Ecn 361 t - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Topic 1 DQ 2: Explain the difference between absolute advantage and comparative advantage. Which is more important in determining trade patterns, absolute advantage or comparative advantage? Why?

1. Question: Thelaborsupplycurvemayhaveabackward-bendingportionif,athigherwages,theincomeeffectis thepriceofricerises,heconsumesmorerice.ForPaulo, 2. Question: Table21-2Aconsumerlikestwogoods:pizzaandbeer.Thefivebundles shownin thefollowingtablelieonthesameindifferencecurvefortheconsumer. 3. Question: RefertoTable21-2. Whichofthefollowingstatementsregardingthesebundlesiscorrect? 4. Question: When a consumer is purchasing the best combination of two goods, X and Y, subject to a budgetconstra...

1. Question: Scenario 13-3Ziva is an organic lettuce farmer, but she also spends part of her day as a professional organizing consultant. As a consultant, Ziva helps people organize their houses. Due to the popularity of her home- organization services, Farmer Ziva has more clients requesting her services than she has time to help if she maintains her farming business. Farmer Ziva charges $25 an hour for her home-organization services. One spring day, Ziva spends 10 hours in her fields planting ...

ECN Topic 6 DQ 1 Suppose that a small family farm sold its output for $100,000 in a given year. The familyspent $25,000 on fuel; $40,000 on seed, fertilizer, and pesticides; and $25,000 on equipment, including maintenance. The family members could have earned $20,000 working at other occupations. What is the family's accounting cost? What is the family's economic cost? Could the family's economic cost ever exceed its accounting cost? Why?

Topic 4DQ1 The creation of knowledge is a public good. Because knowledge is a public good, profit-seeking firms tend to free-ride on the knowledge created by others and, as a result, devote too few resources to the creation of knowledge. How does the U.S. government correct for this apparent market failure?

ECN Topic 5 DQ 2 Evaluate the following statement: "Warren Buffet is one of richest people in the world. He doesn't face any constraint on his ability to purchase commodities he wants." Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not?

ECN Topic 8 DQ 2 In the 1980s, the dangerous Ebola virus entered the United States through contaminated monkeys that were imported for use in medical experiments. Suppose this virus had not been contained but had spread to the general population. Assume that the virus is lethal in half of the people who are exposed to it. Describe the resulting effect on labor productivity

Topic 4DQ2 The Coase theorem suggests that efficient solutions to externalities can be determined through bargaining. Under what circumstances will private bargaining fail to produce a solution? Explain your answer.

1. Question: A firm's opportunity costs of production are equal to its 2. Question: Adibok knows that it produces and sells high-quality athletic shoes. Wurkout knows that it produces and sells low-quality athletic shoes. According to the signaling theory of advertising, 3. Question: Monopolistic competition is considered inefficient because 4. Question: Table 17-5 The table shows the town of Driveaway's schedule for gasoline. Assume the town's seller(s) incurs a cost of $2 for each ga...

Topic 2 DQ 1: Explain the difference between change in quantity demanded and shift in demand. What causes change in quantity demanded? What causes a shift in demand?