Monopoly calculation - Use the following data for a pure monopoly to calculate the firm’s: (a) total revenue, marginal revenue, marginal costs, and average total cost; (b) its profit-maximizing output level and produce price; (c) its profit. (d) Use the price-cost formula to determine whether or not the firm’s operations are productively-efficient. (e) Use the price-cost formula to determine whe...

Arc-Approximation Formula - a) Use the arc-approximation formula to calculate the price-elasticity of demand coefficient of a firm's product demand between the (quantity,price) points of (50, $10) and (54, $8). b) Calculate the cross-price elasticity of demand coefficient of a firm's product X, given that a 10% increase in the price of its close substitute, product Y, causes the quantity deman...

Marginal Physical Product of Labor - Various levels of output for employment: a. Calculate the MPPL schedule b. Calculate the marginal physical product of labor (MPPL) and marginal cost of labor (MRCL) with a fixed wage of $5 per hour. c. Assuming capital is constant, with 3 machines and MPPK/MRCK = 30, what is the least cost input combo of labor and capital? How much output is produced? W...

Profit maximization for a perfectly competitive firm - 8. Problem-solving question: Use the following data for a perfectly competitive firm and the profit-maximizing input-combination rule to identify how many workers the firm will employ to maximize profits. a) Number of Workers (L) MRPL MRCL 0 0 0 1 $40 $20 2 70 20 3 40 20 4 30 20...

Principle of contracting-out - Use the principle of contracting-out to provide an economic argument for contracting-out or outsourcing some government-provided service or aspect of a firm’s production.