Foundations of Economics (8th Edition)
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Author: Robin Bade, Michael Parkin
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Changes in value of marginal product of coders after 2007 and reason of it.
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5. In Chapter 9 of your text, complete Exercise #3 found on page 321.
Suppose that you observe that the wages for accountants in your town have gone up and that the
number of accountants employed has also gone up. Which one of the following conditions could
explain this? Illustrate your answer with a graph and explain in a brief paragraph.
a) Businesses are failing, reducing the need for accountants.
b) Many accountants are leaving the field in order to train to become financial analysts
instead.
c) A rash of business scandals has increased the demand for auditing services performed by
accountants.
d) The local university has just graduated an unusually large group of accountants.
You own a small sandwich shop with two employees. They've asked you to consider hiring additional workers for the lunch shift, but you are concerned that doing so may cut into you're profits. Using the table below, calculate the marginal product, value of marginal product, and marginal profit of hiring additional workers.
What action should you take (choose one)
A. Hire two more employees
B. Hit one more employee
C. Fire one employee
D. Do not hire anyone
The accompanying table describes the relationship between the number of workers hired by a call center each hour and the number of calls the call
center can make each hour. The call center has only 1 telephone. The telephone costs the firm $5/hour (regardless of how many calls are made), and
each worker is paid $10 per hour.
Calls Per Hour
Number of Telephones
Number of Workers Per Hour
1
1
2
1
4
6
1.
6
16
8
22
1.
10
24
12
Given the information in the table above, what is the call center's additional fixed cost when it goes from making 6 calls an hour to making 16 calls an
hour?
Multiple Choice
$30
$5
$0
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