Consider an exchange economy with two goods, 1 and 2, and two consumers, A and B. The consumers are initially endowed with a total of unit of each good, i.e. w1 = w1A + w1B = 1 and w2 = w1B + w2B = 1. Their preferences are represented by UA(x1, x2..
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Suppose the residents of Vegopia spend all their income on cauliflower, broccoli, and carrots. In 2005, they buy 100 heads of cauliflower for $200, 50 bunches of broccoli for $75, and 500 heads carrots for $50. In 2006, they buy 75 heads of caulif..
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Peter Minuit bought an island from the Manhattoes Indians in 1626 for $24 worth of beads and trinkets. The 1991 estimate of the value of the land on this island was $12 billion (1 billion = 109). What rate of return would the Indians have received ..
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Consider the following sets of investment projects: (n) 0 -4,000 -3,500 -5,000 -4,500 1 0 1,500 3,000 1,8002 0 1,800 2,000 1,800 3 5,500 2,100 1,000 1,800 Compute the equivalent annual worth of each project at 1 = 13%, and determine the acceptability..
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ADVANCED ANALYSIS Currently, at a price of $1 each, 100 popsicles are sold per day in the perpetually hot town of Rostin. Consider the elasticity of supply. In the short run, a price increase from $1 to $2 is unit-elastic (Es = 1.0). So how many p..
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Suppose that fixed costs increase by $50 but the prevailing market price remains unchanged. Using algebra determine the effects of this change in cost on the profit maximizing output and the optimal profit. Do you see any change from your answer t..
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An alternative for manufacturing a certain part has a first cost of $50,000, an annual cost of $10,000, and a salvage value of $5,000 after its 10 year life. At an interest rate of 10% per year, what is the capitalized cost of the alternative
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Two firms currently produce the goods q1and q2separately. Their cost functions are C(q1) =25 + q1, and C(q2) = 35 + 2q2. By merging, they can produce the two goods jointly with costs described by the cost function C(q1, q2) = 45 + q1+ q2.
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Using the rule that the area of a triangle equals one half times the base times the height, calculate the consumer surplus and the producer surplus and the total (social) surplus. Does this outcome attain allocative efficiency.
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Assume your research staff used regression analysis to estimate the industry demand curve for Product X. Qx = 10,000 - 100 Px + 0.5 Y - 1000 r (3,000) (20) (0.3) (105) Where Qx is the quantity demanded of Product X, Px is the price of X, Y is inco..
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A basketball manufacturer is considering a number of options for its new factory. Given the following costs and benefits of the four different factory configurations, what are the marginal costs and benefits of the Extra Large configuration
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Consider 2 countries, Avataria and Twilightia, which can be described by the Solow model. Avataria has a capital-labor ratio that is initially twice as big as that of Twilightia, but neither country is yet in a steady state. Both countries have th..
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