When does a production function satisfy decreasing returns to scale?
Decreasing returns to scale (DRS) holds when a proportional increase in all the factors of production leads to an increase in the output by less than the proportion. For example, if both labour and capital are increased by ‘n’ times but the resultant increase in output is less than ‘n’ times, then we say that the production function exhibits
DRS.
F (nL, nK) < n. f (L, K)
What is the total product of input?
Let the production function of a firm be Q=5L1/2K1/2Q=5L1/2K1/2 Find out the maximum possible output that the firm can produce with 100 units of LL and 100 units of KK.
Why does the SMC curve cut the AVC curve at the minimum point of the AVC curve?
What do the long-run marginal cost and the average cost curves look like?
The following table gives the total product schedule of labour. Find the corresponding average product and marginal product schedules of labour.
What does the average fixed cost curve look like? Why does it look so?
What are the average fixed cost, average variable cost and average cost of a firm? How are they related?
Explain the relationship between the marginal products and the total product of an input.
What is the law of diminishing marginal product?
What is the law of variable proportions?
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?
Explain market equilibrium.
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?
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 |
- |
When do we say that there is an excess demand for a commodity in the market?
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?
What is the relation between market price and average revenue of a price-taking firm?
A firm earns a revenue of Rs 50 when the market price of a good is Rs 10. The market price increases to Rs 15 and the firm now earns a revenue of Rs 150. What is the price elasticity of the firm’s supply curve?
In what respect do the supply and demand curves in the labor market differ from those in the goods market?
Discuss the central problems of an economy.
How does the budget line change if the consumer’s income increases to Rs 40 but the prices remain unchanged?
Suppose there was a 4 % decrease in the price of a good, and as a result, the expenditure on the good increased by 2 %. What can you say about the elasticity of demand?
The following table shows the total revenue and total cost schedules of a competitive firm. Calculate the profit at each output level. Determine also the market price of the good.
Quantity Sold | TR (Rs.) | TC (Rs.) | Profit |
---|---|---|---|
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 |
5 7 10 12 15 23 33 40 |
What is the value of the MR when the demand curve is elastic?
What is the relation between market price and marginal revenue of a price-taking firm?
Explain why the budget line is downward sloping.