曼昆经济学原理习题详解第1篇

曼昆《经济学原理（微观经济学分册）》第6版课后习题详解第一篇导言第1章经济学十大原理一、概念题1.稀缺性稀缺性是指在给定的时间内，相对于人的需求而言，经济资源的供给总是不足的，也就是资源的有限性与人类的欲望无限性之间的矛盾。

2.经济学经济学是研究如何将稀缺的资源有效地配置给相互竞争的用途，以使人类的欲望得到最大限度满足的科学。

其中微观经济学是以单个经济主体为研究对象，研究单个经济主体面对既定资源约束时如何进行选择的科学；宏观经济学则以整个国民经济为研究对象，主要着眼于经济总量的研究。

3.效率效率是指人们在实践活动中的产出与投入比值或者是效益与成本比值，比值大效率高，比值小效率低。

它与产出或收益大小成正比，与投入或成本成反比。

4.平等平等是指人与人的利益关系及利益关系的原则、制度、做法、行为等都合乎社会发展的需要，即经济成果在社会成员中公平分配的特性。

它是一个历史范畴，按其所产生的社会历史条件和社会性质的不同而不同，不存在永恒的公平；它也是一个客观范畴，尽管在不同的社会形态中内涵不同对其的理解不同，但都是社会存在的反映，具有客观性。

5.机会成本机会成本是指将一种资源用于某种用途，而未用于其他用途所放弃的最大预期收益。

其存在的前提条件是：①资源是稀缺的；②资源具有多种用途；③资源的投向不受限制。

6.理性人理性人是指系统而有目的地尽最大努力去实现其目标的人，是经济研究中所假设的、在一定条件下具有典型理性行为的经济活动主体。

7.边际变动边际变动是指对行动计划的微小增量调整。

8.激励激励是指引起一个人做出某种行为的某种东西。

9.市场经济市场经济是指由家庭和企业在市场上的相互交易决定资源配置的经济，而资源配置实际上就是决定社会生产什么、生产多少、如何生产以及为谁生产的过程。

10.产权产权是指个人拥有并控制稀缺资源的能力，也可以理解为人们对其所交易东西的所有权，即人们在交易活动中使自己或他人在经济利益上受益或受损的权力。

第一章经济学十大原理一、为每个关键术语选择一个定义关键术语定义--------------稀缺性 1、在社会成员中平等地分配利益的特征--------------经济学 2、市场不能有效的配置资源的状况--------------效率 3、有限的资源和无限的欲望--------------平等 4、一个工人一小时所生产的物品与劳务量--------------理性 5、市场上只有一个买者的情况--------------机会成本 6、利己的市场参与者可以不知不觉的使整体社会福利最大化的原理--------------边际变动 7、社会从其稀缺资源中得到最多东西的特性--------------激励 8、社会和企业在市场上的相互交易决定资源配置的经济--------------市场经济 9、经济活动的波动--------------产权 10、当一个人的行为对旁观者有影响时的情况--------------“看不见的手” 11、物价总水平的上升--------------市场失灵 12、对现行计划的增量调整--------------外部性 13、研究社会如何管理其稀缺资源--------------市场势力 14、得到某种东西所放弃的东西--------------垄断 15、一个人或一群人不适当的影响市场价格的能力--------------生产率 16、某种引起人行动的东西--------------通货膨胀 17、一个人拥有并使用稀缺资源的能力--------------经济周期 18、为了达到目标而尽可能系统性的做到最好二、判断正误--------------1、当政府用税收和福利再分配收入时，经济变得更有效率。

-------------2、当经济学家说“天下没有免费的午餐”时，他们是指所有经济决策都涉及权衡取舍。

-------------3、亚当斯密的“看不见的手”的概念描述了公司经营如何像一只“看不见的手”伸到消费者的钱包中。

目　录第1篇　导　言第1章　经济学十大原理第2章　像经济学家一样思考第3章　相互依存性与贸易的好处第2篇　市场如何运行第4章　供给与需求的市场力量第5章　弹性及其应用第6章　供给、需求与政府政策第3篇　市场和福利第7章　消费者、生产者与市场效率第8章　应用：赋税的代价第9章　应用：国际贸易第4篇　公共部门经济学第10章　外部性第11章　公共物品和公共资源第12章　税制的设计第5篇　企业行为与产业组织第13章　生产成本第14章　竞争市场上的企业第15章　垄　断第16章　垄断竞争第17章　寡　头第6篇　劳动市场经济学第18章　生产要素市场第19章　收入与歧视第20章　收入不平等与贫困第7篇　深入研究的论题第21章　消费者选择理论第22章　微观经济学前沿第1篇　导　言第1章　经济学十大原理一、概念题1．稀缺性（scarcity）答：经济学研究的问题和经济物品都是以稀缺性为前提的。

稀缺性指在给定的时间内，相对于人的需求而言，经济资源的供给总是不足的，也就是资源的有用性与有限性。

人类消费各种物品的欲望是无限的，满足这种欲望的物品，有的可以不付出任何代价而随意取得，称之为自由物品，如阳光和空气；但绝大多数物品是不能自由取用的，因为世界上的资源（包括物质资源和人力资源）是有限的，这种有限的、为获取它必须付出某种代价的物品，称为“经济物品”。

