Questions from Microeconomics


Q: A delivery company is considering adding another vehicle to its delivery fleet

A delivery company is considering adding another vehicle to its delivery fleet, all the vehicles of which are rented for $100 per day. Assume that the additional vehicle would be capable of delivering...

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Q: Cindy is a baker and runs a large cupcake shop. She

Cindy is a baker and runs a large cupcake shop. She has already hired 11 employees and is thinking of hiring a 12th. Cindy estimates that a 12th worker would cost her $100 per day in wages and benefit...

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Q: True or False: Economists are unanimous that foreign aid greatly helps

True or False: Economists are unanimous that foreign aid greatly helps DVCs.

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Q: Explain why the general level of wages is high in the United

Explain why the general level of wages is high in the United States and other industrially advanced countries. What is the single most important factor underlying the long-run increase in average real...

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Q: Workers are compensated by firms with “benefits” in addition to

Workers are compensated by firms with “benefits” in addition to wages and salaries. The most prominent benefit offered by many firms is health insurance. Suppose that in 2000 workers at one steel plan...

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Q: Brenda owns a construction company that employs bricklayers and other skilled tradesmen

Brenda owns a construction company that employs bricklayers and other skilled tradesmen. Her firm’s MRP for bricklayers is $22.25 per hour for each of the first seven bricklayers, $18.50 for an eighth...

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Q: True or False: The term developing country (DVC) is

True or False: The term developing country (DVC) is applied to rich nations like the United States and Germany because their economies are always growing quickly by developing new technologies.

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Q: Why do oligopolies exist? List five or six oligopolists whose products

Why do oligopolies exist? List five or six oligopolists whose products you own or regularly purchase. What distinguishes oligopoly from monopolistic competition?

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Q: Consider whether the promises and threats made toward each other by duopolists

Consider whether the promises and threats made toward each other by duopolists and oligopolists are always credible (believable). Look at the figure below. Imagine that the two firms will play this...

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Q: Faceblock, Gargle+, and MyMace are rival firms in an oligopoly

Faceblock, Gargle+, and MyMace are rival firms in an oligopoly industry. If kinked-demand theory applies to these three firms, Faceblock’s demand curve will be: a. More elastic above the current pric...

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