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Microeconomics 3rd Canadian Edition Hubbard, Glenn & O'Brien, Anthony Patrick & Serletis, Apostolos & Childs, Jason - Solutions

[Related to Don’t Let This Happen to You ] Joe Morgan is a sportscaster and former baseball player. After he stated that he thought the salaries of Major League Baseball players were justified, a baseball fan wrote the following to Rob Neyer, a sports columnist:Mr. Neyer, What are your feelings
[Related to the Chapter Opener ] An article in the Wall Street Journal on the use of driverless trucks at Rio Tinto’s Australian mines observed, “The new equipment cut many driving jobs. . . . But the reductions will be partly offset by new types of work. The company now needs more network
Is the fraction of Canadian workers in labour unions larger or smaller than that in other countries?
In what sense do employers who discriminate pay an economic penalty? Is this penalty enough to eliminate discrimination? Briefly explain.
Define economic discrimination. Is the fact that one group in the population has higher earnings than other groups evidence of economic discrimination? Briefly explain.
What is a compensating differential? Give an example.
In 541 , an outbreak of bubonic plague hit the Byzantine Empire. Because the plague was spread by flea-infested rats that often lived on ships, ports were hit particularly hard. In some ports, more than 40 percent of the population died. The emperor, Justinian, was concerned that the wages of
Following the 2016 Major League Baseball season, the market for home run hitters who were free agents and available to sign with any team was unexpectedly quiet. Players such as Edwin Encarnacion and Chris Carter signed for lower salaries and for fewer years than either they or their agents had
Sean Astin, who played Sam in the Lord of the Rings movies, wrote the following about an earlier film he had appeared in:“Now I was in a movie I didn’t respect, making obscene amounts of money (five times what a teacher makes, and teachers do infinitely more important work).” Are salaries
[Related to Apply the Concept: Will You Compete with a Robot for a Job—Or Work with One? ]During the same period that robots and other new technologies have been affecting the labour market, there has been an increase in imports to Canada of manufactured goods—including shoes, clothing, and
[Related to Apply the Concept: Is Investing in a University Education a Good Idea? ] Over time, the gap between the wages of workers with college or university degrees and the wages of workers without college or university degrees has been increasing. Shouldn’t this gap have raised the incentive
If the labour supply curve shifts to the left and the labour demand curve remains unchanged, what will happen to the equilibrium wage and the equilibrium level of employment?Illustrate your answer with a graph.
If the labour demand curve shifts to the left and the labour supply curve remains unchanged, what will happen to the equilibrium wage and the equilibrium level of employment?Illustrate your answer with a graph.
State whether each of the following events will result in a movement along the market supply curve of agricultural labour in Canada or whether it will cause the market supply curve of agricultural labour to shift. If the supply curve shifts, indicate whether it will shift to the left or to the
A columnist in the New York Times noted that the US labour supply “in the next decade is expected to expand at less than half the pace of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.” What explains these changing growth rates in the US labour supply?Source: Eduardo Porter, “The Payoff in Delaying
Suppose that a large oil field is discovered in Alberta. By imposing a tax on the oil, the provincial government is able to eliminate the provincial income tax on wages. What is likely to be the effect on the labour supply curve in Alberta?
Most labour economists believe that many adult males are on a vertical section of their labour supply curves. Use the concepts of income and substitution effects to explain under what circumstances an individual’s labour supply curve would be vertical.Source: Robert Whaples, “Is There Consensus
Uber, the ride-hailing service, increases the price of a ride when demand increases, as happens, for instance, on New Year’s Eve or during a snowstorm. An article in the New York Times discussed how new Uber drivers respond to fluctuations in the wages they earn: “Many of these drivers appeared
Daniel was earning $65 per hour and working 45 hours per week. Then Daniel’s wage rose to $75 per hour, and as a result, he now works 40 hours per week. What can we conclude from this information about the income effect and the substitution effect of a wage change for Daniel?
What are the three most important variables that cause the market supply curve of labour to shift?
How can we measure the opportunity cost of leisure? What are the substitution effect and the income effect resulting from a wage change? Why is the supply curve of labour usually upward sloping?
State whether each of the following events will result in a movement along the market demand curve for labour in electronics factories in China or whether it will cause the market demand curve for labour to shift. If the demand curve shifts, indicate whether it will shift to the left or to the
[Related to Solved Problem 14.1] Complete the following table for Terrell’s Televisions.a. From the information in the table, can you determine whether this firm is a price taker or a price maker?Briefly explain.b. Use the information in the table to draw a graph like Figure 14.1 that shows
Frank Gunter owns an apple orchard. He employs 87 apple pickers and pays them each $8 per hour to pick apples, which he sells for $1.60 per box. If Frank is maximizing profits, what is the marginal revenue product of the last worker he hired? What is that worker’s marginal product?
