ECON-E 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Marginal Cost, Marginal Utility, Opportunity Cost

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ECON-E 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Regional Policy Of The European Union, Marginal Utility, Jaywalking

ECON-E 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Marginal Cost, Marginal Utility, Opportunity Cost

ECON-E 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Opportunity Cost, Marginalism, Marginal Cost

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Learning objective 1: illustrate and analyze scarcity and choice with the assumptions and two shapes of the production possibilities curve and measure opportunity costs. The ppc represents all possible combinations of total output that could be produced. Along the production possibilities curve there is a fixed quantity of productive resources of a given quality being used efficiently \ Production possibilities assumption - put you on the curve . Production is for a specific time period. Resources are fixed for the time period. Technology does not change over the time period. Points above the ppc curve are unobtainable because there are not enough resources. Points below the ppc curve are inefficient because they are not using resources to their full capacity. Every choice along the ppc involves a tradeoff. Learning objective 2: compare opportunity cost to marginal cost as well as preferences to marginal benefit and construct the marginal cost and benefit curves.

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A bowed out PPF reflects which of the following ideas?

i.increasing opportunity cost

ii. resources are not equally productive in all activities

iii. prices of goods increase over time

		I only
		I and iii
		ii and iii
		I and ii

1 point

QUESTION 2

With no international trade, a country ________ consume at a point outside of its PPF; with international trade, a country ________ consume at a point outside of its PPF.

		can; cannot
		cannot; can
		cannot; cannot
		can; can

1 point

QUESTION 3

If the production possibilities frontier between two goods is a straight line, then the

		the line does not qualify as a production possibilities frontier because the unattainable production points are too close to the inefficient production points.
		opportunity cost is not a ratio.
		increasing opportunity costs.
		resources are equally productive in both goods.

1 point

QUESTION 4

As an economy produces more of one of the goods on a bowed out production possibilities frontier, what happens to the opportunity cost of producing the good?

		It might increase, decrease, or remain constant depending on how much people value the additional units of the good.
		It decreases.
		It increases.
		It remains constant.

1 point

QUESTION 5

"Comparative advantage" is defined as a situation in which one person can produce

		more of a good than another person.
		a good for a lower dollar cost than another person.
		a good for a lower opportunity cost than another person.
		more of all goods than another person.

1 point

QUESTION 6

When a production possibilities frontier is bowed outward, as more of one good is produced, its opportunity cost

		increases.
		decreases.
		might increase, decrease, or remain constant depending on how much people value the additional units of the good.
		remains constant.

1 point

QUESTION 7

A bowed out production possibility frontier shows that the

		opportunity cost relationship is linear.
		the opportunity cost of a good is constant as more of the good is produced.
		the opportunity cost of a good increase as more of the good is produced.
		the opportunity cost of a good decrease as more of the good is produced.

1 point

QUESTION 8

Which of the following statements is correct?

		The production possibilities frontier shows that there are no limits to production.
		Any point on or within the PPF is production efficient.
		If capital is idle, the economy is producing at its full potential.
		A tradeoff is a limit that forces an exchange or a substitution of one thing for something else.

1 point

QUESTION 9

A major earthquake occurs in the central part of the United States. What impact would this have on the nation's production possibilities frontier and why?

		A tradeoff would occur to replace the resources and goods destroyed.
		It would shift inward because some of the nation's resources, such as capital and labor, would be destroyed.
		It would shift outward because unemployment would be reduced.
		Nothing would happen because the nation would still have the same capabilities.

1 point

QUESTION 10

When a nation is producing on its production possibilities frontier, if more resources are used to produce one good, then the production of other goods

		must increase.
		must decrease.
		must remain the same.
		must change but they might increase or decrease.

1 point

QUESTION 11

Moving along a country's PPF, a reasonable opportunity costs increase is that

		unemployment increases as a country produce more and more of one good.
		unemployment decreases as a country produces more and more of one good.
		some resources are better suited for producing one good rather than the other.
		technology declines as a country produce more and more of one good.

1 point

QUESTION 12

A reason the production possibilities frontier exists is

		scarcity of resources and unlimited technology.
		unemployment.
		scarcity of resources.
		unlimited resources and technology.