正因为稀缺性的客观存在，地球上就存在着资源的有限性和人类的欲望与需求的无限性之间的矛盾。

经济学的一个重要研究任务就是：“研究人们如何进行抉择，以便使用稀缺的或有限的生产性资源（土地、劳动、资本品如机器、技术知识）来生产各种商品，并把它们分配给不同的社会成员进行消费。

”也就是从经济学角度来研究使用有限的资源来生产什么、如何生产和为谁生产的问题。

2．经济学（economics）答：经济学是研究如何将稀缺的资源有效地配置给相互竞争的用途，以使人类的欲望得到最大限度满足的科学。

时下经常见诸国内报刊文献的“现代西方经济学”一词，大多也都在这个意义上使用。

第一篇导言第一章经济学十大原理复习题1．列举三个你在生活中面临的重要权衡取舍的例子。

答：①大学毕业后，面临着是否继续深造的选择，选择继续上学攻读研究生学位，就意味着在今后三年中放弃参加工作、赚工资和积累社会经验的机会；②在学习内容上也面临着很重要的权衡取舍，如果学习《经济学》，就要减少学习英语或其他专业课的时间；③对于不多的生活费的分配同样面临权衡取舍，要多买书，就要减少在吃饭、买衣服等其他方面的开支。

2．看一场电影的机会成本是什么?答：看一场电影的机会成本是在看电影的时间里做其他事情所能获得的最大收益，例如：看书、打零工。

3．水是生活必需的。

一杯水的边际利益是大还是小呢?答：这要看这杯水是在什么样的情况下喝，如果这是一个人五分钟内喝下的第五杯水，那么他的边际利益很小，有可能为负；如果这是一个极度干渴的人喝下的第一杯水，那么他的边际利益将会极大。

4．为什么决策者应该考虑激励?答：因为人们会对激励做出反应。

如果政策改变了激励，它将使人们改变自己的行为，当决策者未能考虑到行为如何由于政策的原因而变化时，他们的政策往往会产生意想不到的效果。

5．为什么各国之间的贸易不像竞赛一样有赢家和输家呢?答：因为贸易使各国可以专门从事自己最擅长的活动，并从中享有更多的各种各样的物品与劳务。

通过贸易使每个国家可供消费的物质财富增加，经济状况变得更好。

因此，各个贸易国之间既是竞争对手，又是经济合作伙伴。

在公平的贸易中是“双赢”或者“多赢”的结果。

6．市场中的那只“看不见的手”在做什么呢?答：市场中那只“看不见的手”就是商品价格，价格反映商品自身的价值和社会成本，市场中的企业和家庭在作出买卖决策时都要关注价格。

