cost if scarcity disappeared? (3 marks) b. What is the difference between a "change in supply" and a "change in quantity supplied"? (3 marks) 2. Identify each of the following topics as being part of microeconomics or macroeconomics. (1 mark each) a. the impact of a change in consumer income on the purchase of luxury automobiles b. the effect of a change in the price of Coke on the purchase of Pepsi c. the impact of a war in the Middle East on
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In economics, marginal revenue is the revenue that an additionally produced unit will create, if sold. When a company is in a competitive market, the price of the unit sold does not change, so marginal revenue is the price of a single unit. The relationship between marginal revenue and total revenue is calculated when marginal revenue is equal to the change in total revenue divided by the change in quantity, when the change in quantity is equal to a single unit. Mathematically marginal revenue
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1 – Everyone’s Gasoline Problem: We are all familiar with fluctuating prices of gasoline at the pump. Why does this happen? Research the recent history of gasoline pricing in your area, and attempt to relate any fluctuations you observe to documented supply and demand factors outlined in our book. Be sure to cite any references used. Fluctuating gas prices are caused by a number of factors. The combination of the price of crude oil and the cost of producing and marketing gasoline have greatly
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cost if scarcity disappeared? (3 marks) b. What is the difference between a "change in supply" and a "change in quantity supplied"? (3 marks) 2. Identify each of the following topics as being part of microeconomics or macroeconomics. (1 mark each) a. the impact of a change in consumer income on the purchase of luxury automobiles b. the effect of a change in the price of Coke on the purchase of Pepsi c. the impact of a war in the Middle East on
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MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECON 545 Keller Graduate School of Management April 13, 2014 Introduction The idea Edgar has for opening up four new gas stations is based on a well based argument making it viable as a profitable business venture. The evaluation on the American consumer to accept the high price for gas oil prices forms the first approach towards establishing a business. Gasoil businesses in the world run as cartel where it supply and prices are determined by the few stakeholders
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Monopoly Public interest is virtual another way to describe consumers’ wants, namely, maximising utility at the lowest price and the best quality. This concept has been contributed by Jeremy Bentham and J.S. Mill referred to “the greatest happiness for the greatest number”. (Handout, 2004, the ‘public interest’) In the market structure, one extreme form, imperfect competition is known as monopoly. The following is going to discuss that monopoly is always against the public
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Economic Interest Theory and Regulation The theory suggests that regulations are set of policies driven by forces of supply and demand. The government is placed on the supply side while the interest groups on the demand side. The theory suggests that regulation is developed by the industry and that the objective of regulations is to create advantages to the industry concerned. This theory was developed in 1971 by Chicago theory of government and the economic theory of regulation (J. G. Stigler,
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Micro Chapter 22 Practice Problems #2 Key 1. One feature of pure monopoly is that the demand curve: A) is vertical. B) is horizontal. C) slopes upward. D) slopes downward. Answer: D 2. The demand curve confronting a nondiscriminating pure monopolist is: A) horizontal. B) the same as the industry's demand curve. C) more elastic than the demand curve confronting a competitive firm. D) derived by vertically summing the individual demand curves for the buyers. Answer: B 3
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Simulation Andrea Nelson ECO/365 May 12. 2014 Vilma Vallillee Supply and demand simulation From the University of Phoenix supply and demand simulation I identified a few microeconomic and macroeconomic principles. Monopoly and Maximizing revenue are two microeconomic concepts. Colander (2010) explains that microeconomics is “the study of individual choice, and how that choice is influenced by economic factors (p. 15)”. Economic factors and the market influence both of them. Macroeconomics, on
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Final Project Microeconomics The microeconomics assignments have taught me that microeconomics is a branch of economics that studies the behavior of individuals and small impacting players in making decisions on the allocation of limited resources. Typically, it applies to markets where goods or services are bought and sold. A socialist economic system is based on some form of social ownership of the means of production, which may mean autonomous cooperatives or direct public ownership; wherein
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