Post Course Flashcards

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Five Forces of Framework

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Threat to entry: patents, trademarks, copyrights
Buyer bargaining power: can lower prices
Supplier bargaining power: is there only one supplier?
Substitution: more substitutes, more elastic
Rivalry among competitors: price wars

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2
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Accounting cost

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explicit costs

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3
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Economic cost

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opportunity (implicit) costs + explicit costs

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4
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Normal good

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If income increase, demand for that good will increase

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5
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Inferior good

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If income increases, demand for that good will decrease

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6
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Subsitutes

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If the price of good x increases, demand for good y increases

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7
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Complements

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If the price of good x increase, demand for good y decreases

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8
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Excise tax

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collected from supplier that decreases supply of a good, based on a per unit
increases equilibrium prices
EX: gasoline tax

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9
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Ad Valorem tax

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rotates supply curve, based on a percentage
increases equilibrium prices
EX: sales tax

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10
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Price ceilings

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market can’t go above set price, which is set below the equilibrium
This is in response to a surplus in the market, and unfair scarcity exists
creates a shortage
EX: rent controls

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11
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Price floors

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market can’t go below set price, which is set above the equilibrium
In response to shortage, and creates a surplus
EX: minimum wage

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12
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If demand increases and supply stays constant?

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Price and quantity increase

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13
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If demand decreases and supply stays constant?

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Price and quantity decrease

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14
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If supply increases and demand stays constant?

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price decreases and quantity increases

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15
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If supply decreases and demand stays constant?

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price increases and quantity decreases

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16
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Simultaneous shifts in demand and supply

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demand increases, supply increases: quantity increase
demand increases, supply decreases: price increases
demand decreases, supply increases: price decreases
demand decreases, supply decreases: quantity decrease

17
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linear demand curve vs. log linear demand curve

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linear: constant slope, not elasticity

log linear: constant elasticity, not slope

18
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Inelastic and total revenue

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when prices increase, total revenue increases

19
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Elastic and total revenue

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when prices increase, total revenue decreases

20
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Consumer equilibrium

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marginal rate of substitution (slope of indifference curve) = market rate of substitution (slope of budget line)

21
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Economies of scale

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in the LRAC decreases as output increases

22
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Economies of scope

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the cost of producing two types of output together is less than the cost of producing each one separately

23
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Cost complementary

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the marginal cost of one good decreases as output of another good increases
EX: donut holes

24
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Spot exchange

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firm has one time deal
no protection against opportunism and hold-ups
pro: firm gets to specialize
con: no protection

25
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Contract

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agreed upon pricing and amount purchased

pro: firm gets to specialize
con: not complete protection, and can not count for all contingencies possible

26
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Vertical Integration

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Firms start to produce their own inputs

pro: don’t have to deal with suppliers
con: no more specialization and much incur input costs

27
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Principal agent problem

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Solutions:
profit sharing: based on profitability, like shares
revenue sharing: based on revenue, like commission
piece rates: based on how much output
time clocks and spot checks:

28
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Site specificity
Physical assets specificity
dedicated assets
human capital

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Firms locate near suppliers
firms good only works in specific model
new segments created for specific buyers: government
trained skills only usable for current job

29
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Factors affecting own price elasiticity

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available substitutes: the more substitutes, the more elastic
time: the more time, the more elastic
expenditure share: smaller the share, the more inelastic

30
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Demand shifters

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change in income: M
change in other good: Py
change in # of consumers
change in price of good: Px
consumer tastes and preferences
expected price of good in future
31
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Quantity demand shifter

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change in price, moves along the demand curve

32
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Own price of elasticity for linear demand curves

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%change in quantity / %change in price or

beta(Px/Qx)

33
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Own price of elasticity for log linear demand curves

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the coefficient of Px in the equation

34
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Income elasticity for linear demand curves

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%change in quantity / %change in income or

beta(M/Qx)

35
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Income elasticity for log linear demand curves

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the coefficient for M in the equation

36
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Cross-price elasticity for linear demand curves

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%change in quantity of x / %change in price of y or

beta(Py/Qx)

37
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Cross-price elasticity for log linear demand curves

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the coefficient for the other good