Principles of Economics 2e
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Author: Steven A. Greenlaw; David Shapiro
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What are explicit and implicit costs?
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For this discussion, think about where you work or a business you have a significant amount of knowledge about. What is a common
product that the business sells? What are the main costs the business has to incur in order to be able to sell that product? Which of these
costs are fixed and which are variable? How much additional costs would be incurred if it were to sell one additional unit of that product
(marginal cost)?
Write a discussion thread about this business, the product it commonly sells, and your answers to the above questions.
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• what are all the key policies or all the strategies the Philippine government should prioritize to accelerate sustainable economic growth?
• these should consider the Philippines current economic challenges, including inflation, unemployment, and the need for digital transformation.
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Chapter 7 Solutions
Principles of Economics 2e
Ch. 7 - A firm had sales revenue of 1 million last year....Ch. 7 - Continuing from Exercise 7.1, the films factory...Ch. 7 - The WipeOut Ski Company manufactures skis for...Ch. 7 - Based on your answers to the WipeOut Ski Company...Ch. 7 - If two painters can paint 200 square feet of wall...Ch. 7 - Return to the problem explained in Table 7.13 and...Ch. 7 - Suppose the cost of machines increases to 55,...Ch. 7 - Automobile manufacturing is an industry subject to...Ch. 7 - What are explicit and implicit costs?Ch. 7 - Would you consider an interest payment on a loan...
Ch. 7 - What is die difference between accounting and...Ch. 7 - What is a production function?Ch. 7 - What is the difference between a fixed input and a...Ch. 7 - How do we calculate marginal product?Ch. 7 - What shapes would you generally expect a total...Ch. 7 - What are the factor payments for land, labor, and...Ch. 7 - What is the difference between fixed costs and...Ch. 7 - How do we calculate each of the following:...Ch. 7 - What shapes would you generally expect each of the...Ch. 7 - Are there fixed costs in the lung-run? Explain...Ch. 7 - Are fixed costs also sunk costs? Explain.Ch. 7 - What are diminishing marginal returns as they...Ch. 7 - Which costs are measured on per-unit basis: fixed...Ch. 7 - What is a production technology?Ch. 7 - In choosing a production technology, how will...Ch. 7 - What is a long-run average cost curve?Ch. 7 - What is the difference between economies of scale,...Ch. 7 - What shape of a long-run average cost curve...Ch. 7 - Why will firms in most markets be located at or...Ch. 7 - Small Mom and Pop firms, like inner city grocery...Ch. 7 - A common name for fixed cost is overhead. If you...Ch. 7 - How does fixed cost affect marginal cost? Why is...Ch. 7 - Average cost curves (except for avenge fixed cost)...Ch. 7 - What is the relationship between marginal product...Ch. 7 - It is clear that businesses operate in the short...Ch. 7 - Retune to Table 7.2. In the top half of the table,...Ch. 7 - How would an improvement in technology, like the...Ch. 7 - Do you think that the taxicab industry in large...Ch. 7 - A firm is considering an investment that will earn...Ch. 7 - Return to Figure 7.7. What is the marginal gain in...Ch. 7 - Compute the average total cost, average variable...Ch. 7 - A small company that shovels sidewalks and...
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