--%>

Problem on effect of a price decrease on total revenue

1. Is it possible for any country to have made gains in access (at the expense of quality) of their rural healthcare system, without any gains in efficiency?  Explain using a PPF diagram.

2. If the own price elasticity for a good is -2.5, what is the likely effect of a price decrease on total revenue?

3. You’ve been asked to assess two alternatives to regulating a monopoly using a ceiling price. Option A is to set the ceiling price 25% below the monopolist’s equilibrium price. Option B is to set the ceiling price 50% below the monopolist’s equilibrium price. Assume your only concern is the efficiency consequences under each option. Which option is preferable? Explain.

   Related Questions in Microeconomics

  • Q : Problem on Analysis Paralysis Consumers

    Consumers confronting huge arrays of choices whenever they contemplate choosing one brand of toothpaste out of 50, or whether to purchase pulp-free, not-from-concentrate orange juice, calcium-fortified, or the extra-pulp, non-calcified, from-concentrate version, frequ

  • Q : Change in response in determinants of

    In short run, the demand for mink coats is least probable to change in response to: (i) Development of the petroleum based faux fur fabric which can’t be differentiated from genuine mink except via DNA analysis. (ii) Armies of a

  • Q : Unitarily price elasticity demand for

    When milk prices increase from $2 to $3 per gallon and sales fall by 600,000 gallons to 400,000 gallons monthly, then demand for milk is: (w) relatively price elastic. (x) unitarily price elasticity. (y) a 45 degree, negatively sloped

  • Q : Adjust production in profit-maximizing

    Adjust production in all profit-maximizing firms to a level where the marginal: (i) revenue most greatly exceeds average total cost. (ii) revenue curve is at its maximum height. (iii) cost curve is at its lowest point. (iv) cost curve intersects the m

  • Q : Meaning of tax Meaning of tax : Tax is

    Meaning of tax: Tax is a legally compulsory payment imposed on the people by the government. There are two kinds of taxes: Direct taxes and Indirect taxes.

  • Q : Profit-maximizing output for economic

    Babble-On maintains world-wide patents for software which translates any of 314 spoken languages in text, along with automatic audio and text translations within any of the other three-hundred-thirteen languages. When Babble-On produces its profit-maximizing o

  • Q : Question based on poverty rate Select

    Select the right ans wer of the question. Which of the following would we expect to contain the highest poverty rate? A) white households headed by males B) elderly white households C) white households headed by females D) African-American households headed by femal

  • Q : Impact of economy according to price

    If price ceiling or price floor were removed what is the impact on the economy?

  • Q : Total revenue at level of sales and

    HoloIMAGine has patented a holographic technology which makes 3-D photography obtainable to consumers. The level of sales and production at that HoloIMAGine would take in its greatest probable total revenue is: (i) output q3

  • Q : Measures of Poverty Line The poverty

    The poverty line is: (1) about $15000/year for a family of two in 2006. (2) an index which varies depending on family characteristics. (3) dependent only on the size and income of a family. (4) about $12500/year for a family of four in 2006. (5) the p