ECON 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: E-Reader, Economic Equilibrium, Microsoft Powerpoint

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ECON 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Absolute Advantage, Comparative Advantage, Opportunity Cost

ECON 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: E-Reader, Economic Equilibrium, Microsoft Powerpoint

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*test next saturday all content up to this point* Price of good income relationship with other goods (complements and competitors) Time factor (long term vs short term) A change in quantity demanded means that you move up and down the demand curve because the price changed. Change in quantity supply means you move up or down the curve. When there is a change in demand, the curve moves. When there is a change in supply, the curve moves. Use the p = f(q) since p is on the vertical axis. Qd = 800 4(75) = 500: gm produces minivans and suvs. The quantity supplied of suvs increases because the prices of suv"s increased. The supply of minivans goes down as resources are shifted to produce more suv"s: market demand for e-readers is given by q = 1400 4p and market supply is given by. Q = 600: a. qd = 0. 05(38000) + 2. 5(12) 4p = 1930 4p.

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(1) If a demand curve shifts to the left, then:
a) price would go up and quantity would go down
b) price would go down and quantity would go up
c) a lower price and quantity would result
d) a higher price and quantity would result

(2) Demand and supply curves are drawn assuming ceterisparibus.This means that:
a) economists ignore all assumptions
b) economists don't watch for the fallacy of false cause
c) changes will be proportional
d) all other things besides price and quantity are unchanged

(3) If steak and potatoes are complements, when the price ofsteakgoes up, the demand curve for potatoes:
a) shifts to the right
b) shifts to the left
c) stays the same
d) shifts to the right and then moves back

(4) Given that chicken and beef are substitute goods, if thepriceof chicken decreases substantially, there would be:
a) an increase in the demand for beef
b) a decrease in the demand for beef
c) a decrease in the quantity for beef demanded
d) no change in the demand for beef

(5) Every day for the past two years you've had ham and cheese onawhole wheat bagel for lunch at Bungalow Bob's BagelBoutique.However, the price of whole wheat bagels has risen by 10cents sotoday you decide to have ham and cheese on rye bagel. Inthis case,whole wheat and rye bagels are best considered:

a) superior goods
b) normal goods
c) substitute goods
d) complementary goods

(6) For most goods, purchases tend to rise with increases inbuyers'incomes and to fall with decreases in buyers' incomes. Suchgoodsare known as:

a) inferior goods
b) direct goods
c) normal goods
d) luxury goods

(7) Economists know that a particular good can be classified asaninferior good if a(n)______ increase in buyers' incomecausesa(n)_____

a) increase; increase in demand
b) increase; increase in quantity demanded
c) increase; decrease in demand
d) decrease; decrease in demand

(8) An increase in the demand for medical services caused byanincrease in the number of people 65 is most likely attributabletowhich demand shifter?

a) income
b) consumer preferences
c) prices of other goods
d) demographic characteristics

(9) Which of the following would shift the demand curve fornewtextbooks to the right?

a) a decrease in the price of paper
b) a fall in the price of used textbooks
c) an increase in college enrollments
d) a fall in the price of new textbooks

(10) How a supply curve is sloped and located depends on:

a) technology
b) resources prices
c) the number of producers or sellers
d) all of the above

(11) A decrease in supply means:

a) a shift to the left of the entire supply curve
b) moving downward (to the left) along the supply curve withlowerprices
c) less will be demanded at every price
d) more will be supplied at every price

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Question 26 pts

Which of the following is not a reason why specialization and trade are beneficial to society?

	Specialization fosters learning by doing, thus lowering the unit-costs of products
	Firms and workers become less dependent on others for producing goods and services

	The total output of economic goods may be increased even without any increase in resources
	Scarce resources are utilized more efficiently by exploiting differences among them

Question 27 pts

Laissez-faire capitalism limits the government's economic functions to the following, except:

	Protecting private property rights
	Establishing a legal environment to enforce contracts among individuals

	Setting prices of individual goods and services
	Preventing individuals and firms from coercing others

Question 28 pts

A production system where various workers concentrate on different specialized tasks to contribute towards a whole product is referred to as:

	Roundabout production
	A coincidence of wants

	Freedom of enterprise
	Division of labor

Question 29 pts

The market system is said to be characterized by "consumer sovereignty." This is because:

	A sovereign government determines which consumer goods will be produced
	Firms must match their production decisions to the consumers' choices

	The prices of consumer goods are regulated by a sovereign government
	Consumer goods are considered to be more important than capital goods

Question 30 pts

Consumers express self-interest when they:

	Seek the lowest price for a product
	Reduce business losses

	Exclude others in their thinking
	Collect economic profits

Question 311 pts

Refer to the above graph with three demand curves. An "increase in quantity demanded" would be illustrated by a change from:

	Point 5 to point 1
	Point 4 to point 1

	Point 2 to point 5
	Point 4 to point 6

Question 32 pts

The table below shows the weekly demand for hamburger in a market where there are just three buyers.

