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When is a producer's self-interest aligned with the social interest? This is one of the major questions addressed by economic theory. The previous chapter explored the behavior of profit – hungry producers in a perfectly competitive market. That model implied that greedy producers whose sole interest is profit will unwittingly and quite without benevolence, serve the social interest. The theory of monopoly behavior immediately follows the analysis of perfect competition in order to emphasize, by way of contrast, the destructive consequences of greed unbridled by the discipline of competition.
Imagine a society swept by a debilitating, contagious disease that torments its victims for decades before finally killing them. This society's only pharmaceutical firm develops a drug that will cure the disease. The firm wants to maximize its profit. The marginal cost of producing the drug is low, $1.00 per dose.
What price is the firm likely to set?
Suppose some disease sufferers are wealthy and others are poor. All can afford $1.00 per dose but the poor cannot afford to pay more than $1.00 per dose. Is the monopoly operating in the social interest?
Imagine that many new firms enter the market by discovering and producing drugs that cure the same disease. How does this difference change the original situation?
Discuss one recent price change that you have noticed while visiting your local supermarket. Determine whether or not the price change that you identified was a result of a change in either supply or demand.
From California to New York, legislative bodies across the United States are considering eliminating or reducing the surcharges that banks impose on noncustomers, who make $14 million in withdrawals from other banks’ ATM machines. What would be the f..
Sam owns outright (no mortgage payments) two plots of land of equal size in Southern California. One plot is in Victorville (the High Desert) and the other is in the coastal community of Newport Beach. Given that Sam’s calculations were correct on t..
The purposes of assessing the consequences of these provisions for strategic decision making.
Assume that a consumer has the utility function U(x,y) = (3x+1)y, where x and y represent the quantities of two goods, X and Y. For parts (a)-(h), assume that good X costs pX=$3 per unit and good Y costs pY=$4 per unit. “Wealth” and “income” have the..
Crepe Creations is considering franchising its unique brand of crepes to stall-holders on Hermoza Beach, which is five miles long. CC estimates that on an average day there are 1,000 sunbathers evenly spread along the beach and that each sunbather wi..
How much would you be willing to pay for this security if his market interest rate is 6%? Suppose that you have just purchased the security, and suddenly the market interest rate falls to 5%. What is the security worth?
What is the smallest per product unit subsidy that must be paid to the monopolist in order to induce it to produce 7 units of its product?
Free trade will affect a country's employment in different industries. Banks can obtain funds to make loans by borrowing reserves from other banks through the federal funds market. When one individual writes a check to another individual the money su..
Should the government increase the minimum wage? What should be the GUIDELINES for an increase? What are some of the disadvantages of an increase?
The supply and demand for wheat are given by QS= 20 + 100p QD = 4000 - 100p +10Y Where Y is the average consumer income. Solve for the equilibrium price and quantity as functions of the consumer income.
Do you think the NRA is justified in its actions toward the CDC? Do you think the CDC should pursue gun-related injury research? The NRA contends that the CDC had an anti-gun agenda and that it was playing politics with the research. Does this alter ..
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