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Chapter 1 Ri




The Fundamentals of Managerial Economics Ans
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1. This situation best represents producer-
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producer rivalry. Here, Southwest is a producer attempting to steal customers
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away 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 valu
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e, which is
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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. Ri Ri Ri Ri Ri Ri Ri Ri


d. Marginal net benefits when Q 1 are MNB(1) = 24 – 8(1) = 16 and when Q5
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they are MNB(5) = 24 – 8(5) = -16.
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e. Setting MNB(Q) = 24 – Ri Ri Ri Ri


8Q = 0 and solving for Q, we see that net benefits are maximized when Q
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, f. When net benefits are maximized at Q = 3, marginal net benefits are zero. That i
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s, MNB(3) = 24 – 8(3) = 0.
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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 Benef Net Be Marginal
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Ri nefits N Ri Benefit
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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 de
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rived from attending school (including the stream of higher earnings and the va
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lue to you of the work environment and prestige that your education provides),
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minus the opportunity cost of attending school. As noted in the text, the opport
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unity cost of attending school is generally greater than the cost of books and tui
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tion. It is rational for an individual to enroll in graduate school when his or her
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net present value is greater than zero.
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b. Since this decreases the opportunity cost of getting an M.B.A., one would expe
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ct 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 differenc
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e 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 u
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nder her next best alternative. This implicit cost of $110,000 is in addition to th
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$30,000 in explicit costs. Since her economic costs are $140,000, her economic
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profits 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 – Ri Ri Ri Ri Ri Ri Ri Ri Ri Ri


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. Ri


d. Total cost when Q = 2 is C(2) = 4 + 2*22 = 12. When Q = 10 C(Q) = 4 + 2*10
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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 –
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4Q –
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4Q = 0. Some algebra leads to Q = 20/8 = 2.5 as the level of output that ma
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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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