Refer to the above table. At a price of $6, the weekly market quantity demanded for hamburger is:

	17
	23

	24
	18

Question 33pts

If farmers withhold some of their current corn harvest from the market because they anticipate a higher price of corn in the near future, then this would cause a(n):

	Movement up along the current supply curve of corn
	Movement down along the current supply curve of corn

	Leftward shift in the current supply of corn
	Rightward shift in the current supply of corn

Question 34 pts

Which of the following will not cause the supply curve to shift?

	A technological change in the production of the good
	A change in the prices of other goods that producers could be producing

	A change in the costs of resources needed to produce the good
	A change in the price of the good

Question 35 pts

All of the following would affect the position of the supply curve for cranberries, except the:

	Price of agricultural land for cranberries
	Cost of fertilizers for cranberry production

	Popularity of cranberry drinks
	Development of a new pest control for cranberries

Question 36 pts

When high-school and college graduates apply for jobs in the labor markets,

	Job applicants and employers are both "buyers".
	Job applicants are the "sellers" while employers are the "buyers".

	Job applicants and employers are both "sellers".
	Job applicants are the "buyers" while employers are the "sellers".

Question 37 pts

Refer to the figure above, which shows three supply curves for corn. Which of the following would cause the supply of corn to shift from S₁ to S₂?

	A decrease in consumer incomes, assuming corn is a normal good
	The development of a more effective insecticide against corn rootworm

	An increase in the price of fertilizer
	A change in consumer tastes away from cornbread

Question 38 pts

Which is of the following statements is correct?

	If demand increases, then price will decrease
	If demand decreases, then price will decrease

	If price decreases, then demand will decrease
	If price increases, then demand will decrease

Question 39 pts

Which would be a likely cause of an increase in the demand for pizza?

	A decrease in the price of hamburger sandwiches
	A health report showing eating pizza reduces stress

	A reduced desire for take-out and fast-food dining
	A decrease in the prices of cheese, pepperoni, and mushrooms

Question 40 pts

A market for a product reaches equilibrium when:

	Price falls further after there is a shortage
	The price rises further after there is a surplus

	Buyers intend to buy a quantity equal to the quantity that sellers intend to sell
	The actual quantity bought by buyers equals actual quantity sold by sellers

Question 41 pts

A higher price reduces the quantity demanded for a product because:

	Individuals can afford less of the product and will switch to substitutes
	The financial assets of individuals increase

	Individuals will buy more of the product and less of its substitutes
	The purchasing power of individuals increases

Question 42 pts

The idea of the Law of Demand, as applied to electric cars, assumes which of the following to be constant?

	Price of electric cars
	How much sellers are charging customers for electric cars

	Price of gasoline cars
	Quantity of electric cars demanded by buyers

Question 43 pts

Use the following graph of the demand for coffee:

Refer to the above diagram of three demand curves for coffee. An increase in the price of coffee, other factors constant, would cause a:

	Movement from point a to point b
	Movement from point b to point a

	Shift from D₁ to D₂
	Shift from D₁ to D₃

Question 44 pts

Which of the following factors will decrease the current demand for a product?

	A decrease in the current price of a complementary product
	A decrease in the current price of a substitute product

	An increase in the current price of a substitute product
	An expected increase in the future price of the product

Question 45pts

In competitive markets, a surplus or shortage will:

	Cause shifts in the demand and supply curves that tend to eliminate the surplus or shortage
	Cause changes in the quantities demanded and supplied that tend to intensify the surplus or shortage

	Cause changes in the quantities demanded and supplied that tend to eliminate the surplus or shortage
	Never exist because the markets are always at equilibrium

Question 46 pts

Which of the following would cause a leftward shift in the supply curve for car washes?

	A decrease in taxes on car washes
	An increase in the price of car washing equipment

	A decrease in the price of water
	An increase in the number of cars in the city

Question 47pts

The market system automatically corrects a surplus condition in a competitive market by:

	Raising the price of the commodity in question while decreasing the quantity demanded
	Raising the price of the commodity in question while increasing the quantity demanded

	Reducing the price of the commodity in question while increasing the quantity demanded
	Reducing the price of the commodity in question while decreasing the quantity demanded

Question 48 pts

A leftward shift of the supply curve for oil in the United States is most likely to result from:

	A decrease in the world price of oil
	An increase in the costs of exploration and drilling for oil

	An increase in the subsidy for oil exploration and drilling
	A decrease in the fees that oil companies must pay for drilling licenses

Question 49 pts

A fall in the price of milk, used in the production of ice cream, will:

	Decrease the supply of ice cream
	Have no effect on the supply of ice cream

	Increase the supply of ice cream
	Cause a movement along the supply curve of ice cream

Question 50 pts

Refer to the above graph, which shows the market for beef where demand shifted from D₁ and D₂. The change in equilibrium from E₁ to E₂ is most likely to result from:

	An increase in the cost of cattle feed
	A decrease in consumer incomes

	A decrease in the tax on beef products
	An increase in the price of pork

AEC 316 - Agricultural Marketing
Homework Assignment 2: Chapter 2

Name:____________________ Date:____________________

Multiple choice questions.