What are the five most important variables that cause the market demand curve for labour to shift?
Why is the demand curve for labour downward sloping?
What is the difference between the marginal product of labour and the marginal revenue product of labour?
In what sense is the demand for labour a derived demand?
[Related to Solved Problem 13.3] Use the following graph of a monopoly to answer the questions.a. What quantity will the monopoly produce, and what price will the monopoly charge?b. Suppose the monopoly is regulated. If the regulatory agency wants to achieve economic efficiency, what price should
Consider the natural monopoly shown in Figure 13.7.Assume that the government regulatory agency sets the regulated price, at the level of average total cost at which the demand curve intersects the curve. If the firm knows that it will always be able to charge a price equal to its average total
According to a column in the New York Times, the French National Assembly approved a bill:. . . that would require Apple Computer to crack open the software codes of its iTunes music store and let the files work on players other than the iPod. . . . If the French gave away the codes, Apple would
The following table gives the approximate market shares of the companies in the Canadian brewing industry for 2015.Company Market Share (%)Anheuser-Busch InBev (Labatt) 41.5 Molson Coors 33.3 Others 25.2 Use the information in the section “The Competition Bureau and Merger Guidelines” to
The table below shows the market share for companies in the Canadian smartphone market.Company Market Share (%)Apple 38.3 Samsung 32.4 BlackBerry 8.9 Google 5.3 Others 15.2 Use the information in the section “The Competition Bureau and Merger Guidelines” to predict whether the Competition
Look again at the section “The Competition Bureau and Merger Guidelines.” Evaluate the following situations.a. A market initially has 20 firms, each with a 5 percent market share. Of the firms, 4 propose to merge, leaving a total of 17 firms in the industry. Is the Competition Bureau likely to
Draw a graph like Figure 13.6 that shows a merger lowering costs. On your graph, show producer surplus and consumer surplus before a merger and consumer surplus and producer surplus after a merger.
Consider the natural monopoly shown in Figure 13.7.Assume that the government regulatory agency sets the regulated price at the level of average total cost at which the demand curve intersects the ATC curve. If the firm knows that it will always be able to charge a price equal to its average total
Use the graph for a monopoly to answer the questions.a. What quantity will the monopoly produce, and what price will the monopoly charge?b. Suppose the government decides to regulate this monopoly and imposes a price ceiling of $18 (in other words, the monopoly can charge less than $18 but can’t
Why would it be economically efficient to require a natural monopoly to charge a price equal to marginal cost? Why do most regulatory agencies require natural monopolies to charge a price equal to average cost instead?
What is the difference between a horizontal merger and a vertical merger? Which type of merger is more likely to increase the market power of a newly merged firm?
What is the purpose of the antitrust laws? Who is in charge of enforcing these laws?
Suppose that the city has given Fernando a monopoly selling team crested baseball caps at the local minor league rink. Use the following graph to answer the questions.a. What quantity will Fernando produce, and what price will he charge?b. How much profit will Fernando earn?c. Review the definition
Review the concept of externalities from Chapter 5 . If a market is a monopoly, will a negative externality in production always lead to a quantity being produced that is greater than the economically efficient quantity? Use a graph to illustrate your answer.
Most cities own the water system that provides water to homes and businesses. Some cities charge a flat monthly fee, while other cities charge by the litre. Which method of pricing is more likely to result in economic efficiency in the water market? Be sure to refer to the definition of economic
Economist Harvey Leibenstein argued that the loss of economic efficiency in industries that are not perfectly competitive has been understated. He argued that when competition is weak, firms are under less pressure to adopt the best techniques or to hold down their costs. He referred to this effect
Review Figure 13.5 on the inefficiency of monopoly. Will the deadweight loss due to monopoly be larger if the demand is elastic or if it is inelastic? Briefly explain.
The late Nobel Laureate economist George Stigler wrote that the “purely ‘economic’ case against monopoly is that it reduces aggregate economic welfare. . . . When the monopolist raises prices above the competitive level in order to reap his monopoly profits, customers buy less of the product,
Explain why market power leads to a deadweight loss. Is the total deadweight loss from market power for the economy large or small?
