Questions from Managerial Economics


Q: A business incurs the following costs per unit: labor $125

A business incurs the following costs per unit: labor $125/unit, materials $45/unit, and rent $250,000/month. If the firm produces 1,000,000 units a month, calculate the following: a. Total variable c...

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Q: Starbucks is hoping to make use of its excess restaurant capacity in

Starbucks is hoping to make use of its excess restaurant capacity in the evenings by experimenting with selling beer and wine. It speculates that the only additional costs are hiring more of the same...

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Q: You won a free ticket to see a Bruce Springsteen concert (

You won a free ticket to see a Bruce Springsteen concert (assume the ticket has no resale value). U2 has a concert the same night, and this represents your next-best alternative activity. Tickets to t...

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Q: Your notebook computer’s hard drive recently crashed, and you decide to

Your notebook computer’s hard drive recently crashed, and you decide to take it to a local repair technician to have it fixed. In this relationship, a. you are the agent. b. the technician is the prin...

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Q: You were able to purchase two tickets to an upcoming concert for

You were able to purchase two tickets to an upcoming concert for $100 apiece when the concert was first announced three months ago. Recently, you saw that StubHub was listing similar seats for $225 ap...

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Q: Children in poor neighborhoods have bleak outlooks on life and do not

Children in poor neighborhoods have bleak outlooks on life and do not see much gain to studying. A recent experiment is paying children in poor neighborhoods $100 for each “A” they earn in a six-week...

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Q: A copy company wants to expand production. It currently has 20

A copy company wants to expand production. It currently has 20 workers who share eight copiers. Two months ago, the firm added two copiers, and output increased by 100,000 pages per day. One month ago...

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Q: Identify which of the following are extent decisions. a.

Identify which of the following are extent decisions. a. Decide whether to expand an existing product into a new region. b. What discount should be given on products during the upcoming holiday sale?...

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Q: You run a game day shuttle service for parking services for the

You run a game day shuttle service for parking services for the local ball club. Your costs for different customer loads are 1: $30, 2: $32, 3: $35, 4: $38, 5: $42, 6: $48, 7: $57, and 8: $68. What ar...

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Q: Your company is contemplating bidding on an RFP (Request For Proposal

Your company is contemplating bidding on an RFP (Request For Proposal) for 100,000 units of a specialized part. Why might the amount be more than the requesting company actually wants?

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