Boyer Inc. is considering the introduction of a new product. This product can be manufactured in one of several ways: Using the present system at a variable cost of $55 per unit and a one time cost of $15,500. They can upgrade the present system, which will have a variable cost of $48.00 per unit, and an initial cost of $27,200. That last option consists of adding a new system with a per unit variable cost of $25.00, and an initial cost of $45,000. The organization is worried however, about the impact of competition. If no competition occurs, they expect manufacture 4,500, 6,800, and 8,800 units respectively. With competition, they expect to manufacture: 3,750, 5,500, and 6,700 units respectively. At the moment their best estimate is that there is a 57% chance of competition. They decided to make their decision based on manufacturing cost for each alternative. Based on evaluating cost, determine the following: a. What is the EMV for using the present system

Aprice ceiling is “binding” if the price ceiling is set below the equilibrium price. suppose that the equilibrium price is $5. if a price ceiling is set at $6, this will not affect the market in any way since $5 remains a legally allowable price (since $5 < $6). a price ceiling of $6 is called a “non-binding” price ceiling. on the other hand, if the price ceiling is set at $4, the price ceiling is “binding” because the natural equilibrium price is $5 but that is no longer allowed. what happens when there is a binding price ceiling? at a price below the equilibrium price, quantity demanded exceeds quantity supplied. there is a shortage. normally, price increases eliminate shortages by increasing quantity supplied and decreasing quantity demanded. in this case, however, price increases are not allowed past the price ceiling. we therefore predict that the observed market price will be right at the price ceiling and there will be a permanent shortage. the observed quantity bought and sold will be dictated by the quantity supplied at the price ceiling. although consumers would like to buy more, there are no more units for sale

Ben collins plans to buy a house for $166,000. if the real estate in his area is expected to increase in value by 2 percent each year, what will its approximate value be five years from now?

3. saving two consumers, larry and jeff, have utility functions defined over the two periods of their lives: middle age (period zero) and retirement (period 1). they have the same income in period 0 of m dollars and they will not earn income in period 1. the interest rate they face is r. larry’s and jeff’s utility functions are as follow. = 0.5 + 0.5 and = 0.5 + 0.5 for each person is between zero and one and represents each consumer’s temporal discount econ 340: intermediate microeconomics. ben van kammen: purdue university. rate. a. write the budget constraint that applies to both jeff and larry in terms of consumption in each period and ), interest rate, and m. b. what is larry’s and what is jeff’s marginal rate of intertemporal substitution? c. what is the slope of the budget constraint? d. write each consumer’s condition for lifetime utility maximization. e. re-arrange the conditions from part (d) to solve for the ratio, . f. if > which consumer will save more of his middle age income? g. if > 1 1+ , in which period will larry consume more: = 0 or = 1?