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Draw Marie's budget constraint with pies on the horizontal axis and magazines on the vertical axis. What is the slope of the budget constraint?
Marie has a weekly budget of $24, which she likes to spend on magazines and pies. What is Marie's opportunity cost of purchasing a pie?
In an analysis of the market for paint, an economist discovers facts. State whether each of these changes will affect supply or demand, and in what direction.
Many changes are affecting the market for oil. Predict how each of following events will affect equilibrium price. Create a sketch of the diagram if necessary.
Using the four-step analysis, how do you think this fuel price decrease affected the equilibrium price and quantity of air travel?
Using the four-step analysis, how do you think the tariff reduction will affect the equilibrium price and quantity of flat screen TVs?
What is the effect of a price ceiling on the quantity demanded of the product? What is the effect of a price ceiling on the quantity supplied?
What about a price floor? Assuming that people obey the price ceiling, the market price will be above equilibrium, which means that Qd will be less than Qs.
If a price floor benefits producers, why does a price floor reduce social surplus? Since lost consumer surplus is greater than additional producer surplus fall.
What does a downward-sloping demand curve mean about how buyers in a market will react to a higher price?
What is the relationship between quantity demanded and quantity supplied at equilibrium? What is the relationship when there is a shortage?
Why would you predict a surplus or a shortage? If the price is below the equilibrium level, would you predict a surplus or a shortage?
When the price is above the equilibrium, explain how market forces move the market price to equilibrium. Do the same when the price is below the equilibrium.
What is the difference between the demand and the quantity demanded of a product, say milk?
What is the difference between the supply and the quantity supplied of a product, say milk? Explain in words and show the difference on a graph with the supply
When analyzing a market, how do economists deal with the problem that many factors that affect the market are changing at the same time?
What causes a movement along the demand curve? What causes a movement along the supply curve?
Consider the demand for hamburgers. If price of substitute good increases, can you tell for sure what will happen to the demand for hamburgers? Why or why not?
Define the type of market structure prevailing in the South African grocery market with reference to the above characteristics.
If the town has a total of 100 people, what is the maximum amount of ham the residents can consume in a month?
Why does it make more economic sense for her to spend her time at the consulting job and shop for her vegetables?
What would be another example of a system in the real world that could serve as a metaphor for micro and macroeconomics?
Draw a rough sketch of the flows of imports, exports, and the payments for each on your diagram.
What is an example of a problem in the world today, not mentioned in the chapter, that has an economic dimension?
The chapter defines private enterprise as a characteristic of market-oriented economies. What would public enterprise be?