因此，他们也会不自觉地考虑自己行为的(社会)收益和成本。

从而，这只“看不见的手”指引着千百万个体决策者在大多数情况下使社会福利趋向最大化。

7．解释市场失灵的两个主要原因，并各举出一个例子。

答：市场失灵的主要原因是外部性和市场势力。

Problems and Applicat ions1. a. A family deciding whether to buy a new car faces a tradeoff between the costof the car and other things they might want to buy. For example, buying thecar might mean they must give up going on vacation for the next two years.So the real cost of the car is the family's opportunity cost in terms of what theymust give up.b. For a member of Congress deciding whether to increase spending on nationalparks, the tradeoff is between parks and other spending items or tax cuts. Ifmore money goes into the park system, that may mean less spending onnational defense or on the police force. Or, instead of spending more moneyon the park system, taxes could be reduced.c. When a company president decides whether to open a new factory, thedecision is based on whether the new factory will increase the firm's profitscompared to other alternatives. For example, the company could upgradeexisting equipment or expand existing factories. The bottom line is: Whichmethod of expanding production will increase profit the most?d. In deciding how much to prepare for class, a professor faces a tradeoffbetween the value of improving the quality of the lecture compared to otherthings she could do with her time, such as working on additional research.2. When the benefits of something are psychological, such as going on a vacation, it isn'teasy to compare benefits to costs to determine if it's worth doing. But there are two ways to think about the benefits. One is to compare the vaca tion with what youwould do in its place. If you didn't go on vacation, would you buy something like anew set of golf clubs? Then you can decide if you'd rather have the new clubs or the vacation. A second way is to think about how much work you had to do to earn the money to pay for the vacation; then you can decide if the psychological benefits of the vacation were worth the psychological cost of working.3. If you are thinking of going skiing instead of working at your part-time job, the cost ofskiing includes its monetary and time costs, plus the opportunity cost of the wagesyou're giving up by not working. If the choice is between skiing and going to thelibrary to study, then the cost of skiing is its monetary and time costs plus the cost to you of getting a lower grade in your course.4. If you spend $100 now instead of investing it for a year and earning 5 percent interest,you are giving up the opportunity to spend $105 a year from now. The idea thatmoney has a time value is the basis for the field of finance, the subfield of economics that has to do with prices of financial instruments like stocks and bonds.5. The fact that you've already sunk $5 million isn't relevant to your decision anymore,since that money is gone. What matters now is the chance to earn profits at themargin. If you spend another $1 million and can generate sales of $3 million, you'llearn $2 million in marginal profit, so you should do so. You are right to think that the project has lost a total of $3 million ($6 million in costs and only $3 million in revenue) and you shouldn't have started it. That's true, but if you don't spend the additional $1 million, you won't have any sales and your losses will be $5 million. So what matters is not the total profit, but the profit you can earn at the margin. In fact, you'd pay up to $3 million to complete development; any more than that, and you won't beincreasing profit at the margin.6. Harry suggests looking at whether productivity would rise or fall. Productivity iscertainly important, since the more productive workers are, the lower the cost pergallon of potion. Harry wants to look at average cost. But both Harry and Ron aremissing the other side of the equation−revenue. A firm wants to maximize its profits, so it needs to examine both costs and revenues. Thus, Hermione is right−it’s best to examine whether the extra revenue would exceed the extra costs. In addition,Hermione is the only one who’s thinking at the margin.7. a. Since a person gets fewer after-tax Social Security benefits the greater is his orher income, there's an incentive not to save for retirement. If you save a lot,your income will be higher, and you won't get as much after-tax Social Securityincome as someone who didn't save as much. The unintended consequenceof the taxation of Social Security benefits is to reduce saving; yet the SocialSecurity system arose because of worries that people wouldn’t save enoughfor retirement.b. For the same reason, you'll tend not to work (or not work as much) after age65. The more you work, the lower your after-tax Social Security benefits willbe. Thus the taxation of Social Security benefits discourages work effort afterage 65.8. a. When welfare recipients who are able to work have their benefits cut off aftertwo years, they have greater incentive to find jobs than if their benefits were tolast forever.b. The loss of benefits means that someone who can't find a job will get noincome at all, so the distribution of income will become less equal. But theeconomy will be more efficient, since welfare recipients have a greaterincentive to find jobs. Thus the change in the law is one that increasesefficiency but reduces equity.9. By specializing in each task, you and your roommate can finish the chores more quickly.If you divided each task equally, it would take you more time to cook than it would takeyour roommate, and it would take him more time to clean than it would take you. By specializing, you reduce the total time spent on chores.Similarly, countries can specialize and trade, making both better off. For example,suppose it takes Spanish workers less time to make clothes than French workers, and French workers can make wine more efficiently than Spanish workers. Then Spainand France can both benefit if Spanish workers produce all the clothes and Frenchworkers produce all the wine, and they exchange some wine for some clothes.10. a. Being a central planner is tough! To produce the right number of CDs by theright artists and deliver them to the right people requires an enormous amountof information. You need to know about production techniques and costs inthe CD industry. You need to know each person's musical tastes and whichartists they want to hear. If you make the wrong decisions, you'll beproducing too many CDs by artists that people don't want to hear, and notenough by others.b. Your decisions about how many CDs to produce carry over to other decisions.You have to make the right number of CD players for people to use. If youmake too many CDs and not enough cassette tapes, people with cassetteplayers will be stuck with CDs they can't play. The probability of makingmistakes is very high. You will also be faced with tough choices about themusic industry compared to other parts of the economy. If you produce moresports equipment, you'll have fewer resources for making CDs. So alldecisions about the economy influence your decisions about CD production.11. a. Efficiency: The market failure comes from the monopoly by the cable TVfirm.b. Equityc. Efficiency: An externality arises because secondhand smoke harmsnonsmokers.d. Efficiency: The market failure occurs because of Standard Oil's monopolypower.e. Equityf. Efficiency: There's an externality because of accidents caused by drunkdrivers.12. a. If everyone were guaranteed the best health care possible, much more of ournation's output would be devoted to medical care than is now the case.Would that be efficient? If you think that currently doctors form a monopolyand restrict health care to keep their incomes high, you might think efficiencywould increase by providing more health care. But more likely, if thegovernment mandated increased spending on health care, the economy wouldbe less efficient because it would give people more health care than theywould choose to pay for. From the point of view of equity, if poor people areless likely to have adequate health care, providing more health care wouldrepresent an improvement. Each person would have a more even slice of theeconomic pie, though the pie would consist of more health care and less ofother goods.b. When workers are laid off, equity considerations argue for the unemploymentbenefits system to provide them with some income until they can find new jobs.After all, no one plans to be laid off, so unemployment benefits are a form ofinsurance. But there’s an efficiency problem why work if you can getincome for doing nothing? The economy isn’t operating e fficiently if peopleremain unemployed for a long time, and unemployment benefits encourageunemployment. Thus, there’s a tradeoff between equity and efficiency. Themore generous are unemployment benefits, the less income is lost by anunemployed person, but the more that person is encouraged to remainunemployed. So greater equity reduces efficiency.13. Since average income in the United States has roughly doubled every 35 years, we arelikely to have a better standard of living than our parents, and a much better standard of living than our grandparents. This is mainly the result of increased productivity, so that an hour of work produces more goods and services than it used to. Thusincomes have continuously risen over time, as has the standard of living.14. If Americans save more and it leads to more spending on factories, there will be anincrease in production and productivity, since the same number of workers will havemore equipment to work with. The benefits from higher productivity will g o to boththe workers, who will get paid more since they're producing more, and the factoryowners, who will get a return on their investments. There's no such thing as a freelunch, though, because when people save more, they're giving up spending. They get higher incomes at the cost of buying fewer goods.15. a. If people have more money, they're probably going to spend more on goodsand services.b. If prices are sticky, and people spend more on goods and services, then outputmay increase, as producers increase output to meet the higher demand ratherthan raising prices.c. If prices can adjust, then people's higher spending will be matched withincreased prices, and output won't rise.16. To make an intelligent decision about whether to reduce inflation, a policymaker wouldneed to know what causes inflation and unemployment, as well as what determines the tradeoff between them. Because prices are sticky, an attempt to reduce inflation willlead to higher unemployment. A policymaker thus faces a tradeoff between the benefits of lower inflation compared to the cost of higher unemployment.。

