Exam 10: Organizing Production

Firms use incentives to pursue their most fundamental goal, which is to maximize

Jake opens a pig farm in Idaho. To start his farm, he uses his entire $50,000 of savings from his savings account. The bank was paying him $2,500 interest on his saving. Explain why the $2,500 is one of Jake's costs.

Last Tuesday you purchased 100 shares of Jitters Coffee Company, a corporation, for $25.00 per share. Unfortunately, the company went bankrupt later that same day. If the company still owed $1 million in debts after all assets have been liquidated and there are 1 million stockholders, what would be your personal loss from the remaining debt?

In September 2008, Toyota Motor's share of the U.S. auto sales market was 15 percent, Ford's market share was 12.1 percent, GM's was 29.1 percent, Honda's was 10 percent, Nissan's share was 6.2 percent, and Chrysler's market share was 11.1 percent. What is the four-firm concentration ratio in the auto market?

The principal-agent problem is the issue of inducing