1 Announcements--Tuesday Read “Analysis of Competitive Markets” in your readings packet For Discussion Sections, read the Nucor articles Decide which two cases are the ones for which you would like to do writeups At the end of class, drop your notecard with name, major, career goal, in the box near the door.
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Announcements--Tuesday Read “Analysis of Competitive Markets”
in your readings packet For Discussion Sections, read the Nucor
articles Decide which two cases are the ones for
which you would like to do writeups At the end of class, drop your notecard
with name, major, career goal, in the box near the door.
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Announcements--Thursday Read “A Manager's Guide to
Government in the Marketplace,” in your readings packet
At the end of class, drop your notecard with name, major, career goal, in the box near the door.
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Week 2:
The Invisible Hand
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Exxon-Mobil
Number 2 in the Fortune 500
40,000 gas stations in world 15% of world gasoline
demand
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What you will learn today
How to explain to someone the benefits of a free market economy
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What good are free markets?
Free markets ____________________
They keep _______________________
They make sure ________________________________________________
maximize social surplus
whoever values a good
costs low and quality up
the most is the one who gets it
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The Invisible Hand
Adam Smith,__________ ______________________
The invisible hand ______
___________________________________________ “Greed is Good” True?
__________________________
Wealth ofNations (1776)
guides private interest to the public good
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Consumer Surplus Value is ____________________________________ The price is _____________________ Consumer surplus is _____________________________________________ The demand curve shows buyers’
____________
how much consumers are willing to pay
how much they have to pay the value consumers receive above and beyond the price they paid
willingness to pay
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The Demand for Carwashes
Demand
$4
$2.50
$5
$7
$11
$2
$10
1 4 6 Q (thousands ofcarwashes)
Price ($ percarwash)
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A
B
C
D
Reading: Figure 9.1
CS
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Producer Surplus The marginal cost is______________
______________________________ The price is _____________________ Producer surplus is _______________ _______________________________ The supply curve shows sellers’ _________________________
what producers get above and beyond their marginal cost
what they actually get
the lowest price at which sellers would sell an extra unit
willingness to sell
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The Supply of Carwashes
Supply
$4
$2.50
$5
$7
$11
$2
$10
1 4 6 Q (thousands ofcarwashes)
Price ($ percarwash)
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X
Y
Z
Reading: Figure 9.1
PS
COST
The area of a triangleis 1/2 heighttimes length:.5*h*l
(a) Between $0 and $2.99(b) Between $3 and $3.99(c) Between $4 and $10(d) Between $10.01 and $13(e) More than $13.01
Supply
Demand
4
5
7
11
2
9
4 6 Q (thousands ofcarwashes)
Price ($ percarwash)
72
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(1/2) (9-3)(6-2)= 12
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Requirements for Perfect Competition
Well-Defined Property RightsMany Buyers and Sellers (Price takers)Homogeneous ProductFree Entry and ExitPerfect Information (on product, price) No Externalities (no spillovers)
Well-Defined Property RightsMany Buyers and Sellers (price takers)Homogeneous ProductsFree Entry Perfect Information (on product, price) No Externalities (no spillovers)
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Is Gasoline Competitive? Well-Defined Property Rights? Many Buyers and Sellers? Homogeneous Product? Free Entry? Perfect Information? No Externalities?