Case B 17,500 B $ 4,500 3,600 Case C C 14,000 11,000 27,000 Case D 45,000 29,000 18,000 D

    Choice Under Uncertainty

    (a) Explain what it means that a consumer has preferences over lotteries (in particular, define lotteries). (b) Explain what it means that the preference relation has a utility function representation, and define the notion of a von Neumann-Morgenstern utility function.

    Risk, uncertainty and information

    1- An agent, with wealth 50, faces a probability 0.2 of a loss 35. The agent is offered insurance at a premium rate of 0.25. The agent has the von Neumann-Morgenstern utility function, u=lnx, where x is wealth. How much insurance should the agent buy? 2 - Show that a risk averse agent offered terms worse than actuarially fair

    Diamond/Water

    3.Early Classical economists found the following "diamond/water" paradox perplexing: "Why is water, which is so useful and so necessary, so cheap, when diamonds, which are so relatively unnecessary, are so expensive?" In modern economic terms, explain the water/diamond paradox.

    Ice Cream and Utility Maximization

    PART 1 Please answer the following question: Bob values the utility of a single scoop of Baskin-Robbins ice cream at $1.50. A double scoop gives total utility of $2.25, while a triple scoop yields $2.60. Baskin-Robbins charges $1.35 for a single, $1.95 for a double, and $2.35 for a triple. How many scoops will Bob buy?

    Economics: Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility

    1. Which gives you greater total utility, 12 gallons of water per day or 20 gallons per day? Why? 2. At which level do you get greater marginal utility, 12 gallons per day or 20 gallons per day? Why?