Consumer theory

Olivia, The Flu problem encountered in the state of Tennessee was tremendous, and I would not have liked being put into a situation of determining who could or who could not receive the vaccine. However, due to the shortage, everyone was not being given the privilege of choosing whether or not to have the vaccine because it was being held for high-risk patients. (Roberts, 2005). In addition, the demand is greater if the supply is more difficult to attain. This is a very good choice to compare…

approaches when setting prices. There is large amounts of information Carmex must consider when using these approaches. Carmex must produce products at prices people are willing to pay. Carmex’s demand approach uses consumer tastes and preferences to determine prices. Consumers want “value,” and Carmex must price products accordingly. Dropping a cent of the price of products so they end in a 9 makes it appear to the customer the products have greater value and achieves greater sales for…

management company in the city of Atlantis that is impacted with numerous economic factors. The microeconomic concepts can be classified to the changes in supply, demand and equilibrium, in which the company makes decisions based on the changes of consumer and quantity supplied. On the macroeconomic, the concepts can be classified price ceilings and price elasticity, the both have a significant impact on the apartment market in Atlantis as a whole. The microeconomic factor in the simulation…

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a. Consumer surplus: Consumers are willing to pay a certain amount for a good or service. The variance in that price is considered consumer surplus. When the price is less than they are willing to pay, the amount (or quantity) of that good or service increase. When the price is higher than they are willing to pay, the amount (or quantity) of that good or service decreases. An example of consumer surplus is as follows: Consumers are willing to pay $1.00 for tuna fish. Tuna fish is…

MBA 540 Mid-term Exam 1. (10 pts.) Stella Ann Freeman is having a difficult time deciding whether or not to purchase a new car. How would understanding the concept of opportunity costs help her make a decision? According to Brickley, et al. (2016), the “opportunity cost of using a resource for a given purpose is its value in its best alternative use.” To help Stella make a decision on purchasing a new car, she would need to make a marginal analysis as to narrow down what her best option for…

used in that item and the value of the product, because if I go to a restaurant and a bruschetta is priced at $9 and they are also selling something I perceive as better ingredients, Parmesan cheese and eggplant, and is being sold at a slightly higher price. I would go for the eggplant. Popularity Factor Mostly, the popularity of a product is confused with deriving costs and profits. In actual, the profitability derives percentages and makes comparisons and does not consider any cost…

Introduction In the market place, elasticity demonstrates the change to a products demand or supply quantity in response to a change in price. Price elasticity of demand demonstrates how much of a product is demanded by the consumer when the price increases or decreases. When this occurs, if the quantity demanded changes very little, this is called an inelastic good. However, if the quantify demanded shows significant change, the good is considered elastic. Price elasticity is a useful tool for…

Derived demand for labor depends on the market value or product price of the good or service (McConnell, Brue, & Flynn, 2011). The demand for labor depends on productivity of the market value of goods produced (McConnell, Brue, & Flynn, 2011). The production of products is done by laborers, or the labor demand, and the derived demand is from the demanded product that is done by the same laborers. The concept helps determine the demand for the labor of specific goods, what is needed, how much is…

2-part tariff which capture all or most of the consumer surplus, in a monopolistic market. Consumer surplus is the difference between the consumer willingness to pay for a good, compared to the total amount the consumer actually pay. Furthermore, firms have to adjust their 2-part tariff pricing according to the type of consumer demand present in the market. A 2-part tariff is a second-degree price discrimination technique which consist of charging consumers with 2 fees, an entry fee for the…