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目 录第一部分 笔记和课后习题（含考研真题）详解[视频讲解]第1篇 导 言第1章 经济学十大原理1.1 复习笔记1.2 课后习题详解1.3 考研真题详解[视频讲解]第2章 像经济学家一样思考2.1 复习笔记2.2 课后习题详解2.3 考研真题详解第3章 相互依存性与贸易的好处3.1 复习笔记3.2 课后习题详解3.3 考研真题详解第2篇 市场如何运行第4章 供给与需求的市场力量4.1 复习笔记4.2 课后习题详解4.3 考研真题详解第5章 弹性及其应用5.1 复习笔记5.2 课后习题详解5.3 考研真题详解[视频讲解]第6章 供给、需求与政府政策6.1 复习笔记6.2 课后习题详解6.3 考研真题详解[视频讲解]第3篇 市场和福利第7章 消费者、生产者与市场效率7.1 复习笔记7.2 课后习题详解7.3 考研真题详解第8章 应用：赋税的代价8.1 复习笔记8.2 课后习题详解8.3 考研真题详解第9章 应用：国际贸易9.1 复习笔记9.2 课后习题详解9.3 考研真题详解第4篇 公共部门经济学第10章 外部性10.1 复习笔记10.2 课后习题详解10.3 考研真题详解[视频讲解]第11章 公共物品和公共资源11.1 复习笔记11.2 课后习题详解11.3 考研真题详解[视频讲解]第12章 税制的设计12.1 复习笔记12.2 课后习题详解12.3 考研真题详解第5篇 企业行为与产业组织第13章 生产成本13.1 复习笔记13.2 课后习题详解13.3 考研真题详解[视频讲解]第14章 竞争市场上的企业14.1 复习笔记14.2 课后习题详解14.3 考研真题详解[视频讲解]第15章 垄 断15.1 复习笔记15.2 课后习题详解15.3 考研真题详解[视频讲解]第16章 垄断竞争16.1 复习笔记16.2 课后习题详解16.3 考研真题详解[视频讲解]第17章 寡 头17.1 复习笔记17.2 课后习题详解17.3 考研真题详解[视频讲解]第6篇 劳动市场经济学第18章 生产要素市场18.1 复习笔记18.2 课后习题详解18.3 考研真题详解[视频讲解]第19章 收入与歧视19.1 复习笔记19.2 课后习题详解19.3 考研真题详解第20章 收入不平等与贫困20.1 复习笔记20.2 课后习题详解20.3 考研真题详解[视频讲解]第7篇 深入研究的论题第21章 消费者选择理论21.1 复习笔记21.2 课后习题详解21.3 考研真题详解[视频讲解]第22章 微观经济学前沿22.1 复习笔记22.2 课后习题详解22.3 考研真题详解[视频讲解]第二部分 模拟试题及详解曼昆《经济学原理（微观经济学分册）》（第6版）模拟试题及详解（一）曼昆《经济学原理（微观经济学分册）》（第6版）模拟试题及详解（二）第一部分 笔记和课后习题（含考研真题）详解[视频讲解]第1篇 导 言第1章 经济学十大原理1.1 复习笔记1．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。
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。
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、看法题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，经济资源的供应老是不足的，也就是资源的有限性与人类的欲念无穷性之间的矛盾。
2.经济学经济学是研究如何将稀缺的资源有效地配置给互相竞争的用途，以令人类的欲念获取最大限度知足的科学。
此中微观经济学是以单个经济主体为研究对象，研究单个经济主风光对既定资源拘束时如何进行选择的科学；宏观经济学则以整个公民经济为研究对象，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许是效益与成本比值，比值大效率高，比值小效率低。
它与产出或利润大小成正比，与投入或成本成反比。
4.同等同等是指人与人的利益关系及利益关系的原则、制度、做法、行为等都符合社会发展的需要，即经济成就在社会成员中公正分派的特征。
它是一个历史范围，按其所产生的社会历史条件和社会性质的不一样而不一样，不存在永久的公正；它也是一个客观范围，只管在不一样的社会形态中内涵不一样对其的理解不一样，但都是社会存在的反应，拥有客观性。
5.时机成本时机成本是指将一种资源用于某种用途，而未用于其余用途所放弃的最大预期利润。
其存在的前提条件是：①资源是稀缺的；②资源拥有多种用途；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，是经济研究中所假定的、在必定条件下拥有典型理性行为的经济活动主体。
7.边沿改动边沿改动是指对行动计划的细小增量调整。
8.激励激励是指惹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公司在市场上的互相交易决定资源配置的经济，而资源配置本质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，也能够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别人在经济利益上得益或受损的权利。
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一、概念题1．道德风险（moral hazard）（西北大学2008研；华南理工大学2010研）答：道德风险指一个没有受到完全监督的人从事不忠诚或不合意行为的倾向。
换句话说，道德风险是在双方信息非对称的情况下，人们享有自己行为的收益，而将成本转嫁给别人，从而造成他人损失的可能性。
道德风险的存在不仅使得处于信息劣势的一方受到损失，而且会破坏原有的市场均衡，导致资源配置的低效率。
在信息不对称的情况下，当代理人为委托人工作而其工作成果同时取决于代理人所做的主观努力和不由主观意志决定的各种客观因素，并且主观原因对委托人来说难以区别时，就会产生代理人隐瞒行动而导致对委托人利益损害的“道德风险”。
道德风险发生的一个典型领域是保险市场。
解决道德风险的主要方法是风险分担。
2．代理人（agent）答：代理人指一个为委托人完成某种行为的人。
这里的“人”，可以是自然人或法人。
在现实经济生活中，代理人的种类很多，如销售代理商、企业代理商、专利代理人、广告代理人、保险代理人、税务代理人等。
在现代微观经济学中，企业的管理者可以被看成是所有者的代理人。
随着分工和专业化的发展，交易和契约活动中的委托—代理关系成为现代经济中的重要问题。
在公司制度中，由于所有权和控制权、经营权的分离，导致了所有者和管理者之间潜在的利益矛盾。
特别是在一些大型股份公司里，如果股权极其分散，对管理者的控制和影响就更弱了。
22FRONTIERS OFMICROECONOMICSWHAT’S NEW IN THE S EVENTH EDITION:A new Case Study on Left-Digit Bias has been added and a new In the News feature on "Can Brain Science Improve Economics" has been added.LEARNING OBJECTIVES:By the end of this chapter, students should understand:how to examine problems caused by asymmetric information.the market solutions to asymmetric information.why democratic voting systems may not represent the preferences of society.why people may not always behave as rational maximizers.CONTEXT AND PURPOSE:Chapter 22 is the last chapter in the microeconomics portion of the text. It is the second of two unrelated chapters that introduce students to advanced topics in microeconomics. These two chapters are intended to whet their appetites for further study in economics.The purpose of Chapter 22 is to give students a taste of three topics on the frontier of microeconomic research. The first topic addressed