Questions from Microeconomics


Q: Explain whether you agree with the following remark: According to

Explain whether you agree with the following remark: According to the model of perfectly competitive markets, the demand curve for wheat should be a horizontal line. But this can’t be true: When the p...

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Q: If a 10 percent increase in the price of Cheerios causes a

If a 10 percent increase in the price of Cheerios causes a 25 percent reduction in the number of boxes of Cheerios demanded, what is the price elasticity of demand for Cheerios? Is the demand for Chee...

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Q: The financial writer Andrew Tobias described an incident that occurred when he

The financial writer Andrew Tobias described an incident that occurred when he was a student at the Harvard Business School: Each student in the class was given large amounts of information about a pa...

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Q: In 2015, some beer drinkers f iled a lawsuit against Anheuser

In 2015, some beer drinkers f iled a lawsuit against Anheuser-Busch, the brewer of Beck’s beer. The beer drinkers claimed that Beck’s was marketed as an authentic German beer but was actually brewed i...

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Q: Explain why it is true that for a firm in a perfectly

Explain why it is true that for a firm in a perfectly competitive market, P = MR = AR.

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Q: Explain why at the level of output where the difference between TR

Explain why at the level of output where the difference between TR and TC is at its maximum positive value, MR must equal MC.

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Q: Explain why it is true that for a firm in a perfectly

Explain why it is true that for a firm in a perfectly competitive market, the profit-maximizing condition MR = MC is equivalent to the condition P = MC.

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Q: A student argues: “To maximize profit, a firm should

A student argues: “To maximize profit, a firm should produce the quantity where the difference between marginal revenue and marginal cost is the greatest. If a firm produces more than this quantity, t...

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Q: Why don’t firms maximize revenue rather than profit? Briefly explain whether

Why don’t firms maximize revenue rather than profit? Briefly explain whether a firm that maximized revenue would be likely to produce a smaller or larger quantity than if it were maximizing profit.

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Q: Suppose the price of wheat falls to $5.50 per

Suppose the price of wheat falls to $5.50 per bushel. How many bushels of wheat will Farmer Parker produce, and how much profit will he make? Briefly explain. Table 12.3:

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