1 point

QUESTION 13

Moving from one point to another on a production possibilities frontier implies

		increasing the production of one good and decreasing the production of another.
		increasing the production of both goods.
		decreasing the production of both goods.
		holding the production levels of both goods constant.

1 point

QUESTION 14

Specialization and trade make a country better off because with trade the country can consume at a point

		outside its production possibilities frontier.
		on its trading partner's production possibilities frontier.
		inside its production possibilities frontier.
		on its production possibilities frontier.

1 point

QUESTION 15

The production possibilities frontier is the

		the boundary between the combinations of goods and services that can be produced and the combinations that cannot be produced when technology is changing.
		the minimum output that can be produced when resources are used inefficiently.
		the boundary between the combinations of goods and services that can be produced and the combinations that cannot be produced, given the available factors of production and the state of technology.
		maximum output that can be produced at an opportunity cost of zero.

1 point

QUESTION 16

The opportunity cost of economic growth is ________ and the benefit of economic growth is ________.

		decreased current consumption; decreased future consumption
		decreased current consumption; increased future consumption
		increased current consumption; increased future consumption
		increased current consumption; decreased future consumption

1 point

QUESTION 17

In terms of a nation's production possibilities frontier, what impact does international trade have?

		International trade shifts the nation's production possibilities frontier outward.
		International trade shifts the production possibilities frontier outward for the goods that are exported and inward for the goods that are imported.
		International trade shifts the nation's production possibilities frontier inward.
		International trade allows the nation to consume at a point outside its production possibilities frontier.

1 point

QUESTION 18

The production possibilities frontier illustrates the

		goods and services that people want.
		limits to people's wants.
		resources the economy possesses, but not it is the level of technology.
		maximum combinations of goods and services that can be produced.

1 point

QUESTION 19

As we move along the production possibilities frontier,

		the possibilities of tradeoffs diminish.
		the production of one good increases as the production of the other good decreases.
		more of both goods can be produced.
		a tradeoff is not possible because nations need all goods.

1 point

QUESTION 20

What is the opportunity cost of economic growth?

		Eliminate scarcity
		Land.
		Capital goods.
		Consumption of goods.

1 point

QUESTION 21

Which of the following statements is correct?

i.As the economy grows, the opportunity costs of economic growth decrease.

ii. Economic growth has no opportunity cost.

iii. The opportunity cost of economic growth is current consumption forgone.

		ii only
		iii only
		I only
		I and iii

1 point

QUESTION 22

Does economic growth depend upon which of the following?

i. Increasing the quantity of labor.

ii. Lowering the prices of goods and services.

iii. Advancing technology.

		ii only.
		I only.
		I and iii.
		iii only.

1 point

QUESTION 23

When drawing a production possibilities frontier, which of the following is held constant?

		the amount of money in the economy
		the prices of goods and services
		the quantity of the goods and services that are produced
		the available factors of production and the state of technology

1 point

QUESTION 24

To increase its economic growth, a nation should

		encourage spending on goods and services.
		increase in current consumption.
		encourage education because that increases the quality of labor.
		limit the number of people in college because they produce nothing.

1 point

QUESTION 25

The opportunity cost of one more slice of pizza in terms of sodas is the

		some pizza slices we have to give up to get one extra soda.
		the total number of sodas that we have divided by the total number of pizza slices that we have.
		the total number of pizza slices that we have divided by the total number of sodas that we have.
		the number of sodas we have to give up to get one extra pizza slice.

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1) List and briefly explain three economic variables that shift the Demand Curve.

2) Define opportunity cost. How is opportunity cost used to determine comparative advantage?

3) In the market for calculators we observe that the price has fallen and more calculators are being sold. What might have happened to cause this change?

4) The price of gasoline rises. What would we expect to see happen in the market for cars with high gas mileage (like the Prius)?

5) What is the effect of a price floor (a price set above equilibrium) in the sugar market. Why does the government impose price floors?

6) Define the price elasticity of demand. Why is this concept important in economics?

7) Define the income elasticity of demand. Why is this concept important in economics?

8) List and briefly explain three economic variables that shift the Supply Curve.

