Microeconomics Chapter 1 –Introduction- Microeconomics: * The study of how individuals and firms make themselves as well of as possible in a world of scarcity(shortage) and the consequences of those individual decisions for markets and the entire economy. * Often called price theory: emphasize the important role of the price 1.1 Microeconomics: The Allocation of Scare Resources Trade-Offs: * Which goods and services to produce: limitation of production, resources ( worker, raw
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Microeconomics and the Laws of Supply and Demand Megan O’Brien ECO/365 1/19/2015 RIna Bills The simulation on supply and demand relates to the Goodlife Management Company which leases apartments to renters. As the property manager, I was asked to set rental prices in a variety of situations in order to meet the demands of the population in the area while attempting to maximize profits for my company. Microeconomic principles such as the law of demand, the law of supply, equilibrium, and price
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Supply and Demand Simulation ECO/365 July 30, 2014 Supply and Demand Simulation The analysis will identify two microeconomics and two macroeconomics principles or concepts from the simulation, and explain why each principle or concept is in the category of macro and microeconomics. The analysis will identify at least one shift of the supply curve, and one shift of the demand curve from the simulation and what causes the shifts. The analysis will show for each shift, how it would
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| | |Microeconomics |In the natural gas market, gas is in supply all year round. |Microeconomics is a measure of | |The branch of economics that analyzes the |Natural gas to heat people’s homes is in increases in demand |specific economic units, which are an | |market behavior of individual consumers and|in the winter time. The supply could eventually run low |individual industry, firm, or
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which organizations operate. Learning Outcomes At the end of this course the student will be able to • − Use the theory of the firm to model business organizations • − Apply demand theory to establish the elasticity of demand • − Use demand estimation to forecast demand trends and change • − Apply production theory to manage production • − Use cost theory to establish short and long run behavior • − Describe market structures to establish market equilibrium
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Microeconomics and the Laws of Supply and Demand Name ECO 365/Microeconomics Date Professor Introduction The Supply and Demand simulation concept is essential to understand the effects of pricing and availability to consumers on real world commodities. This simulation captures the impact of different scenarios and situation of the property management firm, Goodlife Management in the city of Atlantis. Undergoing the scenarios, based on situations that occurred, these factors influences the
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Microeconomics 8/27/14 Economics is a social science that studies how people allocate their limited resources to satisfy their unlimited wants Microeconomics consist of consumers, firms, individual markets Examples: a sales tax on the cigarette industry, agricultural price support programs on the cotton industry Macroeconomics consist of economy as a whole (economic growth, inflation, unemployment), how economies interact Examples: an increasing inflation rate on national living standards, an
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Week 1: Microeconomics and the Laws of Supply and Demand ECO/365 – Principles of Microeconomics 3/23/2015 Instructor: Microeconomics and the Laws of Supply and Demand The Supply and Demand simulation was to act as GoodLife Management property manager for a fictional town, Atlantis. This company manages about seven apartment complexes in the town of Atlantis. In this simulation the property manager was in charge in adjusting the monthly rental rate of GoodLife’s two-bed rental apartments as
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divided into microeconomics and macroeconomics. Microeconomics analyzes the market behavior of individual consumers and firms to try and understand the decision-making process of firms and households. It is focused on the interaction between individual buyers and sellers and the factors that influence the choices made by buyers and sellers. Macroeconomics study the economy as a whole and is concerned with problems of inflation, business cycles, unemployment, and growth. Law of Supply and Demand Microeconomics
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