When does a production function satisfy increasing returns to scale?
Increasing returns to scale (IRS) holds when a proportional increase in all the factors of production leads to an increase in the output by more than the proportion. For example, if both the labour and the capital are increased by ‘n’ times, and the resultant increase in the output is more than ‘n’ times, then we say that the production function exhibits IRS.
Algebraically, IRS exists when,
F (nL, nK) > n. f (L, K)
What is the total product of input?
Why does the SMC curve cut the AVC curve at the minimum point of the AVC curve?
Let the production function of a firm be Q=5L1/2K1/2Q=5L1/2K1/2 Find out the maximum possible output that the firm can produce with 100 units of LL and 100 units of KK.
What do the long-run marginal cost and the average cost curves look like?
What does the average fixed cost curve look like? Why does it look so?
When does a production function satisfy decreasing returns to scale?
Explain the relationship between the marginal products and the total product of an input.
Explain the concept of a production function
Why is the short-run marginal cost curve 'U'-shaped?
At which point does the SMC curve intersect the SAC curve? Give a reason in support of your answer.
What would be the shape of the demand curve so that the total revenue curve is?
(a) A positively sloped straight line passing through the origin?
(b) A horizontal line?
Explain market equilibrium.
Discuss the central problems of an economy.
What are the characteristics of a perfectly competitive market?
What do you mean by the budget set of a consumer?
From the schedule provided below calculate the total revenue, demand curve and the price elasticity of demand:
Quantity |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
Marginal Revenue |
10 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
When do we say that there is an excess demand for a commodity in the market?
What do you mean by the production possibilities of an economy?
How are the total revenue of a firm, market price, and the quantity sold by the firm related to each other?
What is budget line?
How does the imposition of a unit tax affect the supply curve of a firm?
What is the relation between market price and average revenue of a price-taking firm?
What is budget line?
How is the wage rate determined in a perfectly competitive labor market?
What do you understand by normative economic analysis?
Suppose your friend is indifferent to the bundles (5, 6) and (6, 6). Are the preferences of your friend monotonic?
How will a change in the price of coffee affect the equilibrium price of tea? Explain the effect on equilibrium quantity also through a diagram.
Will the monopolist firm continue to produce in the short run if a loss is incurred at the best short run level of output?
Explain why the demand curve facing a firm under monopolistic competition is negatively sloped.
From the schedule provided below calculate the total revenue, demand curve and the price elasticity of demand:
Quantity |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
Marginal Revenue |
10 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |