Questions from Microeconomics


Q: The following table shows the hourly output per worker in two industries

The following table shows the hourly output per worker in two industries in Chile and Argentina. a. Explain which country has an absolute advantage in the production of hats and which country has an...

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Q: An article in the New York Times describes Chipotle as “the

An article in the New York Times describes Chipotle as “the restaurant chain that has come to symbolize the tastes of the millennial generation” and lists the sources of Chipotle’s success as includin...

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Q: In 2015, analysts at the Goldman Sachs investment bank were optimistic

In 2015, analysts at the Goldman Sachs investment bank were optimistic that Buffalo Wild Wings would increase its profit over the next few years. They cited two factors as favorable to the chain’s pro...

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Q: Michael Korda was, for many years, editor-in-

Michael Korda was, for many years, editor-in-chief at the Simon & Schuster book publishing company. He has written about the many books that have become bestsellers by promising to give readers financ...

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Q: What does an increasing marginal opportunity cost mean? What are the

What does an increasing marginal opportunity cost mean? What are the implications of this idea for the shape of the production possibilities frontier?

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Q: Suppose that the government sets a price floor for milk that is

Suppose that the government sets a price floor for milk that is above the competitive equilibrium price and that the government does not purchase any surplus milk. a. Draw a graph showing this situati...

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Q: An article in the Wall Street Journal reported that Western European brewers

An article in the Wall Street Journal reported that Western European brewers such as Heineken, Carlsberg, and Anheuser-Busch InBev are increasing their production and marketing of nonalcoholic beer. T...

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Q: What are the differences between the long-run equilibrium of a

What are the differences between the long-run equilibrium of a perfectly competitive firm and the long-run equilibrium of a monopolistically competitive firm?

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Q: Why is a monopolistically competitive firm not productively efficient? In what

Why is a monopolistically competitive firm not productively efficient? In what sense does a monopolistically competitive firm have excess capacity?

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Q: Why is a monopolistically competitive firm not allocatively efficient?

Why is a monopolistically competitive firm not allocatively efficient?

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