MHR 522 Study Guide - Final Guide: Industrial Unionism, Perfect Information, Samuel Gompers

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Price taking: many sellers, so that no one seller has an influence on the price of the good/service sold. Product homogeneity: all goods/services are the same. Perfect information: both buyer and seller know everything about the other. Perfect mobility of resources: no transaction market: surplus occurs when the quantity demanded is less than the quantity supplied. They are not permitted to work for less than the wage floor. Theoretical paradigms in ir: definition of ir: The interactions, context and factors that shape relationships between individuals (groups) in the workplace. A system of organizing labour (productivity) to produce output. Industrial relations is the study of employment relationships and issues, often in unionized workplaces. Difference between ir and hrm: the lines between ir and hrm are blurred. Both fields appreciate that labour is not a. Depends; low in the core " high in the periphery . Possibility of career movement, opportunities made possible through the union.

Related Questions

1. In the formula for Bayes theorem if the w-probability is greater than the zero than the a-probably is less than the b-probability

2. posted offer markets with at least two sellers will generate prices that remain a little above prices from double auction markets

3. running the price clock in a dutch auction once will produce higher observed prices compared to running the clock twice

4. if losers pay winners in a sealed bid auction then they will eventually be willing to bid up to 75 percent more than the winning prize

5. with only one seller in a posted offer market prices willl tend to move upward toward the monopoly price

6. adjusting the concentration of sweet versus sour enabled rats to have a large negative income effect for sour water

7. a sales tax on large luxury boats will impact the buyers more than the sellers of these boats causing the buyers to pay more than half the cost of the sales tax

8. if each seller knew all of the sellers unit costs and the buyers knew all of the buyers unit values a buyer or seller would be able to calculate the competitive equilibrium price before an experiment began

9. suppose your income taxes rise only on incomes over 250,000 annualkly then your after tax income will be unafftected if your annual income is 100,000

Short Essay Questions

1. Recall the loser pay winner auction experiment done in class.

a. Discuss how these experiments explain why the bidder changed their minds toward wanting to bid well above the value of the prize, even though they refused to do so at the beginning

b. Discuss how the experiment explains why George Bush and many citizens changed their minds about a

13. One of the limitations of Five Forces is that:

a. These tools reduce producer surplus

b. For one firm to increase profit, it takes it from other participants in the industry

c. Does not provide a firm with sustainable competitve advantage

d. both b & c.

15. All these are characterisctics of a monopoly except,

a. There is one seller of the product

b. Has few substitutes

c. Controls a large share of the market

d. Controls a small share of the market

22. Industries with high barriers to entry

a. Pushes profits to normal returns

b. increases the likelihood of firms entering the industry

c. help firms sustain profits

d. increases the number of competitors

14. How does Ebay differ from an economist's view of a perfect competitve market?

a. Ebay has few buyers whereas perfect competitve industry assumes many buyers

b. Ebay has few sellers whereas perfect competitve industry assumes many sellers

c. There is limited information in ebay whereas perfect competitive industry assumes full information for both buyers and sellers

d. There is no difference between these two markets

26. Low cost strategies are usually found in industries where

a. Products are not particularly differentiated

b. Price competion tends to be fierce

c. Both a and b

d. None of the above

Cigarettes - Price Elasticity of demand = - 0.67

A. Cigarettes

B. Alcohol

C. Sodas

D. None of the above

2. The demand for insulin will be ______________ than the demand for a Caribbean cruise in general

a. More elastic

b. More inelastic

c. Less elastic

d. Less inelastic

1. In the formula for Bayes theorem if the w-probability is greater than the zero than the a-probably is less than the b-probability

true or false

2. posted offer markets with at least two sellers will generate prices that remain a little above prices from double auction markets

3. running the price clock in a dutch auction once will produce higher observed prices compared to running the clock twice

4. if losers pay winners in a sealed bid auction then they will eventually be willing to bid up to 50 percent more than the winning prize

5. with only one seller in a posted offer market prices willl tend to move upward toward the monopoly price

6. adjusting the concentration of sweet versus sour enabled rats to have a large negative income effect for sour water

7. a sales tax on large luxury boats will impact the buyers more than the sellers of these boats causing the buyers to pay more than half the cost of the sales tax

9. suppose your income taxes rise only on incomes over 250,000 annualkly then your after tax income will be unafftected if your annual income is 100,000

those first nine are true and false

these are short answer

1. explain the logical steps to explain how negative price effects can reult from the negative income effects

2.what happens to observed prices inposted offer and double auction markets as the number of sellers drops to 2. what happens when these two markets sellers drops to 1

3. in a looser pay winner auction. why do bidders change their minds toward wanting to bid well above the value of the price even though they refused to do so at the beginning. how does this experiment explain why george bush and citizens changed their minds about preemptive attack on iraq. how do these experiments explain why england wanted to tax trade in the american colonies which led to rebellion and the formation of the us.

if you could help with any of these thatd be great

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