Principles of Economics 2e
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Author: Steven A. Greenlaw; David Shapiro
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Chapter 13, Problem 6SCQ
Education provides both private benefits to those who receive it and broader social benefits for the economy as a whole. Think about the types of policies a government can follow to address the issue of positive spillovers in technology and then suggest a parallel set of policies that governments could follow for addressing positive externalities in education.
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Minnie's Mineral Springs, a single-price monopoly,
faces the market demand schedule:
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(dollars per bottle)
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8
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5. a. Calculate Minnie's total revenue schedule.
b. Calculate its marginal revenue schedule.
6. a. Draw a graph of the market demand curve
and Minnie's marginal revenue curve.
b. Why is Minnie's marginal revenue less than
the price?
7. a. At what price is Minnie's total revenue maxi-
mized?
b. Over what range of prices is the demand for
water from Minnie's Mineral Springs elastic?
8. Why will Minnie not produce a quantity at which
the market demand for water is inelastic?
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