CH1~4Chapter12. Whenthebenefitsofsomethingarepsychological,suchasgoingonavacation,itis noteasyto comparebenefitstocoststodetermineifitisworthdoing.Buttherearetwowaystothinkaboutthe benefits.Oneistocomparethevacationwithwhatyouwoulddoinitsplace.Ifyoudidnotgoon vacation,wouldyoubuysomethinglikeanewsetofgolfclubs?Thenyoucandecideif youwould ratherhavethenew clubsorthevacation.Asecondwayistothinkabouthow hardyouhadtowork toearnthemoneytopayforthevacation.Youcanthendecideifthepsychologicalbenefitsofthe vacationwereworththepsychologicalcostofworking.3. Ifyouarethinkingofgoingskiinginsteadofworkingatyourpart-timejob,thecostofskiingincludesitsmonetaryandtimecosts,whichincludestheopportunitycostofthewagesyouaregivingup by not working.Ifthe choiceisbetweenskiingandgoingtothelibrarytostudy,thenthecostofskiing isitsmonetaryandtimecostsincludingthecostofpossiblyearninglowergradesinyourcourses.4. Youaregivinguptheopportunityto spend$510ayearfromnow.5. Yes,youshouldfinishdevelopmentandmaketheproduct.The$5millionisasunkcostandisnowirrelevant.Onthemargin,ifyouspendanother$3million,youwillgenerate$4millioninsalesandth usaprofitof$1millionfromthat$3millionexpenditure.Ifyoustopnow,youwilllose$5million.Ifyou finishtheproject,youwilllose$4million.Itistruethatyouwishyouhadneverstartedtheproject becauseitwilllosemoney,butitwillloselessmoneyifyoufinishitthanifyoustophalfwaythroughit.Youshouldbewillingtospendupto$4milliontofinishtheprojectbecausethemarginal(orincremental)expendituresareprofitable.Chapter21. SeeFigure5;thefourtransactionsareshown.Figure 53. SeeFigure7. Theshapeandpositionofthefrontierdependon howcostlyitis tomaintainaclean environmenttheproductivityoftheenvironmentalindustry.Gainsinenvironmentalproductivity,suchasthedevelopmentofnewwaytoproduceelectricitythatemitsfewerpollutants,leadtoshiftsoftheproduction-possibilitiesfrontier,liketheshiftfromPPF1toPPF2showninthefigure.Figure7Figure 84. a.A:40lawnsmowed;0washedcarsB:0lawnsmowed,40washedcarsC:20lawnsmowed;20washedcars D:25lawnsmowed;25washedcarsb.TheproductionpossibilitiesfrontierisshowninFigure8.PointsA,B,andDareonthefrontier,whilepointCisinsidethefrontier.rryisequallyproductiveatbothtasks.Moeismoreproductiveatwashingcars,whileCurlyismoreproductiveatmowinglawns.d.AllocationCisinefficient.Morewashedcarsandmowedlawnscanbeproducedbysimplyreallocatingthetimeofthethreeindividuals.Chapter31. a. SeeFigure2.IfMariaspendsall5hoursstudyingeconomics,she canread100pages,sothatistheverticalinterceptoftheproductionpossibilitiesfrontier.Ifshespendsall5hoursstudyingsociology,shecanread250pages,sothatisthehorizontalintercept.Theopportunitycostsareconstant,sotheproductionpossibilitiesfrontierisa straightline.Figure 2b. IttakesMaria2hourstoread100pagesofsociology.Inthattime,she couldread40pagesofeconomics.Sotheopportunitycostof100pagesofsociologyis 40pagesof economics5.a. EnglishworkershaveanabsoluteadvantageoverScottishworkersinproducingscones, becauseEnglishworkersproducemoresconesperhour(50vs.40).Scottishworkers haveanabsoluteadvantageoverEnglishworkersinproducingsweaters,becauseScottish workersproducemoresweatersperhour(2vs.1).Comparativeadvantageruns thesameway.Englishworkers,whohaveanopportunitycostof1/50sweaterperscone(1sweaterperhourdividedby50sconesper hour),haveacomparativeadvantagein sconeproductionoverScottishworkers,whohaveanopportunitycostof1/20sweater perscone(2sweatersperhourdividedby40sconesperhour).Scottishworkers,who haveanopportunitycostof 20sconespersweater(40sconesperhourdividedby 2 sweatersperhour),haveacomparativeadvantageinsweaterproductionoverEnglish workers,whohaveanopportunitycostof50sconespersweater(50sconesperhour dividedby1sweaterperhour).b. IfEnglandandScotlanddecidetotrade,Scotlandwillproducesweatersandtradethem forsconesproducedinEngland.Atradewithapricebetween20and 50sconesper sweaterwillbenefitbothcountries,astheywillbegettingthetradedgoodatalowerpricethantheiropportunitycostofproducingthegoodintheirowncountries.c. EvenifaScottishworkerproducedjustonesweaterperhour,thecountrieswouldstill gainfromtrade,becauseScotlandwouldstillhaveacomparativeadvantageinproducing sweaters.Itsopportunitycostforsweaterswouldbehigherthanbefore(40sconesper sweater,insteadof20sconespersweaterbefore).Buttherearestillgainsfromtrade becauseEnglandhasa higheropportunitycost(50sconespersweater).6a.InBoston,fourredsocksexchangefortwowhitesocks,thustworedsocksexchangeforonewhitesock.InChicago,tworedsocksalsoexchangeforonewhitesock.b.Bostonhasanabsoluteadvantageintheproductionofbothredsocksandwhitesocks.Neitherhasacomparativeadvantageintheproductionofeithersockbecausetheopportunitycostofawhitesockistworedsocksinbothcities.c.No.Therearenogainsfromtradewhentheopportunitycostsarethesameforboth producers.d.Boston’sabsoluteadvantageintheproductionofsockshasgrownsoBostonhasthepotentialtobeevenbetteroffmateriallythanChicago.However,theopportunitycostsremainthesameineachcity,onewhitesockfortworedsocks,sotherearenogainsfromtrade.Inbothcases,neitherproducerhasacomparativeadvantageintheproductionofeithergood.Chapter 42.The statement is false. As Figure 10 shows, in equilibrium the increase in demand fornotebooks results in an increased quantity demanded and the quantity supplied.figure.103a. If people decide to have more children, they will want larger vehicles for haulingtheir kids around, so the demand for minivans will increase. Supply will not beaffected. The result is a rise in both the price and the quantity sold, as Figure12 shows.Figure 12b. If a strike by steelworkers raises steel prices, the cost of producing a minivanrises and the supply