经济学原理课后习题+答案Word格式文档下载.docx

1、the decision is based on whether the new factory will increase the firms profits compared to other alternatives. （upgrade existing equipment or expand existing factories） increase profit the most d.某个教授决定用多少时间备课 between the value of improving the qualityof the lecture compared to other things she co

2、uld do with her time, such as working on additional research.e.刚毕业的大学生决定是否读研究生 2.你正决定是否去度假。度假的大部分成本（机票、住宿费和放弃的工资）是用货币衡量的，但度假的收益是心理上的。你如何比较度假的收益和成本？two ways：pare the vacation with what you would do in its place。decide if youd rather have the new clubs or the vacation. 2. think about how much work you

3、 had to do to earn the money to pay for the vacation3.你正打算周六去做兼职，但你朋友让你去滑雪。去滑雪的真实成本是什么？现在假设你本来打算周六在图书馆学习。在这种情形下，去滑雪的成本是什么？请解释。its monetary and time costs, which includes the opportunity cost of the wages you are giving up by not working. 4.你在篮球比赛博彩中赢了 100 元。对于这笔钱你有两个选择，你可以现在就花掉或者存入银行，银行利率为 5%，你现在就将这

4、笔钱花掉的机会成本是多大？you are giving up the opportunity to spend $105 a year from now.5.你管理的公司已经投资 500 万元开发某个新产品，但研发尚未结束。在最近一次会议上，销售人员向你报告说由于竞争产品上市，该产品的期望销售额下降为 300 万元。如果你还需要再投入 100 万元才能完成该产品的研发，你会继续下去吗？为了完成研发，你最多愿意支付多杀钱？$5 million is the sunk cost. What matters now is the chance to earn profits at the margi

5、n.If you spend another $1 million and can generate sales of $3 million, youll earn $2 million in marginal profit, so you should do so.In fact, youd pay up to $3 million；any more than that, and you wont be increasing profit at the margin.6.社会保障系统为年龄超过 65 岁的老人提供收入。如果接受救济的某个老人决定去工作以争取部分收入，那么他从社会保障得到的钱数

6、通常就会减少。a. 提供社会保障对人们在工作期间（年轻时）的储蓄激励有何影响？lowers an individuals incentive to save for retirement.The benefits provide some level of income to the individual when he or she retires. individual is not entirely dependent on savings to support consumption through the years in retirement.b. 收入较高时保障金会下降，这对 6

7、5 岁以上老人的工作激励有何影响？an incentive not to work （or not work as much） after age 65.Because the more you work, the lower your after-tax Social Security benefits will be.7.某法案于 1996 年实施，它对美国联邦政府反困项目进行了改革，新法案规定某些被救助者只能领取两年的救济金。a. 这种改革对穷人的工作激励有何影响？they have greater incentive to find jobsb. 这种改革对平等和效率之间的权衡有何影响

8、（更侧重于效率还是平等）？the change in the law is one that increases efficiency but reduces equity.someone who cant find a job will get no income at all, so the distribution of income will become less equal. But the economy will be more efficient, since welfare recipients have a greater incentive to find jobs.8

9、.你的室友做得饭菜比你好吃，但你打扫卫生的速度比他快。如果你的室友只做饭而你只打扫卫生，这比你们各干各的家务花费更多还是更少时间？再举一个类似的例子说明专业化和贸易如何使两个国家的状况更好。By specializing, you reduce the total time spent on chores.（家庭杂务）countries can specialize and trade, making both better off.EX. make clothes and make wine efficiently s produce all the clothes and French w

10、orkers produce all the wine, and they exchange some wine for some clothes.9.解释下列每一项政府行为的出发点是更关注平等还是更关注效率。如果是更关注效率，分析可能涉及的市场失灵情形。a.管制有线电视价格； b.为某些穷人提供购买食品时可做钱使用的食品券；c.在公共场所禁止吸烟；d.将标准石油公司（该石油公司一度拥有美国 90%的炼油厂）拆分成几家小公司；e.对高收入人群征收较高的个人所得税；f.颁布法律禁止酒后开车 a. Efficiency: The market failure comes from the mono

11、poly（垄断） by the cable TV firm. b. Equity c. Efficiency: An externality arises because secondhand smoke harms nonsmokers.d. Efficiency: The market failure occurs because of Standard Oils monopoly power. e. Equityf. Efficiency: There is an externality because of accidents caused by drunk drivers.10.从平

12、等和效率角度讨论下面每种说法。a.“应该保证社会中的每个人得到最好的医疗服务。” Efficiency? currently doctors form a monopoly and restrict health care to keep their incomes high,so efficiency would increase by providing more health care.if the government mandated increased spending on health care, the economy would be less efficient beca

13、use it would give people more health care than they would choose to pay for. From the point of view of equity, poor people are less likely to have adequate health care, an improvement. Each person would have a more even slice of the economic pie, though the pie would consist of more health care and

14、less of other goods.b.“工人在被解雇后，应该允许他们在找到新工作前一直领取失业保险金。theres a tradeoff between equity and efficiency.When workers are laid off, equity considerations argue for the unemployment benefits system to provide them with some income until they can find new jobs. But theres an efficiency problem The economy isnt operating efficiently if people remain unemployed for a long time, and unemployment benefits encourage unemployment. So greater equity reduces efficiency11.你的生活水平和你父母和祖父母在你这般大时的生活水平，有哪些不同？为何能发生这些变化？average