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I shall try to answer the economics question and / or point to other resources but please bear in mind.

  1. The replies will be guidance and not for duplication. Your essays should always be your own work.
  2. My speciality is economics for British A Level standard. My university economics is rusty in parts, because generally I don’t use it in teaching A level economics.
  3. I can’t guarantee to always give answers it also depends on my time schedule.
  4. The aim is not to do people’s homework for them, but, help in the understanding of economic concepts.
  5. The answers will not necessarily be complete. I know several of my essays on this site could be improved.
  6. Please Write the Questions clearly and with proper spelling. Some questions I have not answered because they were not clear what was meant.
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I studied PPE at Lady Margaret Hall college, Oxford University, and currently work as an Economics A Level teacher. I have also examined several different economic units for Edexcel AS and A2.

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579 thoughts on “Ask Economics Question”

  1. Assume that there are 50 (000) people that require cellular phone, the government decides to give a subsidy per cellular phone. Calculate the subsidy per cellular phone that the government needs to provide?

  2. Calculate and comment on PED if a rise in demand from 200 to 250 is produced by a decrease in price from $30 to $15.

    • PeD=%change in demand divided by % change in price
      %change is calculated by formula new-old divided by old times 100
      %change on demand is new which is new quantity 250 minus old times 100 which is 200 divided by 200 and at end multiplyed by 100 to get percentage so % change in demand equal to 25% now as for % change in price we will apply also rule new minus old divided old so answer will be 15 minus 30 divided by 30 equal – 50% (we ignore negative sign) so PEd will be equal change in demand divided change in price so 25 divided by 50 will be equal 0. 5 so demand here is less than one so demand is inelastic

    • I need to edit something whole I was wroting I forgot to mention in some areas we will multiply by a 100 to get % change so here we use 2 rules in this problem which is ped=% change in demand divided % change in price and also to bring each one we used the rule new minus old divided by old times 100 hope I helped you

  3. Your friend is thinking about opening a hardware store. He estimates that it would cost $50,000
    per year to rent the store and another $50,000 on other expenses. In order to be an entrepreneur,
    he would have to quit his job as an economics lecturer that earns him $100,000 per year. If
    your friend thinks he could sell $180,000 worth of merchandise per year, should he open the
    store if he is rational? Why, or why not? Explain your answer with reference to a principle of
    economics. (10 marks)

  4. Your friend is thinking about opening a hardware store. He estimates that it would cost $50,000 per year to rent the store and another $50,000 on other expenses. In order to be an entrepreneur, he would have to quit his job as an economics lecturer that earns him $100,000 per year. If your friend thinks he could sell $180,000 worth of merchandise per year, should he open the store if he is rational? Why, or why not? Explain your answer with reference to a principle of economics.

  6. You have been recently appointed as the manager of the coffee shop, Café Lux. You have been directed to write a report to explain how you might attempt to change the price elasticity of demand for your products and consider which approach is most likely to be successful.

  7. My question is “Do the following events increase potential GDP in the very long run?”
    A) An increase in the retirement age.
    B) An increase in consumption of restaurant meals.
    C) An increase in investment in commercial buildings and infrastructure.
    D) An increase in exports of agricultural products.
    E) A decrease in the unemployment insurance.

  8. Hi, I can’t remember that word used to describe when a person has an advantage of being the only manufacturer/supplier of a certain product. It usually goes ‘they enjoy….. ‘ because there’s no competition.
    Thank you

  9. Hi,

    May I know how do firms raise prices?

    May I also know how do firms lower prices (for price war, undercutting etc)?

  10. Given the demand function
    Q=5P +100
    Find the price at which total revenue is at its maximum

  11. Hi, need help , may I ask if the exports of eurozone’s member countries are equally competitive with the rest of the world,
    because these countries use the same currency; and why?
    Thank you.

  12. Hi need help, Is too much or too little real output (output out of equilibrium) desirable? Why or why not?

  13. Under perfect competition, in the short run find out graphically without using average cost curve, the conditions in equillibirium for the existence of normal profit, super normal profit and losses

  14. Hi I have a question about economy I will apretiate if you answer

    We have elastic demand and inelastic supply and there is inflation that causes to increase in prices and decrease in demand the what is the movement of supply?right or left?why?

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