Questions from Microeconomics


Q: In the fall of 2006, Pace University in New York raised

In the fall of 2006, Pace University in New York raised its annual tuition from $24,751 to $29,454. Freshman enrollment declined from 1,469 in the fall of 2005 to 1,131 in the fall of 2006. Assuming t...

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Q: Evaluate the following argument: I would like to invest in the

Evaluate the following argument: I would like to invest in the stock market, but I think that buying shares of stock in a corporation is too risky. Suppose I buy $10,000 of Twitter stock, and the comp...

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Q: Joe has $16 to spend on Twinkies and Ho-Hos

Joe has $16 to spend on Twinkies and Ho-Hos. Twinkies have a price of $1 per pack, and Ho-Hos have a price of $2 per pack. Use the information in these graphs to determine the number of Twinkies and H...

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Q: Jay Bhattacharya and Kate Bundorf of Stanford University have found evidence that

Jay Bhattacharya and Kate Bundorf of Stanford University have found evidence that people who are obese and who work for firms that provide health insurance receive lower wages than workers at those fi...

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Q: Instacart is an Internet startup that offers home delivery of groceries.

Instacart is an Internet startup that offers home delivery of groceries. It buys the groceries in regular brick-andmortar supermarkets, marks up the prices it pays, and then charges consumers the high...

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Q: Distinguish between a firm’s explicit costs and its implicit costs and between

Distinguish between a firm’s explicit costs and its implicit costs and between a firm’s accounting profit and its economic profit.

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Q: Use the following production possibilities frontier for a country to answer the

Use the following production possibilities frontier for a country to answer the questions. a. Which point or points are unattainable? Briefly explain why. b. Which point or points are efficient? Bri...

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Q: State whether each of the following events will result in a movement

State whether each of the following events will result in a movement along the demand curve for McDonald’s Big Mac hamburgers or whether it will cause the curve to shift. If the demand curve shifts, i...

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Q: A Wall Street Journal article noted that as manufacturers began to produce

A Wall Street Journal article noted that as manufacturers began to produce more 4K television sets, their production costs declined. a. Use a demand and supply graph to show the effect of these fallin...

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Q: John Cassidy, a writer for the New Yorker, wrote a

John Cassidy, a writer for the New Yorker, wrote a blog post arguing against New York City’s having installed bike lanes. Cassidy complained that the bike lanes had eliminated traffic lanes on some st...

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