Demand elastic- inelastic or unit elastic, Microeconomics

Assignment Help:

Questions

(i)   You are an industry analyst. Last year, the production cost of Microprocessor increased remarkably due to labor unionization. Nevertheless, the industry experienced a sharp increase in total revenue. How do you explain this? The demand did not change. You must use a diagram to answer this question.

(ii)  5% decrease in price caused only 1% increase in total revenue. Is demand elastic, inelastic, or unit elastic? Explain.

(iii)  Suppose one and only one worker is always required to operate one machine, and together they produce 100 units of output. Let's denote the number of worker by L and the number of Machine by K. What is the production function at this firm?

 

 


Related Discussions:- Demand elastic- inelastic or unit elastic

Substantial practical value, The cross elasticity of demand calculates the ...

The cross elasticity of demand calculates the responsiveness of the quantity demanded of one product to alters in the price of another product.  For example, the quantity demanded

Financing Corportation, You are the CFO for Carnival Corportaion and your b...

You are the CFO for Carnival Corportaion and your boss, the CEO informs you that he wants to add three new cruise ships to the company''s inventory. Each ship will cost $500 millio

Network externalities, NETWORK EXTERNALITIES Till this point we have as...

NETWORK EXTERNALITIES Till this point we have assumed that people's demands for good are independent of each other. Actually, a person's demand can be affected by the number

Demand and supply, If demand goes down what happens to the equilibrium?

If demand goes down what happens to the equilibrium?

Is there a trade-off between inflation and unemployment, Is there a trade-o...

Is there a trade-off between inflation and unemployment? The Keynesian side posits that policies can indeed be used to stimulate demand - demand-side policies - and those mar

Properly mixed strategy, A " properly mixed strategy " means a mixed strate...

A " properly mixed strategy " means a mixed strategy that does not assign all the probability to one pure strategy. In other words, it is not a pure strategy. Consider a simultaneo

Cost Minimization for Cobb-Douglas, 3.Cost Minimization for Cobb-Douglas. S...

3.Cost Minimization for Cobb-Douglas. Suppose the Acme Gumball Company has the produc- tion function of q=LK. Given that the MPL=K, MPK=L and MRT S=MPL/MPK. Part a-b, we are anal

Labor economics, Suppose that Congress increases the minimum wage to $10 an...

Suppose that Congress increases the minimum wage to $10 an hour. a. Use a supply and demand model for unskilled labor to show the effect on the number of unskilled workers employed

Microeconomics, define and explain the concept of social efficent productio...

define and explain the concept of social efficent production

Write Your Message!

Captcha
Free Assignment Quote

Assured A++ Grade

Get guaranteed satisfaction & time on delivery in every assignment order you paid with us! We ensure premium quality solution document along with free turntin report!

All rights reserved! Copyrights ©2019-2020 ExpertsMind IT Educational Pvt Ltd