Questions from General Economics


Q: Jamal has a utility function U = W1/2, where

Jamal has a utility function U = W1/2, where W is his wealth in millions of dollars and U is the utility he obtains from that wealth. In the final stage of a gameshow, the host offers Jamal a choice b...

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Q: Consider a couple’s decision about how many children to have. Assume

Consider a couple’s decision about how many children to have. Assume that over a lifetime a couple has 200,000 hours of time to either work or raise children. The wage is $10 per hour. Raising a child...

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Q: A company has an investment project that would cost $10 million

A company has an investment project that would cost $10 million today and yield a payoff of $15 million in 4 years. a. Should the firm undertake the project if the interest rate is 11 percent? 10 perc...

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Q: Bond A pays $8,000 in 20 years. Bond

Bond A pays $8,000 in 20 years. Bond B pays $8,000 in 40 years. (To keep things simple, assume these are zero-coupon bonds, which means the $8,000 is the only payment the bondholder receives.) a. If t...

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Q: Your bank account pays an interest rate of 8 percent. You

Your bank account pays an interest rate of 8 percent. You are considering buying a share of stock in XYZ Corporation for $110. After 1, 2, and 3 years, it will pay a dividend of $5. You expect to sell...

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Q: Describe the efficient markets hypothesis and give a piece of evidence consistent

Describe the efficient markets hypothesis and give a piece of evidence consistent with this hypothesis.

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Q: Explain the view of those economists who are skeptical of the efficient

Explain the view of those economists who are skeptical of the efficient markets hypothesis.

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Q: The interest rate is 7 percent. Use the concept of present

The interest rate is 7 percent. Use the concept of present value to compare $200 to be received in 10 years and $300 to be received in 20 years.

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Q: What benefit do people get from the market for insurance? What

What benefit do people get from the market for insurance? What two problems impede the insurance market from working perfectly?

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Q: Using a diagram of the labor market, show the effect of

Using a diagram of the labor market, show the effect of an increase in the minimum wage on the wage paid to workers, the number of workers supplied, the number of workers demanded, and the amount of u...

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