Suppose that Comcast has a cable monopoly in Philadelphia. The following table gives Comcast's demand and costs per month for subscriptions to basic cable (for simplicity, we keep the number of subscribers artificially small.) Price Quantity Total Revenue Marginal Revenue Total Cost Marginal Cost
68 3 204 - 144 -
64 4 256 52 172 28
60 5 300 44 204 32
56 6 336 36 240 36
52 7 364 28 280 40
48 8 384 20 324 44
Suppose the local government imposes a $99 per month tax on cable companies. What will Comcast do? (Assume fixed costs equal to $60.)
A. Comcast should produce 6 units in the short run and shut down in the long run.
B. Comcast should produce 6 units in the short run and in the long run.
C. Comcast should shut down in the short run and in the long run.
D. Comcast should shut down in the short run and produce 6 units in the long run.
E. None of the above.
Suppose that the flat per-month tax is replaced with a tax on the firm of $4 per cable subscriber. (Assume that Comcast will sell only the quantities listed in the table.) To maximize profit, how many subscriptions should Comcast sell, and at what price? What will be the profit?

The hawthorne works was a large western electric factory with 45,000 employees. during the 1920s and 1930s, hawthorne works was the site of some well-known industrial studies. in one of the studies, researchers investigated the impact of different working conditions on worker productivity. prior to the start of the study, researchers secretly measured workers' productivity for several weeks. then researchers chose two workers, who then chose their own teams. the teams were separated from the general workforce and completed their work in different experiment rooms where the researchers could observe them more easily. over a 5-year period researchers manipulated the structure of the workday for each team (number and duration of breaks and number of hours per shift). for each of these changes in working conditions, the researchers measured the effect on productivity. for some conditions, such as frequent short breaks, workers rebelled by intentionally decreasing productivity.why did the researchers secretly measure the workers' productivity before creating the two treatment groups? a, to create similar treatment groups so that a cause-and-effect relationship could be establishedb, to draw conclusions about the productivity of all workers in the plant based on the test groupsc, to directly control for confounding variablesd, to provide a baseline for measuring worker productivity

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Which of the following is usually not one of the top considerations in choosing a country for a facility location? a. availability of labor and labor productivityb. attitude of governmental unitsc. location of marketsd. zoning regulationse. exchange rates