(a) What would be the economically efficient number of wells? Explain why social benefits (profits) are maximized...
Question:
(a) What would be the economically efficient number of wells? Explain why social benefits (profits) are maximized at this level of output.
[Hint: Calculate the total revenue and marginal revenue for each number of wells.]
(b) If each well is privately owned by a different farmer without any regulations, how many wells will operate? Is this number of wells economically efficient? Also, is this number of wells ecologically sustainable in the long-term?
[Hint: Calculate the average revenue for each number of wells.]
(c) Suppose a new technology is adopted that reduces the cost of operating a well from 600 to 400 pesos. Now, what is a socially efficient (i.e. profit-maximizing) number of wells with the new technology? How has the introduction of this new technology affected environmental sustainability?
Project Management Achieving Competitive Advantage
ISBN: 978-0133798074
4th edition
Authors: Jeffrey K. Pinto