of minivans decreases. Demand will not be affected. Theresult is a rise in the price of minivans and a decline in the quantity sold, asFigure 13 shows.figure 13c. The development of new automated machinery for the production of minivansis an improvement in technology. This reduction in firms' costs will result in anincrease in supply. Demand is not affected. The result is a decline in the priceof minivans and an increase in the quantity sold, as Figure 14 shows.Figure14d. The rise in the price of sport utility vehicles affects minivan demand becausesport utility vehicles are substitutes for minivans. The result is an increase indemand for minivans. Supply is not affected. The equilibrium price andquantity of minivans both rise, as Figure 12 shows.e. The reduction in peoples' wealth caused by a stock-market crash reduces theirincome, leading to a reduction in the demand for minivans, because minivansare likely a normal good. Supply is not affected. As a result, both theequilibrium price and the equilibrium quantity decline, as Figure 15 shows.Figure154a. DVDs and TV screens are likely to be complements because you cannot watch aDVD without a television. DVDs and movie tickets are likely to be substitutes because a movie can be watched at a theater or at home. TV screens and movie tickets are likely to be substitutes for the same reason.b. The technological improvement would reduce the cost of producing a TV screen, shifting the supply curve to the right. The demand curve would notbe affected. The result is that the equilibrium price will fall, while the equilibrium quantity will rise. This is shown in Figure 16.Figure 16c. The reduction in the price of TV screens would lead to an increase in the demandfor DVDs because TV screens and DVDs are complements. The effect of thisincrease in the demand for DVDs is an increase in both the equilibrium priceand quantity, as shown in Figure 17.Figure 17The reduction in the price of TV screens would cause a decline in the demand for movie tickets because TV screens and movie tickets are substitute goods. The decline in the demand for movie tickets would lead to a decline in the equilibrium price andquantity sold. This is shown in Figure 18Figure 187.Ketchup is a complement for hot dogs. Therefore, when the price of hot dogs rises, the quantity demanded of hot dogs falls and this lowers the demand for ketchup. Theend result is that both the equilibrium price and quantity of ketchup fall. Becausethe quantity of ketchup falls, the demand for tomatoes by ketchup producers falls,so the equilibrium price and quantity of tomatoes fall. When the price of tomatoesfalls, producers of tomato juice face lower input prices, so the supply curve fortomato juice shifts out, causing the price of tomato juice to fall and the quantity oftomato juice to rise. The fall in the price of tomato juice causes people to substitutetomato juice for orange juice, so the demand for orange juice declines, causing theprice and quantity of orange juice to fall. Now you can see clearly why a rise in theprice of hot dogs leads to a fall in the price of orange juice!10.a. Because flour is an ingredient in bagels, a decline in the price of flour wouldshift the supply curve for bagels to the right. The result, shown in Figure 31,would be a fall in the price of bagels and a rise in the equilibrium quantity ofbagels.Figure31Because cream cheese is a complement to bagels, the fall in the equilibrium price of bagels increases the demand for cream cheese, as shown in Figure 32. The result is a rise in both the equilibrium price and quantity of cream cheese. So, a fall in the price of flour indeed raises both the equilibrium price of creamcheese and the equilibrium quantity of bagels.Figure 32What happens if the price of milk falls? Because milk is an ingredient in cream cheese, the fall in the price of milk leads to an increase in the supply of cream cheese. This leads to a decrease in the price of cream cheese (Figure 33), rather than a rise in the price of cream cheese. So a fall in the price of milk could not have been responsible for the pattern observed.Figure 33b. In part (a), we found that a fall in the price of flour led to a rise in the price ofcream cheese and a rise in the equilibrium quantity of bagels. If the price offlour rose, the opposite would be true; it would lead to a fall in the price ofcream cheese and a fall in the equilibrium quantity of bagels. Because thequestion says the equilibrium price of cream cheese has risen, it could nothave been caused by a rise in the price of flour.What happens if the price of milk rises? From part (a), we found that afall in the price of milk caused a decline in the price of cream cheese,so a rise in the price of milk would cause a rise in the price of creamcheese. Because bagels and cream cheese are complements, the risein the price of cream cheese would reduce the demand for bagels, asFigure 34 shows. The result is a decline in the equilibrium quantity ofbagels. So a rise in the price of milk does cause both a rise in the priceof cream cheese and a decline in the equilibrium quantity of bagels.Figure 3411a.As Figure 35 shows, the supply curve is vertical. The constant quantity suppliedmakes sense because the basketball arena has a fixed number of seats at any price.Figure 35b.Quantity supplied equals quantity demanded at a price of $8. The equilibriumquantity is 8,000 tickets.C.The new equilibrium price will be $12, which equates quantity demanded to quantity supplied. The equilibrium quantity remains 8,000 tickets.。