Suppose that a perfectly competitive industry becomes a monopoly. Describe the effects of this change on consumer surplus, producer surplus, and deadweight loss.
Does a monopolist have a supply curve? Briefly explain.(HINT: Look again at the definition of a supply curve in Chapter 3 and consider whether this definition applies to a monopolist.)
Will a monopoly that maximizes profit also be maximizing revenue? Will it be maximizing production? Briefly explain.
[Related to Don’t Let This Happen to You ] A student argues, “If a monopolist finds a way of producing a good at lower cost, he will not lower his price. Because he is a monopolist, he will keep the price and the quantity the same and just increase his profit.” Do you agree? Use a graph to
Before inexpensive pocket calculators were developed, many science and engineering students used slide rules to make numerical calculations. Slide rules are no longer produced,which means nothing prevents you from establishing a monopoly in the slide rule market. Draw a graph showing the situation
[Related to Solved Problem 13.2] Use the information in Solved Problem 13.2 to answer the following questions.a. What will Shaw do if the tax is $6.00 per month instead of $2.50? (HINT: Will its decision be different in the long run than in the short run?)b. Suppose that the flat per-month tax is
[Related to Solved Problem 13.2] Ed Scahill has acquired a monopoly on the production of baseballs (don’t ask how) and faces the demand and cost situation shown in the following table.Price Quantity(per week)Total Revenue Marginal Revenue Total Cost Marginal Cost$20 15 000 $330 000 19 20 000 365
In what sense is a monopolist a price maker? Will charging a higher price always increase a monopolist’s profit? Briefly explain.
Draw a graph that shows a monopolist earning a profit. Be sure your graph includes the monopolist’s demand, marginal revenue, average total cost, and marginal cost curves. Be sure to indicate the profit-maximizing level of output and price.
What is the relationship between a monopolist’s demand curve and the market demand curve? What is the relationship between a monopolist’s demand curve and its marginal revenue curve?
In China, the government owns many more firms than do governments in Canada or the United States. A former Chinese government official argued that a number of government-run industries such as oil refining were natural monopolies. Is it likely that oil refining is a natural monopoly? How would you
In a magazine article, a writer explained that the provision of electric power consists of two processes: the generation of electricity and the distribution of electricity. The writer argued that “power distribution is a natural monopoly. . . . But . . .there’s . . . no reason why the people
[Related to Apply the Concept: A Monopoly®Monopoly ] Why should it matter legally whether Professor Anspach is correct that Hasbro’s Monopoly game closely resembles a game that had been played for decades before Charles Darrow claimed to have invented it? Does it matter economically? Briefly
An article in the Wall Street Journal discussing large hightech firms such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Google stated,“Today’s high-tech giants may not be monopolies in the most classic sense. . . . [Demand] for technology products and services keeps increasing. . . . That leaves a lot of
[Related to Solved Problem 13.1] Suppose that the quantity demanded per day for a product is 90 units when the price is $35. The following table shows costs for a firm with a monopoly in this market:Quantity (per day) Total Cost 30 $1200 40 1400 50 2250 60 3000 Briefly explain whether this firm has
[Related to Apply the Concept: Are Diamond Profits Forever? The De Beers Diamond Monopoly ] Why was De Beers worried that people might resell their old diamonds?How did De Beers attempt to convince consumers that used diamonds were not good substitutes for new diamonds? How did De Beers’s
[Related to Apply the Concept: A Monopoly® Monopoly ]Canadian copyrights on music expire 50 years after the death of the artist, but trademarks can be renewed indefinitely. This means that a band’s name can be protected long after the band’s music has entered the public domain and is free for
The German company Koenig & Bauer has 90 percent of the world market for presses that print currency. Discuss the factors that would make it difficult for new companies to enter this market.
Patents are granted for 20 years, but pharmaceutical companies can’t use their patent-guaranteed market power for anywhere near this long because it takes several years to acquire Health Canada approval of drugs. Should the life of drug patents be extended to 20 years after Health Canada
Canada Post is the only firm offering general mail delivery in Canada. Is Canada Post a natural monopoly? How can we tell?
If patents, copyrights, and trademarks all reduce competition, why does the federal government grant them?
What is “natural” about a natural monopoly?
What is a public franchise? Are all public franchises natural monopolies?
What are the four most important ways a firm becomes a monopoly?
