🏷️ LIMITED TIME OFFER: GET 20% OFF GRADE+ YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION →
Log in
Economics
1
answer
0
watching
352
views
7 Oct 2018

Suppose the hotel in the lecture example raised its price from $30 to $30.50. With the new price, the hotel expects 96 guests to arrive 5% of the time, 97 guests 10% of the time, 98 guests 20% of the time, 99 guests 30% of the time, 100 guests 25% of the time and 101 guests 10% of the time. The variable costs per occupied room and overbooking costs are the same as in the lecture.

Calculate the expected revenue, expected variable costs and expected costs from overbooking. 0


Using marginal analysis, should the hotel raise its price? Explain your answer.

Watch
1
answer
0
watching
352
views

For unlimited access to Homework Help, a Homework+ subscription is required.

Irving Heathcote
Irving HeathcoteLv2
9 Oct 2018

Unlock all answers

Get 1 free homework help answer.
Already have an account? Log in
Share

Related textbook solutions

Principles of Economics
2nd Edition, 2017
Openstax
ISBN: 9781947172364
Principles of Macroeconomics
2 Edition,
Openstax
ISBN: 9781947172388
Principles of Microeconomics
2 Edition,
Openstax
ISBN: 9781947172340

Related questions

Question 1 (1 point) Question 1 Unsaved In a competitive market the equilibrium price is determined: Question 1 options: at the intersection of the firm’s demand and the market supply curves. at the intersection of the market demand and supply curves. at the intersection of the firm’s demand and marginal cost curves. so as to cover the costs of the potential firms. so as to cover the costs of the firms currently in the industry. Save Question 2 (1 point) Question 2 Unsaved If the perfectly competitive market demand for gym shoes is given by QD = 100 – P and the market supply is given by QS = 10 + 2P, then the equilibrium price and quantity will be: Question 2 options: P = 50 and Q = 50. P = 40 and Q = 90. P = 40 and Q = 60. P = 30 and Q = 70. P = 25 and Q = 75. Save Question 3 (1 point) Question 3 Unsaved A constant-cost industry is one in which: Question 3 options: input prices do not change over time. technology does not change over time. input prices and technology do not change as firms enter or exit the industry. input prices and technology do not change over time. firms have reached the maturity phase of the industry’s life cycle. Save Question 4 (1 point) Question 4 Unsaved At the profit-maximizing level of output for the monopolist: Question 4 options: total revenue is equal to total cost. total costs are minimized. total revenue is maximized. marginal revenue is equal to marginal cost. average revenue is equal to average cost. Save Question 5 (1 point) Question 5 Unsaved Craig’s Red Sea Restaurant is the only restaurant in Columbia, South Carolina, that sells Ethiopian food. The demand for Ethiopian food is given by Q = 25 – P. Craig’s costs are given by TC = 25 + Q + 5Q2. Its maximum monopoly profit is: Question 5 options: –$1. $21. $22. $24. $26. Save Question 6 (1 point) Question 6 Unsaved So long as price exceeds average variable cost, in the model of monopolistic competition, a firm maximizes profits by producing where: Question 6 options: the difference between marginal revenue and marginal cost is maximized. marginal cost equals marginal revenue. marginal revenue equals price. the difference between price and marginal cost is maximized. price equals marginal cost. Save Question 7 (1 point) Question 7 Unsaved If a firm in a monopolistically competitive industry is profit maximizing, it should choose its level of advertising such that the marginal revenue of an additional dollar of advertising: Question 7 options: is equal to the elasticity of its demand curve minus 1. is exactly $1. increases revenues by $1. is equal to 1 plus the elasticity of its demand curve. is equal to the elasticity of its demand curve. Save Question 8 (1 point) Question 8 Unsaved Firms advertise in order to: Question 8 options: build brand loyalty. appeal to the price-sensitive consumers. increase the demand elasticities of their loyal customers. shift the market supply curve to the left. shift the market demand curve to the left. Save Question 9 (1 point) Question 9 Unsaved Firms offer promotions in order to: Question 9 options: build brand loyalty. appeal to the price-sensitive consumers. increase the demand elasticities of their loyal customers. shift the market supply curve to the left. shift the market demand curve to the left. Save Question 10 (1 point) Question 10 Unsaved If the demand increases for the product of a decreasing-cost industry: Question 10 options: short-run price goes up, but long-run price falls. long-run output goes up, but long-run price may go up or down. short-run output goes up, but long-run output may go up or down. long-run output goes up, but short-run price remains constant. long-run price goes up, but short-run price may go up or down. Save Question 11 (1 point) Question 11 Unsaved If the demand increases for the product of an increasing-cost industry: Question 11 options: short-run price goes up, but long-run price falls. long-run output goes up, but long-run price may go up or down. short-run output goes up, but long-run output may go up or down. long-run output goes up, but short-run price remains constant. short-run price goes up, and long-run price goes up. Save Question 12 (1 point) Question 12 Unsaved When Pan United Airlines gives a $400 fare discount to persons with student IDs, they are practicing: Question 12 options: first-degree price discrimination. second-degree price discrimination. third-degree price discrimination. markup pricing. tying. Save Question 13 (1 point) Question 13 Unsaved When a utility charges homeowners less than big industrial users, it is practicing: Question 13 options: first-degree price discrimination. fourth-degree price discrimination. third-degree price discrimination. markup pricing. tying. Save Question 14 (1 point) Question 14 Unsaved Cereal manufacturers’ use of coupons can be partially explained by: Question 14 options: first-degree price discrimination. second-degree price discrimination. third-degree price discrimination. markup pricing. tying. Save Question 15 (1 point) Question 15 Unsaved If a firm supplies separable markets with price elasticities h1 and h2, it should set prices P1 and P2 so that: Question 15 options: P1h1 = P2h2. P1 /h1 = P2 /h2. P1(1 + 1/h1) = P2 (1 + 1/h2). P1/(1 – 1 /h1) = P2 / (1 – 1/h2). P1 = 1 – 1/h1 and P2 = 1 – 1/h2. Save Question 16 (1 point) Question 16 Unsaved If a firm supplies separable markets with price elasticities h1 = –3 and h2 = –2, it should set prices P1 and P2 so that: Question 16 options: P1 = P2. 3P1 = 2P2. 2P1 = 3P2. 2/3P1 = 1/2P2. 2P1 = 2/3P2. Save Question 17 (1 point) Question 17 Unsaved Women are often charged more than men for haircuts performed by the same haircutter. This is not considered price discrimination because: Question 17 options: women receive more consumer surplus from haircuts than men receive. haircutters claim to spend more time on women’s hair, raising the cost of the haircut to the firm. firms make up the extra cost to consumers by giving women free samples of products. men receive more consumer surplus from haircuts than women receive. women have a lower price elasticity of demand for haircuts. Save Question 18 (1 point) Question 18 Unsaved If price is above the average variable cost but below the average total cost of a representative firm in a competitive industry: Question 18 options: there will be entry to the industry over time. there will be exit from the industry over time. the firms in the industry are just earning a normal rate of return. the firms in the industry are earning a supranormal rate of return. the industry is in long-run equilibrium. Save Question 19 (1 point) Question 19 Unsaved Joe’s T-shirts has costs given by TC = $100 + 3Q, where Q is the number of shirts. If Joe charges $5 each, the percentage markup for 100 shirts is: Question 19 options: 20%. 25%. 33%. 50%. 67%. Save Question 20 (1 point) Question 20 Unsaved In the model of monopolistic competition, there can be short-run: Question 20 options: losses or profits, but there must be profits in long-run equilibrium. profits, but there must be losses in long-run equilibrium. losses or profits, but there must be losses in long-run equilibrium. losses or profits, but there must be neither profits nor losses in long-run equilibrium. losses, but there must be profits in long-run equilibrium.