曼昆《经济学原理（微观经济学分册）》（第7版）课后习题详解第1章经济学十大原理一、概念题1．稀缺性（scarcity）答：经济学研究的问题和经济物品都是以稀缺性为前提的。

稀缺性指在给定的时间内，相对于人的需求而言，经济资源的供给总是不足的，也就是资源的有用性与有限性。

人类消费各种物品的欲望是无限的，满足这种欲望的物品，有的可以不付出任何代价而随意取得，称之为自由物品，如阳光和空气；但绝大多数物品是不能自由取用的，因为世界上的资源（包括物质资源和人力资源）是有限的，这种有限的、为获取它必须付出某种代价的物品，称为“经济物品”。

正因为稀缺性的客观存在，地球上就存在着资源的有限性和人类的欲望与需求的无限性之间的矛盾。

经济学的一个重要研究任务就是：“研究人们如何进行抉择，以便使用稀缺的或有限的生产性资源（土地、劳动、资本品如机器、技术知识）来生产各种商品，并把它们分配给不同的社会成员进行消费。

”也就是从经济学角度来研究使用有限的资源来生产什么、如何生产和为谁生产的问题。

2．经济学（economics）答：经济学是研究如何将稀缺的资源有效地配置给相互竞争的用途，以使人类的欲望得到最大限度满足的科学。

时下经常见诸国内报刊文献的“现代西方经济学”一词，大多也都在这个意义上使用。

自从凯恩斯的名著《就业、利息和货币通论》于1936年发表之后，西方经济学界对经济学的研究便分为两个部分：微观经济学与宏观经济学。

微观经济学是以单个经济主体（作为消费者的单个家庭或个人，作为生产者的单个厂商或企业，以及单个产品或生产要素市场）为研究对象，研究单个经济主体面对既定的资源约束时如何进行选择的科学。

宏观经济学则以整个国民经济为研究对象，主要着眼于对经济总量的研究。

3．效率（efficiency）答：效率指人们在实践活动中的产出与投入之比值，或者是效益与成本之比值，如果比值大，效率就高；反之，比值小，效率就低。

效率与产出或者收益的大小成正比，而与成本或投入成反比，也就是说，如果想提高效率，必须降低成本或投入，提高收益或产出。

第一篇导言第一章经济学十大原理复习题1．列举三个你在生活中面临的重要权衡取舍的例子。

答：①大学毕业后，面临着是否继续深造的选择，选择继续上学攻读研究生学位，就意味着在今后三年中放弃参加工作、赚工资和积累社会经验的机会；②在学习内容上也面临着很重要的权衡取舍，如果学习《经济学》，就要减少学习英语或其他专业课的时间；③对于不多的生活费的分配同样面临权衡取舍，要多买书，就要减少在吃饭、买衣服等其他方面的开支。

2．看一场电影的机会成本是什么?答：看一场电影的机会成本是在看电影的时间里做其他事情所能获得的最大收益，例如：看书、打零工。

8．为什么生产率是重要的?答：因为一国的生活水平取决于它生产物品与劳务的能力，而对这种能力的最重要的衡量度就是生产率。

生产率越高，一国生产的物品与劳务量就越多。

9．什么是通货膨胀，什么引起了通货膨胀?答：通货膨胀是流通中货币量的增加而造成的货币贬值，由此产生经济生活中价格总水平上升。

货币量增长引起了通货膨胀。

10．短期中通货膨胀与失业如何相关?答：短期中通货膨胀与失业之间存在着权衡取舍，这是由于某些价格调整缓慢造成的。

政府为了抑制通货膨胀会减少流通中的货币量，人们可用于支出的货币数量减少了，但是商品价格在短期内是粘性的，仍居高不下，于是社会消费的商品和劳务量减少，消费量减少又引起企业解雇工人。