Harvard Business School started using case studies—descriptions of strategic problems encountered at real companies—in courses in 1912. Today, Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) sells its case studies to about 4000 colleges and universities worldwide. HBP is the sole publisher of Harvard
[Related to Apply the Concept: Netflix Not So Chill ]Netflix started to stream original programs in 2011 with House of Cards. Instead of streaming programming owned by other companies, for which it had to pay, it was “airing” its own shows. What effect will streaming its own original programs
[Related to Apply the Concept: Netflix Not So Chill ] A newspaper article has the headline “Google Says It’s Actually Quite Small.” According to the article:Google rejects the idea that it’s in the search advertising business, an industry in which it holds more than a 70 percent share of
Some observers say that changes in the past few years have eroded the market power of local cable TV companies, even if no other cable firms have entered their markets. What are these changes? Do these “monopoly” firms still have a lot of market power?
The great baseball player Ty Cobb was known for being very thrifty. Near the end of his life, he was interviewed by a reporter who was surprised to find that Cobb used candles, rather than electricity, to light his home. From Ty Cobb’s point of view, was the local electric company a monopoly?
If you own the only hardware store in a small town, do you have a monopoly?
What is a monopoly? Can a firm be a monopoly if close substitutes for its product exist?
[Related to Apply the Concept: Can We Predict Which Firms Will Continue to Be Successful? ] In the preface to the 2004 reprint of In Search of Excellence, Thomas Peters and Robert Waterman wrote: “Our main detractors point to the decline of some of the companies we featured. They miss the point.
Movie studios split ticket revenues with the owners of the movie theatres that show their films. When a movie is no longer being shown in theatres, theatre owners earn nothing further from the film, but studios continue to earn revenue when the movie is available for home viewing on DVD, Blu-ray,
[Related to the Chapter Opener ] When Apple first launched Apple Music, singer Taylor Swift refused to allow her album 1989, which had been the bestselling album of 2014, to be made available for the service because Apple did not intend to pay royalties on songs it streamed during an initial
Michael Porter argued that in many industries, “strategies converge and competition becomes a series of races down identical paths that no one can win.” Briefly explain whether firms in these industries will likely earn economic profits.
Does the strength of each of the five competitive forces remain constant over time? Briefly explain.
Describe the five competitive forces model.
. Consider the entries in the row of the payoff matrix that correspond to Saudi Arabia choosing“Low Output.” Suppose the numbers change so that Nigeria’s profit is $15 million when Nigeria chooses “Low Output” and$10 million when it chooses “High Output.”a. Create the payoff matrix
Refer to Figure
, TruImage’s profit is $1.5 million if the firm accepts Dell’s contract offer of $20 per copy. Now will Dell offer TruImage a contract for $20 per copy or a contract for $30 per copy? Briefly explain.
Suppose that in the situation shown in Figure
When Microsoft announced a new version of its Xbox One video game console, it said the console would have a price of$499. Later, Sony announced that its new PlayStation 4 video game console would have a price of $399. An article on the event where Microsoft introduced the new console noted that the
] Bradford is a small town that currently has no fast-food restaurants. McDonald’s and Burger King are both considering entering this market.Burger King will wait until McDonald’s has made its decision before deciding whether to enter. McDonald’s will choose between building a large store and
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How are decision trees used to analyze sequential games?
What is a sequential game?
Suppose there are four large manufacturers of toilet tissue.The largest of these manufacturers announces that it will raise its prices by 15 percent due to higher paper costs. Within three days, the other three large toilet tissue manufacturers announce similar price hikes. Would this decision to
Finding dominant strategies is often a very effective way of analyzing a game. Consider the following game: Microsoft and Apple are the two firms in the market for operating systems.Each firm has two strategies: Charge a high price or charge a low price.a. What (if any) is the dominant strategy for
[Related to Apply the Concept: Are Airlines in North America Colluding? ] Airlines sometimes find themselves in price wars. Consider the following game: Air Canada and WestJet are the only two airlines flying the route from Calgary to Toronto. Each firm has two strategies: Charge a high price or
[Related to Apply the Concept: Are Airlines in North America Colluding? ] The US Department of Justice was investigating whether the four major US airlines were colluding by restraining increases in capacity with the goal of avoiding price cutting. An airline industry analyst commented on the
In 2017, Best Buy had the following price-matching policy posted to its website:At the time of sale, we price match all local retail competitors (including their online prices) and we price match products shipped from and sold by these major online retailers: Amazon.com, Bhphotovideo.com,
] UPS and FedEx both struggle to deliver the surge of packages they receive during the December holiday season. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, in 2014 both firms considered charging Amazon and other firms rates that would be 10 percent higher for packages delivered during the
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