is asymmetric information, a situation when one person in an economic relationship has more relevant knowledge than the other person does. The second topic is political economy, the application of economic tools to the understanding of the functioning of government. The third topic addressed is behavioral economics, the introduction of psychology into the study of economic issues.KEY POINTS:In many economic transactions, information is asymmetric. When there are hidden actions, principals may be concerned that agents suffer from the problem of moral hazard. When there are hidden characteristics, buyers may be concerned about the problem of adverse selection among the sellers. Private markets sometimes deal with asymmetric information with signaling and screening.Although government policy can sometimes improve market outcomes, governments arethemselves imperfect institutions. The Condorcet paradox shows that the majority rulefails to produce transitive preferences for society, and Arrow's impossibility theorem shows that no voting system will be perfect. In many situations, democratic institutions will produce the outcome desired by the median voter, regardless of the preferences of the rest of the electorate. Moreover, the individuals who set government policy may bemotivated by self-interest rather than national interest.The study of psychology and economics reveals that human decision making is more complex than is assumed in conventional economic theory. People are not always rational, they care about the fairness of economic outcomes (even to their own detriment), and they can be inconsistent over time.CHAPTER OUTLINE:I. Asymmetric InformationA. Many times in life, one person holds more knowledge about what is going on thananother. Such a difference in access to relevant information is known as aninformation asymmetry.B. Examples1. A worker knows more than his employer about the level of his work effort. This isan example of a hidden action.2. A seller of a used car knows more than the buyer does about the car's condition.This is an example of a hidden characteristic.C. When there is asymmetric information, the party without the relevant knowledge wouldlike to have such knowledge, but the other party may have an incentive to conceal it.D. Hidden Actions: Principals, Agents, and Moral Hazard1. Important Definitionsa. Definition of moral hazard: the tendency of a person who is imperfectlymonitored to engage in dishonest or otherwise undesirable behavior.b. Definition of agent: a person who is performing an act for another person,called the principal.c. Definition of principal: a person for whom another person, called the agent, isperforming some act.2. The employment relationship is the classic example.a. Workers (agents) may be tempted to shirk their work-related responsibilitiesbecause their employers (the principals) do not monitor their behavior closely.b. Employers can respond by providing better monitoring, paying higher wages, ordelaying part of the worker's pay until later in the worker's life.3. FYI: Corporate Managementa. From an economic standpoint, the most important feature of the corporate formof organization is the separation of ownership and control.b. This creates a principal–agent problem where the shareholders are theprincipals and the managers are the agents.c. Managers’ goals may not always coincide with shareholders' goal of profitmaximization.d. As a result, many managers are provided compensation packages that provideincentives to act in the best interest of corporate profits.E. Hidden Characteristics: Adverse Selection and the Lemons Problem1. Definition of adverse selection: the tendency for the mix of unobserved attributesto become undesirable from the standpoint of an uninformed party.2. Examples include the used car market, the labor market, and the market forinsurance.3. When markets suffer from adverse