在短期内，对通货膨胀的抑制增加了失业量。

问题与应用3．你正计划用星期六去从事业余工作，但一个朋友请你去滑雪。

去滑雪的真实成本是什么?现在假设你已计划这天在图书馆学习，这种情况下去滑雪的成本是什么?并解释之。

答：去滑雪的真实成本是周六打工所能赚到的工资，我本可以利用这段时间去工作。

如果我本计划这天在图书馆学习，那么去滑雪的成本是在这段时间里我可以获得的知识。

5．你管理的公司在开发一种新产品过程中已经投资500万美元，但开发工作还远远没有完成。

在最近的一次会议上，你的销售人员报告说，竞争性产品的进入使你们新产品的预期销售额减少为300万美元。

第一篇导言复习题第一章宏观经济学的科学1、解释宏观经济学和微观经济学之间的差距，这两个领域如何相互关联？【答案】微观经济学研究家庭和企业如何作出决策以及这些决策在市场上的相互作用。

微观经济学的中心原理是家庭和企业的最优化——他们在目的和所面临的约束条件下可以让自己的境况更好。

而相对的，宏观经济学研究经济的整体情况，它主要关心总产出、总就业、一般物价水平和国际贸易等问题，以及这些宏观指标的波动趋势与规律。

应该看到，宏观经济学研究的这些宏观经济变量是以经济体系中千千万万个体家庭和企业之间的相互作用所构成的。

因此，微观经济决策总是构成宏观经济模型的基础，宏观经济学必然依靠微观经济基础。

2、为什么经济学家建立模型？【答案】一般来说，模型是对某些具体事物的抽象，经济模型也是如此。

经济模型可以简洁、直接地描述所要研究的经济对象的各种关系。

这样，经济学家可以依赖模型对特定的经济问题进行研究；并且，由于经济实际不可控，而模型是可控的，经济学家可以根据研究需要，合理、科学的调整模型来研究各种经济情况。

另外，经济模型一般是数学模型，而数学是全世界通用的科学语言，使用规范、标准的经济模型也有利于经济学家正确表达自己的研究意图，便于学术交流。

3、什么是市场出清模型？什么时候市场出清的假设是适用的？【答案】市场出清模型就是供给与需求可以在价格机制调整下很快达到均衡的模型。

市场出清模型的前提条件是价格是具有伸缩性的（或弹性）。

但是，我们知道价格具有伸缩性是一个很强的假设，在很多实际情况下，这个假设都是不现实的。

比如：劳动合同会使劳动力价格在一段时期内具有刚性。

因此，我们必须考虑什么情况下价格具有伸缩性是合适的。

现在一般认为，在研究长期问题时，假设价格具有伸缩性是合理的；而在研究短期问题时，最好假设价格具有刚性。

因为，从长期看，价格机制终将发挥作用，使市场供需平衡，即市场出清，而在短期，价格机制因其他因素制约，难以很快使市场出清。

第一篇导言复习题第一章宏观经济学的科学1、解释宏观经济学和微观经济学之间的差距，这两个领域如何相互关联？【答案】微观经济学研究家庭和企业如何作出决策以及这些决策在市场上的相互作用。

微观经济学的中心原理是家庭和企业的最优化——他们在目的和所面临的约束条件下可以让自己的境况更好。

而相对的，宏观经济学研究经济的整体情况，它主要关心总产出、总就业、一般物价水平和国际贸易等问题，以及这些宏观指标的波动趋势与规律。

应该看到，宏观经济学研究的这些宏观经济变量是以经济体系中千千万万个体家庭和企业之间的相互作用所构成的。

因此，微观经济决策总是构成宏观经济模型的基础，宏观经济学必然依靠微观经济基础。

2、为什么经济学家建立模型？【答案】一般来说，模型是对某些具体事物的抽象，经济模型也是如此。

经济模型可以简洁、直接地描述所要研究的经济对象的各种关系。

这样，经济学家可以依赖模型对特定的经济问题进行研究；并且，由于经济实际不可控，而模型是可控的，经济学家可以根据研究需要，合理、科学的调整模型来研究各种经济情况。

另外，经济模型一般是数学模型，而数学是全世界通用的科学语言，使用规范、标准的经济模型也有利于经济学家正确表达自己的研究意图，便于学术交流。

3、什么是市场出清模型？什么时候市场出清的假设是适用的？【答案】市场出清模型就是供给与需求可以在价格机制调整下很快达到均衡的模型。

市场出清模型的前提条件是价格是具有伸缩性的（或弹性）。

但是，我们知道价格具有伸缩性是一个很强的假设，在很多实际情况下，这个假设都是不现实的。

比如：劳动合同会使劳动力价格在一段时期内具有刚性。

因此，我们必须考虑什么情况下价格具有伸缩性是合适的。

现在一般认为，在研究长期问题时，假设价格具有伸缩性是合理的；而在研究短期问题时，最好假设价格具有刚性。

因为，从长期看，价格机制终将发挥作用，使市场供需平衡，即市场出清，而在短期，价格机制因其他因素制约，难以很快使市场出清。

曼昆《经济学原理（微观经济学分册）》课后习题详解（第1篇）第1篇导言第1章经济学十大原理一、概念题1．稀缺性（scarcity）答：经济学研究的问题和经济物品都是以稀缺性为前提的。

稀缺性指在给定的时间内，相对于人的需求而言，经济资源的供给总是不足的，也就是资源的有用性与有限性。

人类消费各种物品的欲望是无限的，满足这种欲望的物品，有的可以不付出任何代价而随意取得，称之为自由物品，如阳光和空气；但绝大多数物品是不能自由取用的，因为世界上的资源（包括物质资源和人力资源）是有限的，这种有限的、为获取它必须付出某种代价的物品，称为“经济物品”。

