... $1.88 $2.12 $1.99 $1.61 $2.52 $3.30 Retail Price of butter (salted, grade AA, per lb.) Chapter 1: Preliminaries a Calculate the real price of butter in 1980 dollars Has the real price increased/decreased/stayed ... large distances across the United States just to buy a cheaper fast food meal Given there is little potential for arbitrage between fast food restaurants that are located some distance from each ... Chapter 1: Preliminaries EXERCISES Decide whether each of the following statements is true or false and explain why: a Fast food chains like McDonald’s, Burger King, and Wendy’s operate all...
... constructed Note, however, that since demand is only 880,000 units, 450,000 units would go unrented In 1998, Americans smoked 470 billion cigarettes, or 23.5 billion packs of cigarettes The average ... found that aggregate demand is Chapter 2: The Basics of Supply and Demand QD = 160 - 8P Quantity is measured in tens of thousands of apartments Price, the average monthly rental rate, is measured ... equilibrium quantity) Solving for b, −0.4 = −b ⎛ 0.75 ⎞ , or b = ⎝ 7.5 ⎠ To find the intercept, we substitute for b, QD (= Q*), and P (= P*) in the demand equation: 11 Chapter 2: The Basics of Supply...
... 25 Chapter 3: Consumer Behavior If Jane is currently willing to trade movie tickets for basketball ticket then she must like basketball better than movies True or false? Explain This statement ... in both states maximize utility, will the marginal rate of substitution of peaches for avocados be the same for consumers in both states? If not, which will be higher? The marginal rate of substitution ... marginal rate of substitution is therefore not the same in both states, and will be higher in California 12 a Ben allocates his lunch budget between two goods, pizza and burritos Illustrate Ben’s...
... be represented as: Congress passes tariff State 2: Slow growth without tariff State 3: State 4: Fast growth with tariff Fast growth rate State 1: Slow growth with tariff Slow growth rate Congress ... payoff if he buys a lottery ticket? What is the variance? 65 Chapter 5: Uncertainty and Consumer Behavior The expected value of the lottery is equal to the sum of the returns weighted by their probabilities: ... think the state would about the lottery? In the long run, the state lottery will be bankrupt! Given the price of the ticket and the probabilities, the lottery is a money loser The state must either...
... with that team or not play in the league What would happen to the wages of newly drafted and more experienced football players if the draft system were repealed, and all teams could compete for ... leisure How is a computer company’s demand for computer programmers a derived demand? A computer company’s demand for inputs, including programmers, depends on how many computers it sells The firm’s ... Chapter 14: Markets for Factor Inputs opposite directions, the shape of an individual’s labor supply curve depends on the individual’s preferences for income, consumption,...