Answer: The correct answer is "d. equal to average cost, including the opportunity cost of capital.".
Explanation: In the long run the prices charged by a firm in monopolistic competition will be equal to average cost, including the opportunity cost of capital.
In long-term monopolistic competition, the demand curve will be tangent to the average long-term cost and the price set at this level. The benefits will be equal to zero and therefore there will be no entry or exit of companies.
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means by which state policy is enforced, as well as the mechanism for
determining the policy of the state. Forms of </span>government<span>, or forms of state governance, refers to the set of
political systems and institutions that make up the organization of a specific </span>government<span>.</span>
Answer:
Year Dry Prepreg discounted cash flow
0 -$30,000 -$30,000
1 10,000 8,772
2 10,000 7,695
3 10,000 6,750
4 10,000 5,921
5 10,000 5,194
Year Solvent Prepreg. discounted cash flow
0 -$90,000 -$90,000
1 28,000 24,561
2 28,000 21,545
3 28,000 18,899
4 28,000 16,578
5 28,000 14,542
a. Calculate NPV, IRR, MIRR, payback, and discounted payback for each project
Dry Prepreg
NPV = $4,330
IRR = 19.86%
MIRR = 17.12%
payback = 3 years
discounted payback = 4.17 years
Solvent Prepreg
NPV = $6,130
IRR = 16.80%
MIRR = 15.51%
payback = 3.21 years
discounted payback = 4.58 years
b. Assuming the projects are independent, which one(s) would you recommend?
- both projects, since their NPV is positive
c. If the projects are mutually exclusive, which would you recommend?
Dry prepreg becuase its IRR, MIRR are higher, and its payback and discounted payback periods are shorter.
Answer: If the government sets a price floor of $5 per bushel, Say 1000 bushels of corn are produced, of which 300 bushels are purchased by consumers, and 700 bushels by the government. The program costs the government $3500. Farmers receive $5000 in total revenue.
Explanation: A price floor is a legitimate minimum value that the government sets on a product in the market, usually to protect the suppliers/farmers. Using the ballpark values as in the answer, to estimate and explain the concept of a price floor:
Say total quantity produced is 1000 bushels of corn from which the Market demands 300 bushels. Given that the government has set a price floor at $5 per bushel; then the Government has to buy the surplus bushels of corn in the market from the farmers.
Surplus bushels = Quantity produced – Quantity purchased
1000 bushels – 300 bushels = 700 surplus bushels of corn to be purchased at $5 each by the government
Therefore: It would cost the government (700 bushels x $5 =) $3,500 to mop up the surplus in the market and pay the farmers. The 300 bushels purchased by consumers would yield (300 x $5 =) $1,500 in earnings for the farmers. Total earning by the farmers = $3500 (from the government) and $1500 from consumers) = $5000.
I hope this helps to understand the concept of price floors.