There is only one correct answer in multiple choice questions. Please, mark the correct

answer. Each multiple choice question is worth 5 points.

1. A perfectly competitive firmâs demand curve equals its:

Marginal cost curve

Average variable cost curve

Average fixed cost curve

Average revenue curve

None of the above

2. A perfectly competitive firm maximizes profits by setting price equal to:

a. Marginal cost

b. Marginal revenue

c. Average revenue

d. Average total cost

e. Average variable cost

3. In order for a monopoly to continue to be a monopoly:

a. The marginal revenue curve must be downward sloping

b. There must be no close substitutes

c. Marginal revenue must equal marginal costs

d. Average total costs must be decreasing

e. None of the above

4. Marketing strategy which involves dividing a broad target market into subsets of consumers who have, or are perceived to have, common needs, interests, and priorities, and then designing and implementing strategies to target them.

a. Brand name

b. Minor ingredients

c. Market segmentation

d. Product features

e. Packaging

5. What characteristic is indicative of oligopolies?

Low profits

Interdependence of firms

Many firms

Entry is blocked

None of the above

6. At an equilibrium price:

a.The self-interest of consumers is maximized

b.Supply equals demand

c.There is an upward pressure on price

d.There is a downward pressure on price

None of the above

7. When both supply and demand increase, equilibrium quantity will:

a.Decrease

b.Increase

Stay the same

Canât say

None of the above

8. Elasticity is a concept that deals with:

a.Market structure

b.Market equilibrium

c.Perfect competition

d.Consumer and producer sensitivity to changes in prices and income

None of the above

9. A set of competing firms producing similar products or a commodity in a market is called a(n) ___ .

a.Branch

b.Competition

c.Channel

Industry

None of the above

10. A market structure where there is only one buyer of a specific product is called:

a.Monopsony

b.Monopoly

c.Oligopsony

Monopsonistic competition

None of the above

Essay question: 50 points

11. Use the agricultural commodity that you selected in Chapter 1 and choose one agribusiness that buys it. Investigate the agribusiness using the Internet and other resources, and then write an essay addressing all or as many as possible of the following aspects of the agribusiness:

Size

Sales

Scope of product line

Worth (if public)

Number of employees

Locations globally

Market structure

Industry sector

All your answers/discussion should be typed in one essay that is at least 15 lines long (using formal English, correct paragraph and sentence structure, and making sure your ideas flow well from one sentence to another) using Times New Roman, 12 point, double space and 1-inch margins all around. Before submitting the final essay, use the âSpelling & Grammarâ function of the MS Word to correct grammar.

At the end of your essay, provide the full citation record in alphabetical order in your list of references. For examples, visit: http://www.saea.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/reference-style-sheet.pdf. Please, note that the list of references does not count toward the minimum required 15 lines. Include your references in the text as â(Smith, 2015)â when citing at the end of a sentence, or âAccording to Smith (2015)â when citing at the beginning of a sentence. For example,

Negative publicity is a key determinant affecting consumersâ buying decisions (Ahluwalia, Burnkrant, and Unnava, 2000).

According to Cawley and Rizzo (2005), pharmaceutical products in the same therapeutic class experienced negative spillover in terms of lost sales.

Note: Most of the future essay questions will build on this essay question and/or the one agricultural commodity that you choose. This means that if there is little information on the agricultural commodity that you have chosen for this essay question, you should consider choosing a more common agricultural commodity on which ample information is available. In addition, this course will require you to compile all your answers to the essay questions into one term paper to be submitted by the end of the course. This means that the more effort you put into answering essay questions now, the more material you will have accumulated for your term paper by the end of the semester.

TYPE YOUR ANSWER TO THE ESSAY QUESTION 11 BELOW USING AS MUCH SPACE AS YOU NEED. THEN, PRINT THE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT AND SUBMIT THE HARD COPY.

ECON 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: E-Reader, Economic Equilibrium, Microsoft Powerpoint

ECON 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Absolute Advantage, Comparative Advantage, Opportunity Cost

ECON 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: E-Reader, Economic Equilibrium, Microsoft Powerpoint

ECON 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Potash, Comparative Advantage, Opportunity Cost

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