Assuming no population growth or technological progress, find the steady-state capital stock per worker, output per worker, and consumption per worker as a function of the saving rate and the depreciation rate.What is the per-worker production fun..
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Allow an inverse demand curve in a monopoly to have the following form: P[Q]=50-3*Q, allow the MR curve to be: MR[Q]=50-6*Q and say the firm has TC[Q]=10*Q2, and MC[Q]=20*Q. Derive the price the monopolist will charge.
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A food-products company has recently introduced a new line of fruit pies in six U.S. cities: Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Denver, St. Louis, and Fort Lauderdale. Based on the pie's apparent success, the company is considering a nationwide launch.
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Natural real GDP grows by 3 percent per year over the next five years, but then grows by 4 percent in the second year, 5.5 percent in the third year, 4.2 percent in the fourth year, and 3.5 percent in the fifth year. Calculate the cumulative loss..
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Jon Breeks quit his job in a bicycle shop, where he earned $15,000 per year, to become a graduate student in economics. At the university he attended, he spent $2,000 on books, $1,000 on cough medicine, and earned $12,000 as an economics instructo..
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Although self-employed workers have the option to purchase private health insurance, many do not, due to adverse selection. Suppose half the population is healthy and half is unhealthy. The cost of getting sick is $1000 for the healthy and $10,000..
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According to the chief engineer at the Zodiac Company, Q = ALf Kf , where Q is the output rate, L is the rate of labor input, and K is the rate of capital input. Statistical analysis indicates that f = 0.8 and f = 0.3. The firm's owner claims the ..
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Nominal GDP uses current prices as a measure of the value of goods and services produced, while real GDP uses prices of goods and services in a base year to measure value. Suppose an economy consists of three goods: pizza, sodas, and televisions.
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Consider a firm that produces military equipment. It employs 2,000 workers and pays each of them a competitive wage of $40,000 per year; its total labor costs are therefore $80 million per year. The firm also has other, non-labor costs of $30 million..
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For ATC and AVC, plot the points on the integer: for example, the ATC of producing one tablecloth is 80, so you should start your ATC curve by placing a green triangle at the point (1, 80). For MC, plot the points between integers.
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Assume the banking system contains Total reserves $80 billion Transaction deposits $800 billion Cash held by the public $100 billion Reserve requirement 0.10 a. Are the banks fully utilizing their lending capacity b. What would happen to the money su..
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A computerized machining center has been proposed for a tool manufacturing company. If the new system (which costs $125,000) is installed, it will generate annual revenues of $100,000 and will require $20,000 in labor, $12,000 in annual material e..
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