9) A firm lowers of price of its product by 10% and consumers buy 5% more of the product. What is the price elasticity of demand for the product?

10) If the price elasticity of demand for a product is elastic, explain what will happen to total revenue when the price is decreased.

11) What is the difference between a change in quantity supplied and a shift in supply?

12) Write out the equation for the arc price elasticity of demand using symbols. Then write out the equation using the following numbers: the price increases from $8 to $10 and the quantity demanded falls from 3 units to 2 units. (Do not calculate the equation.)
Three Questions (no choice)

Long Answer Questions (20 points each)

Be certain to label all graphs. Write all explanations in complete sentences.

1) Draw a supply and demand graph for the market for oranges.

Illustrate and explain what happens with when a freeze destroys part of the crop.

2) Draw an increasing cost Production Possibilities Curve (PPC) for the U.S. with computers on the horizontal axis and textiles on the vertical axis.
a) What is the definition of a PPC

b) Choose a point on the PPC. What does this point represent?

c) Illustrate the opportunity cost of producing more computers.

d) Explain a point inside the PPC.

e) Explain a point outside the PPC.

f) Technological change reduces the cost of producing computers and textiles, illustrate and explain what happens in the graph.

g) Choose a new point that represents production and consumption after technological change.

h) Where does the U.S. produce and consume relative to before technological change.

i) Illustrate and explain the opportunity cost of producing more computers after technological change.

3) Define the price elasticity of demand. What does elastic, inelastic and unitary price elasticity of demand mean? For each of the three values of the price elasticity of demand explain what happens to quantity demanded and total revenue when the price of the product is increased? What about when the price of the product is decreased?

4) Using a supply and demand graph in the market for bread, illustrate and explain the effect of a price ceiling (Price set below equilibrium price).

Why would the government impose such a price ceiling?

How is the available bread distributed to consumers when there is a price ceilin

Attending college can be viewed as a form of
investment in which costs are borne today and benefits are receivedin the future
investment in which benefits are received today and costs are bornein the future
consumption, because learning is an enjoyable activity
leisure, because learning is an enjoyable activity

2. A medium of exchange must be called:
approved by the government
socially acceptable in exchange for goods and services
easy to reproduce
used to eliminate specialization and the division of labor

3. Society's production possibilities frontier
helps explain the immense complexity of the real economy
demonstrates that, although resources are scarce for individuals,there is no problem of scarcity for society as a whole
is based on unrealistic assumptions and therefore has no value asan economic tool
is based on simplifying assumptions, but is still useful forillustrating scarcity, opportunity cost, and economic growth

4. On a production possibilities frontier, the opportunity cost ofone more unit of a commodity per time period is measured bythe
monetary price of the commodity
amount of the other commodity that must be sacrificed
amount of unemployed resources that must be used
amount of satisfaction it gives consumers

5. Pure capitalism and a pure command system represent
two different ways of answering the basic economic questions
two names describing the same method of answering the basiceconomic questions
the only two ways of answering the basic economic questions
the most efficient ways to answer the basic economicquestions

6. In what way is consumer demand different from consumerwants?
Demand is only for necessities.
Demand is only for luxuries.
Demand takes into account the ability to pay.
Consumer wants are only for luxuries.

7. In the case of a normal good, an increase in consumers' incomeswould shift the (Points : 1)
supply and demand curves inward
demand curve inward
demand curve outward
supply curve inward

8. Larger quantities of any good will be supplied at higher pricesbecause
consumers will be more satisfied
higher prices attract resources from other uses
people are naturally lazy and have to be bribed to give up theirleisure
price and quantity supplied are inversely related

9. If there is a shortage in the market for athletic shoes,
the price should rise to eliminate the shortage
inventories of athletic shoes will grow
demand will decrease to restore equilibrium
firms will reduce production to restore equilibrium

10. Which of the following is correct when a price is set below amarket's equilibrium price? (Points : 1)
quantity demanded exceeds quantity supplied at the set price
quantity demanded is less than quantity supplied at the setprice
quantity demanded is equal to quantity supplied at the setprice
at the set price there is a surplus

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ECON-E 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Marginal Cost, Marginal Utility, Opportunity Cost

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