Chapter 2, Problem 2.9P

Elasticity Problems Cross Price Elasticity (Exy) (QDX-QDo/[(QDN+QDDA)/2] (P-POR/[(PNE+POB)/2]¯¯ 11. QD of good A falls from 100 to 90 as the price of good B rose from $10 to $20. Calculate coefficient: (90-100) [(90+100) 21-10/95-105 - -.158 (20-10)/[(20+10)/2] 10/15 .667 Cite Elasticity: inclastic Typs of good: complement 12. QD of good A rose from 300 to 400 as the price good K increased from $1 to $2. Calculate coefficient Cite Elasticity: Ixps of reed: 13. QD for good I falls from 2000 to 1500 units as price of good Krose from $10 to $15. Calculate coefficient: Cite Elasticity: Type of good: 14. QD for good X rose from 100 to 101 units as price of good Y increases from, $8 to $15. Calculate coefficient: Cite Elasticity: Type of paed: Page 124 (368) Value of Coefficient Description Positive (0) Negative (L*0) Type of Good(s) Substitute Quantity Demanded of W changes in same direction a change in price if Z Quantity Demanded of W changes in opposite direction as change in price if Z…

Use production theory to graphically illustrate the case in which a medical innovation improves health without any change in the consumption of medical care.

According to Lee et al. (2009), the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio comparing the current dialysis treatment to the next least cost dialysis treatment is $61,294 per life year and $129,090 per QALY. Can you account for the different estimates?

You are employed as an economic consultant to the regional planning office of a large metropolitan area, and your task is to estimate the demand for hospital services in the area. Your estimates indicate that the own-price elasticity of demand equals 0.25, the income elasticity of demand equals 0.45, the cross-price elasticity of demand for hospital services with respect to the price of nursing home services equals 0.1, and the elasticity of travel time equals −0.37. Use this information to project the impact of the following changes on the demand for hospital services. Average travel time to the hospital diminishes by 5 percent due to overall improvements in the public transportation system. The price of nursing home care decreases by 10 percent. Average real income decreases by 10 percent. The hospital is forced to increase its price for services by 2 percent.

The commissioner of health is concerned about the increasing number of reported cases of preventable childhood diseases, such as polio and rubella. It appears that a growing number of young children are not being vaccinated against childhood diseases as they should be. Two proposals to address the problem are sitting on the commissioner’s desk. The programs have equal costs, but the commissioner has funding for only one. The first proposal involves providing free vaccinations at clinics around the country. The benefits from a free vaccination program are likely to be experienced immediately in terms of a drop in the number of reported cases of illness. The second program calls for educating young married couples about the benefits of vaccination. The benefits in this instance will not be felt for some years. The commissioner wants to use cost-benefit analysis to determine which proposal should be implemented. Explain to the commissioner the critical role the discount rate plays in…

Which of the following Nobel Prize Winners’ primary work in investments was consistent with market efficiency? Mark each “Yes” or “No.” You can search the internet for more information about their Nobel Prizes. Eugene Fama     Harry Markowitz  William Sharpe    Robert Shiller

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Exercise 6 Imagine that you head production of a multinational food processing company. The ongoing uncer- tainty about costs means that you are unsure of the future cost of one of your inputs, x2. Your firm's production function is y = f(x1, x2) = x²x²² The output price p is 1000, x1 = 27, and wx₁ = 60. 1. Suppose the current input price is Wx2 = 50. Solve for the optimal choice of x2. 2. Now suppose that the probability the input price remains 50 is 0.65 and the probability that Wx2 60 is 0.35. Solve for the optimal choice of x2. Round down to the nearest integer. = 3. Finally, suppose the costs do actually rise, i.e., Wx2 = 60. Calculate the difference in profit from the uncertainty in (2) vs. the certainty in (1).