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Managerial Economics:
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helps managers identify choice alternatives.
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Value Maximization involves the optimization of:
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the present value of the expected future net cash flows.
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Compensatory profit theory describes above normal profits due to:
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efficient operations.
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Holding all else equal, economic profits rise with an increase in:
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prices.
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Holding all else equal, the value of the firm rises with an increase in:
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prices.
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Satisfying behavior is most common:
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in markets sheltered from competition.
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Sales revenue divided by total assets is the:
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total assets turnover ratio.
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Unconstrained value maximizing behavior does not include consideration of:
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social benefits.
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Interest payments are an:
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explicit cost.
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Above normal profits that arise following success invention or modernization are called:
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innovation profits.
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The profit maximizing level of output occurs where:
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marginal cost equals marginal revenue.
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Marginal profit is:
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the change in profit that results from a unitary change in output.
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Average cost will fall as output expands as long as:
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marginal cost is less than average cost.
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If total revenue falls as output increases, marginal revenue:
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is always negative.
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If TR=500Q-2Q², MR= :
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500-4Q
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The slope of a total profit curve indicates:
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marginal profit at that point.
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If marginal cost equals average cost:
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average cost is minimized.
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If marginal revenue is less than average revenue, the:
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demand curve is downward sloping.
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Profit-maximizing firms always:
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sell less output than revenue-maximizing firms.
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Holding all else equal, an increase in the minimum wage leads to a decrease in:
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employment.
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If demand decreases while supply increases for a particular good:
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its equilibrium price will increase.
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Surplus is a condition of:
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excess supply.
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The quantity of product X supplied can be expected to fall with a decline in:
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worker productivity.
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Derived demand will fall with a rise in:
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variable costs.
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The supply curve expresses the relation between the quantity supplied and:
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output price.
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In the housing market, a rise in interest rates will:
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decrease demand.
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An increase in employer paid pension costs will decrease the:
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quantity demanded of workers.
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Input demand is:
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derived demand.
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The arc price elasticity of demand shows the percentage change in:
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the quantity demanded following change in the price of a product.
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If P1=$10, Q1=500, P2=$9.50, and Q2=550, then at P1 the point elasticity is:
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P=-2
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If MC=$5 and P=4, the profit maximizing price is:
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$6.67
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When the cross-price elasticity Px=1.5 :
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demand rises by 1.5% with a 1% increase in the price of (x).
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Goods for which 0 < I < 1 are often referred to as:
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non-cyclical normal goods.
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If MR=9000-300Q and MC=5000+100Q, the profit maximizing quantity is:
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10.
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If MR=9000-300Q and MC=5000+100Q, the profit maximizing price is:
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$7,500
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An uncertain relation that is true on average is a:
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statistical relation.
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A multiplicative model implies:
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a log-linear relationship.
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Endogenous determinants of demand include:
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price.
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In a simple regression model, the correlation coefficient:
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is the √ of the coefficient of determination.
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Holding all else equal, the corrected coefficient of determination rises with:
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an increase in R².
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The percentage of variation in the dependent Y explained by all independent X variables as a group, after controlling for sample size and number of estimated coefficients, is given by:
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corrected R².
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A measure of the statistical significance of individual coefficient estimates is the:
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t-statistic.
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Tests of the B<0 hypothesis are:
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tests of direction or comparative magnitude.
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In a linear demand model, the income elasticity of demand can be influenced by:
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income.