正因为稀缺性的客观存在，地球上就存在着资源的有限性和人类的欲望与需求的无限性之间的矛盾。

经济学的一个重要研究任务就是：“研究人们如何进行抉择，以便使用稀缺的或有限的生产性资源（土地、劳动、资本品如机器、技术知识）来生产各种商品，并把它们分配给不同的社会成员进行消费。

”也就是从经济学角度来研究使用有限的资源来生产什么、如何生产和为谁生产的问题。

2．经济学（economics）答：经济学是研究如何将稀缺的资源有效地配置给相互竞争的用途，以使人类的欲望得到最大限度满足的科学。

时下经常见诸国内报刊文献的“现代西方经济学”一词，大多也都在这个意义上使用。

自从凯恩斯的名著《就业、利息和货币通论》于1936年发表之后，西方经济学界对经济学的研究便分为两个部分：微观经济学与宏观经济学。

微观经济学是以单个经济主体（作为消费者的单个家庭或个人，作为生产者的单个厂商或企业，以及单个产品或生产要素市场）为研究对象，研究单个经济主体面对既定的资源约束时如何进行选择的科学。

宏观经济学则以整个国民经济为研究对象，主要着眼于对经济总量的研究。

3．效率（efficiency）答：效率指人们在实践活动中的产出与投入之比值，或者是效益与成本之比值，如果比值大，效率就高；反之，比值小，效率就低。

效率与产出或者收益的大小成正比，而与成本或投入成反比，也就是说，如果想提高效率，必须降低成本或投入，提高收益或产出。

第一章经济学十大原理一、为每个关键术语选择一个定义关键术语定义--------------稀缺性1、在社会成员中平等地分配利益的特征--------------经济学2、市场不能有效的配置资源的状况--------------效率3、有限的资源和无限的欲望--------------平等4、一个工人一小时所生产的物品与劳务量--------------理性5、市场上只有一个买者的情况--------------机会成本6、利己的市场参与者可以不知不觉的使整体社会福利最大化的原理--------------边际变动7、社会从其稀缺资源中得到最多东西的特性--------------激励8、社会和企业在市场上的相互交易决定资源配置的经济--------------市场经济9、经济活动的波动--------------产权10、当一个人的行为对旁观者有影响时的情况--------------“看不见的手”11、物价总水平的上升--------------市场失灵12、对现行计划的增量调整--------------外部性13、研究社会如何管理其稀缺资源--------------市场势力14、得到某种东西所放弃的东西--------------垄断15、一个人或一群人不适当的影响市场价格的能力--------------生产率16、某种引起人行动的东西--------------通货膨胀17、一个人拥有并使用稀缺资源的能力--------------经济周期18、为了达到目标而尽可能系统性的做到最好二、判断正误--------------1、当政府用税收和福利再分配收入时，经济变得更有效率。

-------------2、当经济学家说“天下没有免费的午餐”时，他们是指所有经济决策都涉及权衡取舍。

-------------3、亚当斯密的“看不见的手”的概念描述了公司经营如何像一只“看不见的手”伸到消费者的钱包中。

第一篇导言第一章经济学十大原理复习题1．列举三个你在生活中面临的重要权衡取舍的例子。

答：①大学毕业后，面临着是否继续深造的选择，选择继续上学攻读研究生学位，就意味着在今后三年中放弃参加工作、赚工资和积累社会经验的机会；②在学习内容上也面临着很重要的权衡取舍，如果学习《经济学》，就要减少学习英语或其他专业课的时间；③对于不多的生活费的分配同样面临权衡取舍，要多买书，就要减少在吃饭、买衣服等其他方面的开支。

2．看一场电影的机会成本是什么?答：看一场电影的机会成本是在看电影的时间里做其他事情所能获得的最大收益，例如：看书、打零工。

8．为什么生产率是重要的?答：因为一国的生活水平取决于它生产物品与劳务的能力，而对这种能力的最重要的衡量度就是生产率。

生产率越高，一国生产的物品与劳务量就越多。

9．什么是通货膨胀，什么引起了通货膨胀?答：通货膨胀是流通中货币量的增加而造成的货币贬值，由此产生经济生活中价格总水平上升。

货币量增长引起了通货膨胀。

10．短期中通货膨胀与失业如何相关?答：短期中通货膨胀与失业之间存在着权衡取舍，这是由于某些价格调整缓慢造成的。

政府为了抑制通货膨胀会减少流通中的货币量，人们可用于支出的货币数量减少了，但是商品价格在短期内是粘性的，仍居高不下，于是社会消费的商品和劳务量减少，消费量减少又引起企业解雇工人。

在短期内，对通货膨胀的抑制增加了失业量。

问题与应用3．你正计划用星期六去从事业余工作，但一个朋友请你去滑雪。

去滑雪的真实成本是什么?现在假设你已计划这天在图书馆学习，这种情况下去滑雪的成本是什么?并解释之。

答：去滑雪的真实成本是周六打工所能赚到的工资，我本可以利用这段时间去工作。

如果我本计划这天在图书馆学习，那么去滑雪的成本是在这段时间里我可以获得的知识。

5．你管理的公司在开发一种新产品过程中已经投资500万美元，但开发工作还远远没有完成。

在最近的一次会议上，你的销售人员报告说，竞争性产品的进入使你们新产品的预期销售额减少为300万美元。