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| | Minimum waste, with maximum output. If every one arrived at work on time, didn’t take smoking breaks and socialize, both the company and the employees would be more successful. | | Minimum waste, with maximum output. If every one arrived at work on time, didn’t take smoking breaks and socialize, both the company and the employees would be more successful. |
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| − | '''2. Suppose the cross elasticity of demand for goods A and B is +3.8, and for goods X and Y is -2.7. What can you conclude about the relationship of the goods A and B, and of X and Y?''' | + | '''2. Suppose the cross elasticity of demand for goods A and B is +3.8, and for goods X and Y is -2.7. What can you conclude about the relationship of the goods A and B, and of X and Y?''' |
| | + | A + B are substitutes |
| | + | X + Y are complements |
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| − | '''3. Suppose it costs you $500 to make your first 5 units, then $200 to make your next 5 units, and then $100 to make your next 5 units. Costs do not decrease further for you. What is the marginal cost for you to make another unit?''' | + | '''3. Suppose it costs you $500 to make your first 5 units, then $200 to make your next 5 units, and then $100 to make your next 5 units. Costs do not decrease further for you. What is the marginal cost for you to make another unit?''' |
| | + | $20 |
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| − | '''4. Suppose your annual income increases from $20,000 to $25,000. Suppose your demand for steak increases by 10% and your demand for fast food hamburgers decreases by 5%. Which type of goods are steak, and which type are hamburgers?''' | + | '''4. Suppose your annual income increases from $20,000 to $25,000. Suppose your demand for steak increases by 10% and your demand for fast food hamburgers decreases by 5%. Which type of goods are steak, and which type are hamburgers?''' |
| | + | Stakes are a normal good and fast food ham burgers are inferior. |
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| | '''5. What is the basic assumption of the Coase theorem, and why is that assumption so important to the result of the theorem?''' | | '''5. What is the basic assumption of the Coase theorem, and why is that assumption so important to the result of the theorem?''' |