What explanations have economists offered for why firms don't raise prices when doing so would seem to increase profits? firms might not raise prices when doing so might increase profits because a. consumers find it unfair for firms to increase prices after an increase in demand. b. consumers find it unfair for firms to increase prices after an increase in costs. c. firms are not concerned about profit in the long run. d. the amount consumers wish to buy is unrelated to how much of the product other people are consuming. e. both a and b.

Suppose a firm faces a fixed price of output, 푝푝= 1200. the firm hires workers from a union at a daily wage, 푤푤, to produce output according to the production function 푞푞= 2퐸퐸12. there are 225 workers in the union. any union worker who does not work for this firm is guaranteed to find nonunion employment at a wage of $96 per day. a. what is the firm’s labor demand function? b. if the firm is allowed to choose 푤푤, but then the union decides how many workers to provide (up to 225) at that wage, what wage will the firm set? how many workers will the union provide? what is the firm’s output and profit? what is the total income of the 225 union workers? c. now suppose that the union sets the wage, but the firm decides how many workers to hire at that wage (up to 225). what wage will the union set to maximize the total income of all 225 workers? how many workers will the firm hire? what is the firm’s output and profit? what is the total income of the 225 union workers? [hint: to maximize total income of union, take the first order condition with respect to w and set equal to 0.]

What would you do as ceo to support the goals of japan airlines during the challenging economics that airlines face?

Match each definition in column 1 with a vocabulary word from column 2." some of the entries in column 2 do not apply costs which do not change with the level of output costs which change with the level of output the change in total costs resulting from an increase in output by one unit function showing the quantities of a particular good demanded at a range of price when the quantity supplied of a good is greater than the quantity demanded when the quantity demanded for a particular good is greater than the quantity supplied the price and quantity determined in a market when the supply equals the demand when revenue exceeds costs when costs exceeds revenue output where revenue = costs