If the price of a substitute Y of good X increases, what impact does it have on the equilibrium price and quantity of good X?
X and Y being substitute goods, if the price of Y increases, then it will reduce the demand for Y and people will switch to X, which will raise the demand for X. thus, the demand curve will shift from D1D1 to D2D2. At the existing price P1 there will be an excees demand. Due to the pressure of excees demand the existing price will increase. Consequently, the new equilibrium occurs at E2 where the new demand curve D2D2 intersects the supply curve S1S1. The
new equilibrium price is P2 which is higher than P1 and equilibrium quantity is q2 which is higher than q1. Therefore due to the increase in the price of substitute good Y the equilibrium price of X will rise and equilibrium output of X will also be higher.
How will a change in the price of coffee affect the equilibrium price of tea? Explain the effect on equilibrium quantity also through a diagram.
Suppose the price at which the equilibrium is attained in exercise 5 is above the minimum average cost of the firms constituting the market. Now if we allow for free entry and exit of firms, how will the market price adjust to it?
When do we say that there is an excess demand for a commodity in the market?
Suppose the market determined rent for apartments is too high for common people to afford. If the government comes forward to help those seeking apartments on rent by imposing control on rent, what impact will it have on the market for apartments?
Explain through a diagram the effect of a rightward shift of both the demand and supply curves on equilibrium price and quantity.
When do we say that there is an excess supply for a commodity in the market?
How are equilibrium price and quantity affected when income of the consumers
a) Increase
b) Decrease
In what respect do the supply and demand curves in the labor market differ from those in the goods market?
Explain market equilibrium.
Explain how price is determined in a perfectly competitive market with a fixed number of firms.
Explain the concept of a production function
What would be the shape of the demand curve so that the total revenue curve is?
(a) A positively sloped straight line passing through the origin?
(b) A horizontal line?
Discuss the central problems of an economy.
What are the characteristics of a perfectly competitive market?
What do you mean by the budget set of a consumer?
What is the total product of input?
From the schedule provided below calculate the total revenue, demand curve and the price elasticity of demand:
Quantity |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
Marginal Revenue |
10 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
What do you mean by the production possibilities of an economy?
How are the total revenue of a firm, market price, and the quantity sold by the firm related to each other?
What is budget line?
Consider the demand curve D (p) = 10 – 3p. What is the elasticity at price 53?
A consumer wants to consume two goods. The prices of the two goods are Rs 4
and Rs 5 respectively. The consumer’s income is Rs 20.
(i) Write down the equation of the budget line.
(ii) How much of good 1 can the consumer consume if she spends her entire
income on that good?
(iii) How much of good 2 can she consume if she spends her entire income on
that good?
(iv) What is the slope of the budget line?
Questions 5, 6 and 7 are related to question 4.
A monopoly firm has a total fixed cost of Rs 100 and has the following demand schedule:
Quantity |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
Marginal Revenue |
100 |
90 |
80 |
70 |
60 |
50 |
40 |
30 |
20 |
10 |
Find the short run equilibrium quantity, price and total profit. What would be the equilibrium in the long run? In case the total cost is Rs.1000, describe the equilibrium in the short run and in the long run.
The following table shows the total cost schedule of a firm. What is the total fixed cost schedule of this firm? Calculate the TVC, AFC, AVC, SAC and SMC schedules of the firm.
The following table shows the total cost schedule of a competitive firm. It is given that the price of the good is Rs 10. Calculate the profit at each output level. Find the profit maximising level of output.
Output | TC (Rs.) |
---|---|
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
5 15 22 27 31 38 49 63 81 101 123 |
Discuss the subject matter of economics.
Can there be some fixed cost in the long run? If not, why?
Explain price elasticity of demand.
What is the relation between market price and average revenue of a price-taking firm?
What do the long-run marginal cost and the average cost curves look like?