1. All of the following are characteristics of long-run equilibrium for firms in a monopolistically competitive market except:

A. price equals marginal cost.

B. price equals average total cost.

C. price exceeds the minimum of the average total cost.

D. marginal cost equals marginal revenue.

2. All of the following are strategies a firm with market power can adopt to increase its profits over time except:

A. erecting barriers to entry.

B. setting price equal to the marginal costs of production.

C. mergers with, and acquisitions of, competing firms.

D. influencing the regulatory process.

3. Assume that for a particular firm's output price = $80, marginal cost = $30, average total cost = $25. Based on this information, the firm's Lerner Index is equal to:

A. 0.313.

B. 0.625.

C. 0.6.

D. 0.375.

4. Assume that when the price is $20, the quantity demanded is 9 units, and when the price is $19, the quantity demanded is 10 units. Based on this information, what is the marginal revenue resulting from an increase in output from 9 units to 10 units?

A. $10

B. $1

C. $19

D. $20

5. Because firms produce a differentiated product, each of the firms in a monopolistically competitive market faces a demand curve that is:

A. perfectly elastic.

B. downward sloping.

C. perfectly inelastic.

D. perfectly elastic or perfectly inelastic depending on whether the firm's output is a luxury or a necessity.

6. Suppose a monopolist is producing a level of output such that MR > MC. What should the firm do to maximize its profits?

A. The firm should increase output.

B. The firm should increase the price.

C. The firm should do nothing - it wants to maximize the difference between MR and MC in order to maximize its profits.

D. The firm should hire less labor.

7. Suppose the firms in a monopolistically competitive market are earning positive economic profits. What will happen to move the market to its long-run equilibrium?

