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Discuss what effect would a 10% increase in the price of cigarettes due to increase the cigarette taxes have on cigarette consumption and the consumer spending on cigarettes?
A real word comparative advantage for Italy over Greece in olives is measured by a ratio of Italian exports of olives to Greek exports that exceeds one. Determine this ratio and consider it the real
Suppose you took a $1500 loan today and agreed to pay $500 in the year two, $500 in year four and $1500 in year six (final year). Identify the interest rate you are being charged per year using: i.
Suppose the demand for a medical service is given by equation P = 1000-2Q. Suppose the price without insurance is $100, but insurance reduces consumer's out-of-pocket price to $50.
An environmentally, friendly 2,800 square-foot green home (99% air tight) the cost about 8% more to construct than a same-sized conventional home.
A toll bridge across the Mississippi River is being considered as a replacement for current I-40 bridge linking Tennessee to Arkansas. Because this bridge, if approved, will become a part of U
Health care costs are reportedly rising at an annual rate that is triple general inflation rate. The current inflation rate is running at the 4% per year.
A large corporation's electricity bill amount to $400 million. During next 10 years electricity usage is expected to increase by 75%, and calculated electricity bill 10 years hence has been pro
Suppose you are an efficiency expert hired by a manufacturing firm that uses the K and E as inputs. The production function for a competitive firm is Q = K^1/2 E^1/2.
A machine that produces a certain piece must be turned off by the operator after each piece is completed. The machine "coasts" for 15 seconds after it is turned off, thus are preventing the operator
Discuss why did the U.S. command in Berlin in 1945 and, later, President Richard Nixon in United States impose the price controls and wage? What were the results?
Suppose firm A wants to merge with the firm B for $7.5 billion. Before the potential merger, market for good produced by the firm A and B consisted of 5 firms. The market was highly concentrated, wi
Assume a consumer's preferences are represented by utility function U = MIN(X,4Y). The price of Y is PY = 2, and the consumer has income, M = 210.
Blake and Amanda have found a house, which owing to a depressed real estate market costs only $201500. They will put the $22000 down and the finance remainder with a 30-year mortgage loan from Bank
Discuss what kind of economies of scale exists in funeral business? Why doesn't someone build one colossal funeral home and drive costs down further?
Provide an example of a situation in which the outsourcing had a positive impact on an organization or the country or one in which outsourcing had a negative impact on the organization or c
Suppose that there are 2 identical firms in an industry, each forming the same good at the same constant marginal cost of $60. The Consumer Demand is given by:
Suppose that there are 2 identical firms in an industry, each producing the same good at the same constant marginal cost of $10. The Consumer Demand is given by: P(Q) = 100 - Q/50.
Determine the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) for antidepressant market under the assumption that makers of Zoloft and Prozac merge.
The Drug and Food Administration (FDA) just gave you the approval to sell your new patented drug which reduces aches and pains associated with doing IO homework. Suppose you spent ten years and $1.5
Determine the concentration ratio of the 4 largest firms (CR4) and the Herfindal- Hirsmann index (HHI) Assume that the firm's 6 and 5 merge. Does the merge affect CR4? And HHI?
A deposit of $ 40,000 is put in a savings account at an interest rate of 3%. The interest is compounded quarterly, Equal annual withdrawals are to be made from the account, beginning one year from n
Its annual inverse demand function is P= 65 - 2Q Where P is the price, in dollars, of a cubic yard of concrete and Q is the number of cubic yards sold per year.
Suppose that you agree with a venture capitalist that you will pay her $1.557 million 3.5 years from now for her investment in your invention. She needs you to set aside an amount of money semiannua
Calculate the effects of this tax change on the individual's consumption/leisure choices. Discuss your results in terms of substitution and income effects. Make sure you consider two cases. I