Consider the example of household refuse collection in minneapolis. assume that the marginal social cost (msc) of collecting and disposing of it is $0.15/lb. suppose that in 2011 there was a fee of $0.05/lb being charged and the quatity of refuse collected was 2.5lb/p/d. suppose that in 2012 the fee was $0.1/lb and the quantity of refuse collected was 2.00lb/p/d. now, the government is planning to increase the fee in 2014 to $0.12/lb.(a) assuming a linear demand function, calculate the change in total surplus from an increase in the fee from $0.10/lb to $0.12/lb.(b) what is the optimal fee that would maximize social surplus?

You are given the following information about aggregate demand at the existing price level for an economy: (1) consumption = $400 billion, (2) investment = $40 billion, (3) government purchases = $90 billion, and (4) net export = $25 billion. if the full-employment level of gdp for this economy is $600 billion, then what combination of actions would be most consistent with closing the gdp gap here?

If a country is looking to increase economic growth quickly, it should: choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. answer choices focus on natural resources and develop physical capital. make investments from domestic savings and adopt new technology. increase spending on human capital and start a new political approach. develop new technologies funded by the public sector.

Aeuropean aircraft producer has spent 15 years in developing a new aircraft that would potential threaten long-lasting boeing's dominance (monopoly) in the same class of aircrafts. the new european aircraft gets high marks on all performance measures except noise. because of the noise, the european producers management is concerned that the us government may impose restrictions which would forbid their aircraft to land in some of the american airports. without restrictions the estimated (present discounted) profit would be 125 million usd. with the restrictions the profit would only be 25 million usd. the chances of both outcomes are estimated to be 50-50. management must decide now whether to the cost of redesign program problem and a 60% chance it will fail. should the european aircraft producer start the noise redesign program if they do not have any redesign parts of the aircraft to solve the noise problem. is 25 million usd. there is a 40% chance that redesign will solve the noise additional information than mentioned above? draw the decision tree, indicate probabilities and outcomes of the events * imagine that the company could find out in advance the outcome of the u.s. government's e find the expected value of perfect information about the u.s. government's decision. decision. draw a new decision tree, indicate probabilities and outcomes of the events.