A. The demand curves faced by firms in the market will shift to the right.

B. The firms' demand curves will become less elastic.

C. More close substitutes will appear in the market.

D. Some firms will exit the market if they can't cover all of their fixed and variable costs.

8. The Lerner Index is a measure of market power that focuses on:

A. the difference between a firm's product price and its marginal costs of production.

B. the share of the market controlled by the X largest firms in the market.

C. the ratio of the price of a firm's product to the price elasticity of demand for the product.

D. the sum of the squares of the market share of each firm in an industry.

9. The measure of market power that focuses on the share of the market controlled by the X largest firms in the market is known as:

A. the Lerner Index.

B. the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index.

C. the Minimum-Efficient Scale Index.

D. a concentration ratio.

10. The monopoly characteristic of monopolistically competitive firms ensures that such firms will earn positive economic profits over the long-run.

a. True

b. False

1. When economists speak of "marginal," they mean
a. Opportunity.
b. Scarcity.
c. Incremental.
d. Unimportant.

2. Managers undertake an investment only if
a. Marginal benefits of the investment are greater than zero.
b. Marginal costs of the investment are greater than marginal benefits of the investment.
c. Marginal benefits are greater than marginal costs.
d. Investment decisions do not depend on marginal analysis.

3. A firm produces 500 units per week. It hires 20 full-time workers (40 hours/week) at an hourly wage of $15. Raw materials are ordered weekly, and they cost $10 for every unit produced. The weekly cost of the rent payment for the factory is $2,250. How do the overall costs break down?
a. Total variable cost is $17,000; total fixed cost is $2,250; total cost is $19,250.
b. Total variable cost is $12,000; total fixed cost is $7,250; total cost is $19,250.
c. Total variable cost is $5,000; total fixed cost is $14,250; total cost is $19,250.
d. Total variable cost is $5,000; total fixed cost is $2,250; total cost is $7,250.

4. Total costs increase from $1,500 to $1,800 when a firm increases output from 40 to 50 units. Which of the following is true if marginal cost is constant?
a. FC = $100
b. FC = $200
c. FC = $300
d. FC = $400

5. A manager of a clothing firm is deciding whether to add another factory in addition to one already in production. The manager would compare
a. The total benefits gained from the two factories to the total costs of running the two factories.
b. The incremental benefit expected from the second factory to the total costs of running the two factories.
c. The incremental benefit expected from the second factory to the cost of the second factory.
d. The total benefits gained from the two factories to the incremental costs of running the two factories.

6. A firm is thinking of hiring an additional worker to their organization who they believe can increase total productivity by 100 units a week. The cost of hiring him or her is $1,500 per week. If the price of each unit is $12,
a. The MR of hiring the worker is $1,500.
b. The MC of hiring the worker is $1,200.
c. The firm should not hire the worker since MB < MC.
d. All the above

7. A retailer has to pay $9 per hour to hire 13 workers. If the retailer only needs to hire 12 workers, a wage rate of $7 per hour is sufficient.
What is the marginal cost of the 13th worker?
a. $117
b. $9
c. $33
d. $84

8. If a firm's average cost is rising, then
a. Marginal cost is less than average cost.
b. Marginal cost is rising.
c. Marginal cost is greater than average cost.
d. The firm is making an economic profit.

9. After the first week of his MBA Managerial Economics class, one of your pharmaceutical sales representatives accuses you of committing the sunk-cost fallacy by refusing to allow him to reduce price to make what he considers to be a really tough sale. Which of the following suggests the sales representative may be right?
a. Most of the costs of drug development are sunk, not fixed.
b. Sales representatives are paid a sales commission on revenue, so they don't care about the costs of drug development.
c. Sales representatives don't worry that a low price today may make it more difficult for the company's other sales representatives to charge higher prices to their customers, tomorrow.
d. Sales representatives think only about one thing, sales.

10. A company is producing 15,000 units. At this output level, marginal revenue is $22, and the marginal cost is $18. The firm sells each unit for $48 and average total cost is $40.
What can we conclude from this information?
a. The company is making a loss.
b. The company needs to cut production.
c. The company needs to increase production.
d. Not enough information is provided.

Related Documents

ECO220Y1
Final Exam
Study Guide
ECO220Y1 Midterm: ECO220Y1Y UTSG Midterm220 JUN13
turquoisegnu128
ECO220Y1
Final Exam
Study Guide
ECO220Y1 Midterm: ECO220Y1Y UTSG Midterm220 JUN13 Solution
turquoisegnu128
ECO220Y1
Final Exam
Study Guide
ECO220Y1 Final: ECO220Y1Y UTSG Final Exam220 APR17 WITH ATerm Test ACHMENT
turquoisegnu128

Weekly leaderboard

Home
Homework Help 3,900,000
Economics 400,000
Start filling in the gaps now
Log in