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Microeconomics – Monopoly

The table below shows four consumers willingnesses to pay for phone service subscription and broadband internet service subscription. Each consumer demands at most one subscription for phone service and at most one subscription for internet service (the willingness to pay for any further units is zero). There are no complemen- tarities in consumption, le, a consumer’s willingness to pay for both services is just the sum of his willingness to pay for phone service and his willingness to pay for in- ternet service. Both services are supplied by the same monopolist. Assume that the monopolist’s costs are zero.

Consumer WTP (Phone) WTP(Internet)
A $15 $30
B $25 $25
C $30 $25
D $35 $20

  1. Suppose the monopolist sells phone service and internet service separately. It must charge a constant per-unit price in each market (ie.. it cannot discriminate among consumers). What will be the equilibrium prices and quantities of phone service and internet service? What will be the monopolist’s profits?

2.Now suppose the monopolist can sell bundles consisting of both phone and internet service. It must still charge a constant price per bundle (i.e., cannot discriminate among consumers). What will be the equilibrium price and quan tity of bundles sold? What will be the monopolist’s profits? Will the monopolist find it profitable to offer the bundles instead of phone service and internet ser vice separately?

3)Now assume instead that the phone service monopolist is selling monthly talk time to consumers. The monopolist’s costs are zero. For simplicity assume there are only two consumers (you can think of these as two groups). Consumer 1 is willing to pay $7 for the first block of 60 minutes. $5 for the second block of 60 minutes. and S3 for the third block of 60 minutes Consumer 2 is willing to pay $5 for the first 60 minutes. $3 for the second, and $1 for the third. Neither consumer demands more than three blocks (180 minutes)

A)Suppose the monopolist can tell the consumers apart, can prevent arbitrage, and can offer each consumer a fixed package for a foed tee. What are the packages that the monopolist will offer to the two consumers? State quantities (numbers of talk time blocks) and prices. What will be the monopolist’s profit?

B)Continue to assume that the monopolist can tell the consumers apart and can prevent arbitrage, but now suppose that it can no longer offer fixed packages or charge access fees. Instead, the monopolist must charge a constant price per talk time block for each consumer (however, different prices may be charged to the two consumers). What prices will the monopolist charge? What will be the monopolist’s profit?

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Labor market before, during, and after a financial crisis

For this box you will analyze the labor market before, during, and after the financial crisis in a minimum 1000 words.

You will analyze the 2006-2016 period; these are the years that have the same unemployment rates that book-end the period, 4.7% in both January of 2006 and in December of 2016.

  • Go to BLS.gov and look for 1) the Unemployment Rate; 2) Labor Force Participation Rate; and 3) hours of work (search: total private average weekly hours of all employees), this one is available starting from March of 2006.

The purpose of this box is to document and explain these three indicators [25 points each indicator] during the Great Recession and unify the three measures into a single view of the labor market in the context of the financial crisis [25 points].

The participation rate and hours correspond to the extensive and intensive margins, respectively. The “extensive margin” refers to whether or not to work, and the “intensive margin” refers to how many hours, once one has decided to work (in line with the labor-leisure model of the household).

The box should reflect your familiarity with the concepts and the definitions. And, as always, the charts should have a title and have the axis labeled (with time in x-axis, and label variable(s) and units in the y-axis).

SHORTCUT:

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis compiles and stores economic data from many sources, including the Bureau of Labor Statistics. One-stop shopping for the data in this box can be found here:

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/ (Links to an external site.)

The series are:

  • Unemployment Rate (UNRATE)
  • Labor Force Participation Rate (CIVPART)
  • Average Weekly Hours of All Employees, Total Private (AWHAETP)

You can use the ready-made charts from FRED, though I encourage you to develop further your graphing and communication skills in Excel.

Enjoy Module 4, and here is a link to the third variable that you need for the Box —it is a bit hidden in the BLS website (in the table just tick on ‘Total private’).

https://www.bls.gov/webapps/legacy/cesbtab2.htm

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Music Album Review: Rock and Roll Era& Beyond

Choose one of the albums listed below and write an album review. The review consists of three parts:

Part 1: Do research into the Album. Who is the artist? What is the name of the album? What year was the album recorded? What record label? Who was the producer? Who are the musicians i.e. personnel? Provide a track listing of the songs. Mention any chart position information [#1 Billboard etc.], you can restrict this information to the USA, UK and Canada where applicable. Having completed Assignment 1 & 2, this info should be easy to find. You can cite your source in the bibliography, not in-text. This part should be submitted in point form:(This is a example)

Artist: Tim Crofts

Album: The Lost Years

Year: 1981

Label: Panda Records

Producer: Phil Spector

Musicians: Tim Crofts [synth, vocals]

Joey George [drums]

Track Listing: 1. Do Your Homework

  1. Read the Instructions
  2. No Seriously
  3. I Mean It

Chart Positions: #1 in the UK

Part 2: Do some research. Write a short passage outlining the importance of this album in the career of the artist/band, and its success commercially and/or influence on future artists. Also note anything characteristic about the albums sound or production method. This should be SINGLE SPACED. Part 1 and Part 2 should take up one page SINGLE SPACED.

Part 3: LISTEN TO THE ENTIRE ALBUM. Write a reflection on the album based on the research you have done. Did the album meet expectations? Why or why not? Why is this music appealing? Consider what we have discussed in class. Did one or more tracks make a stronger impression? Which ones and why? This is an informed opinion. I’m not just interested in whether you like something. Use your research and what we have discussed in class and then form an opinion. Part 3 should be one page SINGLE SPACED. In total, the album review assignment should be at least two pages.

ANY AND ALL CITATION SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY. 3 SOURCES. NO DIRECT QUOTATION. NO IN-TEXT CITATION.

Albums: Find them yourselves using Spotify, Youtube, or Apple Music.

Metallica- Justice for all

Culture Club- Colour by Numbers

Whitney Houston- Whitney Houston

Living Colour- Vivid

Dead Kennedys- Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Bryan Adams- Cuts Like a Knife

Kate Bush- Hounds of Love

Salt ’n’ Pepa- Hot, Cool and Vicious

LL cool J- Bigger and Deffer

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Principles of Management

Develop a supporting human resource (HR) plan for an organizational strategy. In a paper of three to four pages (750-1000 words) of text, offer your ideas for a promising HR assignment, development plan, and sustainment plan to support the strategy of an organization expanding to open offices in sub-Sahara Africa. Drawing from appropriate sources, develop a scenario that provides the business of the organization, identify how much expansion is taking place, and identify the countries in which the expansion is taking place.

A useful starting point is estimating the total number of relocating employees that can be supported in the host country.
Will the organization need to establish a commissary (for grocery purchases), banking and currency exchange, and limited urgent-care stations?
Should the organization set assignment lengths of one year or two with families? What does research say is the optimal time period?
If there are families, what would be the children’s school arrangements?
How will the employees be housed?
Do they need an increased housing allowance, or does the organization need to procure its own compound of apartment housing?

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