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Chapter 1 vi




The Fundamentals of Managerial Economics Ans
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wers to Questions and Problems vi vi vi vi




1. This situation best represents producer-
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producer rivalry. Here, Southwest is a producer attempting to steal customers a
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way from other producers in the form of lower prices.
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2. The maximum you would be willing to pay for this asset is the present value,
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which is vi




3.
a. Net benefits are N(Q) = 20 + 24Q – 4Q2.
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b. Net benefits when Q = 1 are N(1) = 20 + 24 –
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4 = 40 and when Q = 5 they are N(5) = 20 + 24(5) – 4(5)2 = 40.
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c. Marginal net benefits are MNB(Q) = 24 – 8Q. vi vi vi vi vi vi vi vi


d. Marginal net benefits when Q 1 are MNB(1) = 24 – 8(1) = 16 and when Q 5
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they are MNB(5) = 24 – 8(5) = -16.
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e. Setting MNB(Q) = 24 – vi vi vi vi


8Q = 0 and solving for Q, we see that net benefits are maximized when Q = 3
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, f. When net benefits are maximized at Q = 3, marginal net benefits are zero. That is,
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MNB(3) = 24 – 8(3) = 0. vi vi vi vi vi vi




4.
a. The value of the firm before it pays out current dividends is
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b. The value of the firm immediately after paying the dividend is
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5. The present value of the perpetual stream of cash flows. This is given by
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6. The completed table looks like this:
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Control Total Benefi Net Be Marginal
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Net Bene
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Variable ts B(Q) vi Cost
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100 1200 950 250 210 60 150
101 1400 1020 380 200 70 130
102 1590 1100 490 190 80 110
103 1770 1190 580 180 90 90
104 1940 1290 650 170 100 70
105 2100 1400 700 160 110 50
106 2250 1520 730 150 120 30
107 2390 1650 740 140 130 10
108 2520 1790 730 130 140 -10
109 2640 1940 700 120 150 -30
110 2750 2100 650 110 160 -50


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, a. Net benefits are maximized at Q = 107.
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b. Marginal cost is slightly smaller than marginal benefit (MC = 130 and MB = 140).
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This is due to the discrete nature of the control variable.
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7.
a. The net present value of attending school is the present value of the benefits deri
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ved from attending school (including the stream of higher earnings and the value
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to you of the work environment and prestige that your education provides), minu
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s the opportunity cost of attending school. As noted in the text, the opportunity c
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ost of attending school is generally greater than the cost of books and tuition. It i
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s rational for an individual to enroll in graduate school when his or her net presen
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t value is greater than zero.
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b. Since this decreases the opportunity cost of getting an M.B.A., one would expect
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more students to apply for admission into M.B.A. Programs.
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8.
a. Her accounting profits are $170,000. These are computed as the difference
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between revenues ($200,000) and explicit costs ($30,000).
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b. By working as a painter, Jaynet gives up the $110,000 she could have earned un
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der her next best alternative. This implicit cost of $110,000 is in addition to the
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$30,000 in explicit costs. Since her economic costs are $140,000, her economic pr
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ofits are $200,000 - $140,000 = $60,000.
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9.
a. Total benefit when Q = 2 is B(2) = 20(2) –
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2*22 = 32. When Q = 10, B(10) = 20(10) – 2*102 = 0.
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b. Marginal benefit when Q = 2 is MB(2) = 20 – vi vi vi vi vi vi vi vi vi vi


4(2) = 12. When Q = 10, it is MB(10) = 20 – 4(10) = -20.
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c. The level of Q that maximizes total benefits satisfies MB(Q) = 20 – 4Q = 0, so Q
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= 5. vi


d. Total cost when Q = 2 is C(2) = 4 + 2*22 = 12. When Q = 10 C(Q) = 4 + 2*102 =
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204.
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e. Marginal cost when Q = 2 is MC(Q) = 4(2) = 8. When Q = 10 MC(Q) = 4(10) =
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40.
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f. The level of Q that minimizes total cost is MC(Q) = 4Q = 0, or Q = 0.
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g. Net benefits are maximized when MNB(Q) = MB(Q) - MC(Q) = 0, or 20 – 4Q –
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4Q = 0. Some algebra leads to Q = 20/8 = 2.5 as the level of output that maxi
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mizes net benefits. vi vi




10.
a. The present value of the stream of accounting profits is
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b. The present value of the stream of economic profits is
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Managerial Economics and Business Strategy, 10e vi vi vi vi vi Page 3 vi

, 11. First, recall the equation for the value of a firm:
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. Next, solve this equation for g to obtain
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. Substituting in the known values implies a
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growth rate of: vi vi vi percent. This would seem vi vi vi



to be a reasonable rate of growth: 0.0355 < 0.09 (g < i).
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12. Effectively, this question boils down to the question of whether it is a good investm
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ent to spend an extra $250 on a refrigerator that will save you $40 at the end of each
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year for five years. The net present value of this investment is
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.

You should buy the standard model, since doing so saves you $81.51 in present value
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terms.

13. Under a flat hourly wage, employees have little incentive to work hard as working ha
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rd will not directly benefit them. This adversely affects the firm, since its profits will
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be lower than the $25,000 per store that is obtainable each day when employees perfo
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rm at their peak. Under the proposed pay structure, employees have a strong incentiv
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e to increase effort, and this will benefit the firm. In particular, under the fixed hourl
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y wage, an employee receives $160 per day whether he or she works hard or not. Un
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der the new pay structure, an employee receives $330 per day if the store achieves its
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maximum possible daily profit and only $80 if the store’s daily profit is zero. This pr
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ovides employees an incentive to work hard and to exert peer pressure on employees
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who might otherwise goof off. By providing employees an incentive to earn extra mo
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ney by working hard, both the firm and the employees will benefit.
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14.
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penses. Her implicit cost is the $75,000 salary that must be given up to st
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art the new business. Her opportunity cost includes both implicit and ex
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plicit costs: $145,000 + $75,000 = $220,000. vi vi vi vi vi vi




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