Questions from Managerial Economics


Q: Perry Chandler, a broker with Caveat Emptor, Ltd., offers

Perry Chandler, a broker with Caveat Emptor, Ltd., offers free investment seminars to local PTA groups. On average, Chandler expects 1 percent of seminar participants to purchase $25,000 in tax-shelte...

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Q: Firefly Products, Inc., has just completed development of a new

Firefly Products, Inc., has just completed development of a new line of skin-care products. Preliminary market research indicate two feasible marketing strategies: (1). creating general consumer acc...

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Q: Recently, the housing market suffered the worst slump in nearly two

Recently, the housing market suffered the worst slump in nearly two decades. Hot housing markets like Boston, Ft. Lauderdale Florida, and Washington DC cooled as rising interest rates and tightened le...

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Q: Tex-Mex, Inc., is a rapidly growing chain of

Tex-Mex, Inc., is a rapidly growing chain of Mexican food restaurants. The company has a limited amount of capital for expansion and must carefully weigh available alternatives. Currently, the company...

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Q: Keystone Manufacturing, Inc., is analyzing a new bid to supply

Keystone Manufacturing, Inc., is analyzing a new bid to supply the company with electronic control systems. Alpha Corporation has been supplying the systems and Keystone is satisfied with its performa...

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Q: Level 3 Communications, LLC, provides integrated telecommunications services including voice

Level 3 Communications, LLC, provides integrated telecommunications services including voice, Internet access, and data transmission using rapidly improving optical and Internet protocol technologies...

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Q: Market Imperfections. Markets usually allocate resources in a manner that creates

Market Imperfections. Markets usually allocate resources in a manner that creates the greatest net benefit to society. An efficient allocation is one that maximizes the net benefits to society. Indica...

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Q: Public support dropped for a Medicare prescription-drug law endorsed by

Public support dropped for a Medicare prescription-drug law endorsed by President George W. Bush and passed by a Republican-controlled Congress following withering criticism from Democrats. Democra...

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Q: Does the fact that public decisions are sometimes made by self-

Does the fact that public decisions are sometimes made by self-interested politicians and bureaucrats undermine the efficiency of public-sector decision making?

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Q: A pipeline break reduced the supply of gasoline to the Phoenix,

A pipeline break reduced the supply of gasoline to the Phoenix, Arizona, area in August, 2003. Press reports indicated that some stations ran out of gasoline, consumers waited in line for hours, and s...

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