Economics Assignment

a) Suppose you are hired to manage a small manufacturing facility which produces Widgets.

a. You know from data collected on the Widget Market that market demand has recently increased and market supply has recently decreased. As manager of the facility what decisions should you make regarding production levels and pricing for you Widget facility?

b) Now, suppose that following the supply and demand changes, in (a). a substitute good goes up in price, and your costs of production decrease. What new decisions will you make regarding production levels and pricing for your Widget facility?

Here is some data on the demand for marshmallows:

Price Quantity

$10 100

$ 8 300

$ 6 700

$ 4 1300

$ 2 2200

(b.) If the table represents the demand faced by a monopoly firm, then what is that firm's marginal revenue as it increases output from 100 units to 300 units?

You have been hired to manage a small manufacturing facility whose cost and production data are given in the table below.

Total Total

Workers Labor Cost Output Revenue

1 $500 100 $700

2 1000 280 1150

3 1500 440 1440

4 2000 540 1570

5 2500 600 1670

6 3000 630 1710

7 3500 640 1730

(a.) What is the marginal product of the second worker?

(b.) What is the marginal revenue product of the fourth worker?

(c.) What is the marginal cost of the first worker?

(d.) Based on your knowledge of marginal analysis, how many workers should you hire? Explain you answer.

Answer the next questions on the basis of the following cost data for a firm in pure competition

OUTPUT ------ TFC ---------- TVC

0 $100.00 0.00

1 100.00 70.00

2 100.00 120.00

3 100.00 150.00

4 100.00 200.00

5 100.00 270.00

6 100.00 360.00

(a.) Refer to the above data. If the product price is $45, at its optimal output, will the firm realize an economic profit, break even, or incur an economic loss? How much will the profit or loss be? Show all calculations.

(b.) Refer to the above data. If the product price is $75, at its optimal output, will the firm realize an economic profit, break even, or incur an economic loss? How much will the profit or loss be? Show all calculations

(a.) Suppose nominal GDP in 1999 was $200 billion, and in 2001, it was $270 billion. The general price index in 1999 was 100 and in 2001 it was 150. Between 1999 and 2001, the real GDP rose by what percent?

(b.) Use the following scenario to answer questions (b1) and (b2).

In a given year in the United States, the total number of residents is 270 million, the number of residents under the age of 16 is 38 million, the number of institutionalized adults is 15 million, the number of adults who are not looking for work is 17 million, and the number of unemployed is 10 million.

(b1.) Refer to the data in the above scenario. What is the size of the labor force in the United States for the given year?

(b2.) Refer to the data in the above scenario. What is the unemployment rate in the United States for the given year?

(a.) Suppose your local Congress representative suggests that the federal government intervenes in the gasoline market to stop runaway price increases. Would you say that this view basically supports the Keynesian or the Monetarist school of thought? Why? What position would the opposing school of thought take on this issue? (Be brief -- you can answer this in 2 or 3 brief paragraphs).

(b.) Any change in the economy's total expenditures would be expected to translate into a change in GDP that was larger than the initial change in spending. This phenomenon is known as the multiplier effect. Explain how the multiplier effect works

c.) You are told that 90 cents out of every extra dollar pumped into the economy goes toward consumption (as opposed to saving). Estimate the GDP impact of a positive change in government spending that equals $20 billion.

Let the exchange rate be defined as the number of dollars per British pound. Assume there is a decrease in U.S. interest rates relative to that of Britain.

(a.) Would this event cause the demand for the dollar to increase or decrease relative to the demand for the pound? Why?

(b.) Has the dollar appreciated or depreciated in value relative to the pound?

(c.) Does this change in the value of the dollar make imports cheaper or more expensive for Americans? Are American exports cheaper or more expensive for importers of U.S. goods in Great Britain? Illustrate by showing the price of a U.S. cell phone in Britain before and after the change in the exchange rate.

(d.) If you had a business exporting goods to Britain, and U.S. interest rates fell as they have in this example, would you plan to expand production or cut back? Why?