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A business next door just went bankrupt and the bank is offering a special deal where you can buy another 100 tons of steel for $180 per ton. Assume that the interest rate is 0%. Which is correct?
Explain how both the flow-of-product approach and the earnings approach can be used to measure GDP and the role profit plays in these calculations.
If you are the chief economist of a country experiencing high unemployment and flat GDP, what macroeconomic policies might you enact in response to these economic conditions?
What is the output of each firm if they collude to produce the monopoly output? What profit does each firm earn with such collusion?
firm A has a dominant strategy, (b) whether f rm B has a dominant strategy, (c) the optimal strategy for each firm, and (d) the Nash equilibrium, if there is one.
The natural unemployment rate is 5%. Suppose the current unemployment rate is 8%. What would be the current level of output according to Okun's law.
All other factors held constant, what would be the effect on the demand for money (M1) of each of the following situations. Explain the rationale behind your responses. A doubling of all prices, wag
Product of railcars has been more than doubled since the early 2000s, to in excel of 60,000 railcars per year. What would likely happen to the demand for railcars if the ethanol boom were to go bust?
What do you suppose has happened to the demand for string instruments used by performing musicians as a result of the decrease in demand for musicians services?
How would a gradual increase in the percentage of fathers who stay home to care for young children while their wives continue working ultimately alter the male-female wage gap?
What are some examples of behavior that at one time wire victimless crimes that are no longer criminal? What are some examples of behavior that were not victimless crimes that now are crimes?
Explain the following statement: "Changes in disposable income lead to movements along the consumption function while changes in wealth lead to a shift of the consumption function." Use examples to
What made it so and the possible impact of an economist not understanding that concept or formula at all. Discuss how you would explain what this class was about to a friend of yours pondering taking
Are all expenditures of a government included in the calculation of GDP for that nation? Why or why not? If not, what government expenditures should be excluded from GDP?
Identify quality prior to purchase, how much will consumers pay for a tube of unspecified ointment, assuming they are willing to pay up to their expected benefit?
xplain which graph in our collection - A, B, C, or D - illustrates the shift that you identify by describing the change in price and the change in equilibrium quantity.
Why do you think the compensation plans differ at the two firms? In particular, why do you think Kaufmann's pays commissions to salespeople, while Parkleigh does not?
Does investment by private firms get crowded out by this kind of government investment? If not, what kind of spending, if any, does get crowded out?
Use the saving-investment diagram to illustrate this point, explaining why the curve(s) shift. Does it matter whether the temporary increase in military spending is funded by taxes or by borrowing?
The Federal Reserve is expected to increase interest rates, thereby increasing the costs of borrowing for car loans. What is the impact on the market for new cars?
In Mankiw's reinterpretation of the Keynesian cross model an increase in government purchases and taxes by an equal amount increases both income and welfare of consumers.
Write the equation for his marginal condition for maximising utility(equation for income offer curve) and the budget line equation(in terms of P and D).
With an income of $800 per month, how many units of goods x and y will the person consume in a month to maximize utility?
Plus variable costs of $25 for each cord of firewood. Annual demand and marginal revenue relations for a company are: Calculate the company's optimal profit and return-on-sales levels.
With each provider. What is the cost to your friend of an extra minute on the phone? How much would he end up paying each provider every month?