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Practical Application: Why might a firm produce at a loss in the short run rather than shut down? Make up an example to illustrate your answer.
Practical Application: Calculate the economic cost of your college education. How much more is it than the accounting cost?
If demand is elastic and price is raised, what happens to total revenue? Can you prove this?
Find the cheapest possible round-trip New York-Los Angeles flight that leaves New York on December 1 and returns from Los Angeles on December 8.
Practical Application: During recessions Walmart's low prices attract more customers. Explain why this means that Walmart is selling inferior goods.
Each one of them gives you a quote at least $1,000 more than you think you should pay. Explain what you will do in terms of demand and supply.
How could an economic crisis in Southeast Asia cause the price you pay for gasoline to fall? Show this graphically.
Why does the demand curve slope downward? Why does the supply curve slope upward? And why would you hate that if you were a consumer?
Using supply and demand curves, demonstrate the report's likely effect on the price and quantity of this toothpaste's sales.
Draw a graph for each example showing what happens to price and quantity supplied.
Why is industry supply more elastic in the long run than in the short run, and more elastic in the short run than in the market period?
If your income rises by 20 percent and you decide to increase your purchases of clothing by 10 percent, find your income elasticity for clothing.
If elasticity of demand is 2 and price is raised from $10 to $11, by what percentage will quantity demanded fall?
Calculate elasticity; state whether demand is elastic, unit elastic, or inelastic; and find how much total revenue was when price was $40 and $42.
Draw a demand curve with unitary elasticity everywhere. (Hint: Think about total revenue.)
What would you do in the market period, the short run, and the long run?
In the year 2020 the world supply of oil peaks and production continues for the next decade at that level. How much will the price of oil be in 2030?
If the demand for a good is perfectly elastic and its price is $20, how much would its price be if its supply doubled?
What are the major determinants of the elasticity of demand? When would you want to own a business that sells price-elastic products? Why?
Today America has the world's largest economy as well as a very high standard of living. What factors in our economic history helped make this possible?
Over the last 100 years millions of Americans have left the farms. How have we managed to feed our growing population with fewer and fewer farmers?
In what ways were the 1990s like the 1920s, and in what ways were the two decades different?
What were the main agricultural developments over the last two centuries? How have wars affected our economy? Use specifi c examples.
What do you suppose were their policy recommendations? What arguments can be made to oppose those prescriptions?
Which of the two programs would you recommend? What additional information do you need to determine whether either is worth pursuing?