Questions from Microeconomics


Q: How does self-interest help achieve society’s economic goals? Why

How does self-interest help achieve society’s economic goals? Why is there such a wide variety of desired goods and services in a market system? In what way are entrepreneurs and businesses at the hel...

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Q: Suppose Natasha currently makes $50,000 per year working as

Suppose Natasha currently makes $50,000 per year working as a manager at a cable TV company. She then develops two possible entrepreneurial business opportunities. In one, she will quit her job to sta...

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Q: Match each term with the correct definition. Private property

Match each term with the correct definition. Private property Freedom of enterprise Mutually agreeable Freedom of choice Self-interest Competition Market a. An institution that brings buyers and sell...

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Q: What are the determinants of demand? What happens to the demand

What are the determinants of demand? What happens to the demand curve when any of these determinants change? Distinguish between a change in demand and a movement along a fixed demand curve, noting th...

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Q: Briefly explain the use of graphs as a way to represent economic

Briefly explain the use of graphs as a way to represent economic relationships. What is an inverse relationship? How does it graph? What is a direct relationship? How does it graph?

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Q: The figure below shows the supply curve for tennis balls, S1

The figure below shows the supply curve for tennis balls, S1, for Drop Volley tennis, a producer of tennis equipment. Use the figure and the table below to give your answers to the following questions...

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Q: True or False: A “change in quantity demanded” is

True or False: A “change in quantity demanded” is a shift of the entire demand curve to the right or to the left.

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Q: Most scalping laws make it illegal to sell—but not to

Most scalping laws make it illegal to sell—but not to buy—tickets at prices above those printed on the tickets. Assuming that is the case, use supply and demand analysis to explain why the equilibrium...

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Q: The table below shows two demand schedules for a given style of

The table below shows two demand schedules for a given style of men’s shoes—that is, how many pairs per month will be demanded at various prices at a menâ ...

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Q: Consider the market for coffee beans. Suppose that the prices of

Consider the market for coffee beans. Suppose that the prices of all other caffeinated beverages go up 30 percent while at the same time a new fertilizer boosts production at coffee plantations dramat...

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