Assume that the flour market is perfectly competitive and the price of flour is determined by the market at $9 per kg. Tony owns a mill and sells 10 kg of flour per day. At this output 10 kg, Tony has an average variable cost of $6, an average fixed cost of $2 and a marginal cost of $8 per day. Calculate Tony’s profit or loss at the output 10 kg of flour per day. What should Tony do if he wishes to earn more profit? Explain.
(b) Suppose that the tofu market is perfectly competitive and Omega is one of the many tofu producers in the market.
(i) Initially the tofu market is in a long-run equilibrium. Draw
a diagram for the tofu market and a diagram for Omega to explain
the long run equilibrium situation.
(ii) Omega discovers a method to significantly reduce both the
fixed costs and the variable costs of tofu production. How will
this discovery affect Omega and the tofu market in the short run?
Explain with suitable diagrams for the tofu market and Omega.
(iii) Describe what will happen at the tofu market in the long
run.
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Question 1 Chepa’s utility function is given by U(x,y) = lnx + 4lny. Assume that Chepa has endowments (10,10) and that Py = 10 throughout the problem.
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Under what circumstances would you expect a rise in national income to cause a large accelerator effect.
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Suppose inflations expectations increased in an open market economy.
1- how does it affect nominal exchange rate in the short run? (increases, decreases, or stays the same)
2- how does it affect real exchange rate in the short run? (increases, decreases, or stays the same)
Explain. Assume that the country is operating under floating exchange rate regime.
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Discuss the economic shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Discuss the economic policy responses implemented so far, and any possible further economic policy responses.
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There are a number of factors which can influence a consumer’s buying behaviour. What do you think are the important influences in respect of purchases of financial products?
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If injections exceed withdrawals, will GDP go on rising indefinitely, or will a new equilibrium be reached? If so, explain how
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Options: Current Account Debit, Current Account Credit, Capital Account Debit, Capital Account Credit
1. Foreign freight and shipping services purchased by a Canadian exporter from a foreign transportation firm
2. Japan purchases more Canadian lumber products
3. Nova corporation of Canada sells a new stock issue to a Chinese investor
4. The purchase of insurance from Lloyds of London
5. The hotel bill of a Canadian tourist in Rome
6. Expenditures abroad by Canadian tourists
7. $15,000,000 sale of natural gas by PanCanadian to an American utility company
8. The import of a BMW automobile
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Some real word examples about businesses in MEDIA INDUSTRY that successfully benefit from churn prediction (profit increase, company growth etc.) Kindly give the source/ link of those cases as well.
Thank you so much.
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Which of the following is true for monopoly?
Question 41 options:
The marginal revenue curve lies above the demand curve
The marginal revenue curve lies below the demand curve.
Economic profits are zero in the long-run.
Marginal revenue equals price.
Price elasticity of demand is defined as
Question 47 options:
The percentage change in quantity demanded divided by the percentage change in price.
The percentage change in price divided by the change in quantity
demanded
The percentage change in price divided by the percentage change in
quantity demanded.
The change in quantity demanded divided by the percentage change in
price
When Marginal utility diminishes, total utility:
Question 48 options:
Increases at a diminishing rate
Diminishes
Stays constant
Increases
Question 49 (4 points)
If consumer incomes go up and laundromats are an inferior good, the
effect on the demand for laundromats, ceteris paribus, will be a
(an):
Question 49 options:
decrease in the quantity demanded of laundromats
increase in the demand for laundromats
increase in the quantity demanded of laundromats
decrease in the demand for laundromats
A characteristic of an oligopoly is:
Question 50 options:
Few firms exhibiting mutual interdependence
Many firms with independent pricing decisions.
Single firm with control over price.
None of the above.
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what goods and services market, labor market and
financial market?
connect the components of each market?
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