ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
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ISBN: 9780190931919
Author: NEWNAN
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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4. Four roommates are planning to spend the weekend in their dorm suite watching old olent atsomos
movies, and they are debating how many to watch. The table below contains their
willingness to pay for each film.
John
Paul
George
$7
$5
$3
$6
$4
$2
$5
$3
$1
$4
$2
$0
$3
$1
$0
a. Within the dorm room, is the showing of a movie a public good? Why or why not?
1st film
2nd film
3rd film
4th film
5th film
C.
2102 gulden
et 150 yebesnbew sho
12bo
2099712 vdio (9)
b. If it costs $8 to rent a movie, how many movies should the roommates rent in order to maximize
total surplus?
obivo
hasb fl qasihe: Ox
Ringo og
$2
$1
$0
$0
$0
25807) 1610A (b
If they chose this optimal number of movies and split the cost evenly, how much surplus does
each person receive from renting these movies?
d. Is there any way to split the cost so that everyone benefits? What problems arise with this plan?
e. Suppose they agree in advance to choose the efficient number of movies and split the cost based
on willingness to pay. Does John have an incentive to tell the truth? Why or why not?
panini
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Transcribed Image Text:4. Four roommates are planning to spend the weekend in their dorm suite watching old olent atsomos movies, and they are debating how many to watch. The table below contains their willingness to pay for each film. John Paul George $7 $5 $3 $6 $4 $2 $5 $3 $1 $4 $2 $0 $3 $1 $0 a. Within the dorm room, is the showing of a movie a public good? Why or why not? 1st film 2nd film 3rd film 4th film 5th film C. 2102 gulden et 150 yebesnbew sho 12bo 2099712 vdio (9) b. If it costs $8 to rent a movie, how many movies should the roommates rent in order to maximize total surplus? obivo hasb fl qasihe: Ox Ringo og $2 $1 $0 $0 $0 25807) 1610A (b If they chose this optimal number of movies and split the cost evenly, how much surplus does each person receive from renting these movies? d. Is there any way to split the cost so that everyone benefits? What problems arise with this plan? e. Suppose they agree in advance to choose the efficient number of movies and split the cost based on willingness to pay. Does John have an incentive to tell the truth? Why or why not? panini
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