selection, the invisible hand does notnecessarily work well.a. In the used car market, owners of "cherry" or "plum" cars may choose to keepthem rather than sell them at a low price.b. In the labor market, wages may be stuck at a level above the equilibrium wage,resulting in unemployment.c. In insurance markets, buyers with low risk may decline to purchase insurancebecause the price is too high.F. Signaling to Convey Private Information1. Definition of signaling: an action taken by an informed party to reveal privateinformation to an uninformed party.2. Examples of Signalinga. Firms may spend money on advertising to signal the high quality of theirproducts.b. Students may spend time in school to signal that they are high-abilityindividuals.3. For a signal to be effective, it must be costly. However, it must be less costly(or more beneficial) to the person or firm with the higher-quality product.4. Case Study: Gifts as Signalsa. Because people know their own preferences better than anyone else, we wouldexpect that they would prefer cash gifts.b. However, the ability to choose the right gift for someone may serve as a signalof an individual's love.c. Note that choosing the right gift is costly and the cost depends on how wellthe giver knows the recipient (which may be determined as a measure of thegiver's level of interest in the recipient).G. Screening to Uncover Private Information1. Definition of screening: an action taken by an uninformed party to induce aninformed party to reveal information.2. Examples of Screeninga. A buyer of a used car may ask to have the car examined by a mechanic prior topurchase.b. An insurance company may offer different policies that would lead safe or riskydrivers to reveal themselves. Safe drivers are likely to prefer policies withlow premiums and high deductibles. Risky drivers are more likely to preferpolicies with higher premiums and low deductibles.H. Asymmetric Information and Public Policy1. Market failures such as externalities, public goods, imperfect competition, andpoverty show that governments can sometimes improve market outcomes.2. Asymmetric information is another reason why market outcomes may be inefficient.3. However, three factors make it difficult for the government to improve the outcomein some cases.a. The private market can sometimes deal with information asymmetries on its ownusing a combination of signaling and screening.b. The government rarely has more information than the private parties do.c. The government is itself an imperfect institution.II. Political EconomyA. Definition of political economy: the study of government using the analytic methods ofeconomics.B. The Condorcet Voting Paradox1. Most advanced societies rely on democratic principles, allowing the majority toset government policy.2. For most policy issues, the number of possible outcomes exceeds two.3. Example: Three possible outcomes (A, B, and C) and three voter types (Type 1, Type2, and Type 3). The mayor of a town wishes to aggregate the individual preferences into preferences for society as a whole.a. In pairwise majority voting, A would beat B, B would beat C, and C would beat A.b. This violates transitivity. We generally expect that if A is preferred to B andB is preferred to C, then A would be preferred to C.c. Definition of Condorcet paradox: the failure of majority rule to producetransitive preferences for society.d. This implies that the order on which things are voted can determine the result.C. Arrow's Impossibility Theorem1. In a 1951 book, economist Kenneth Arrow examined if a perfect voting system exists.2. He assumes that society wants a voting scheme that satisfies social properties.a. Unanimity.b. Transitivity.c. Independence of irrelevant alternatives.d. No dictators.3. Arrow proved that no voting system could have all of these properties.4. Definition of Arrow impossibility theorem: a mathematical result showing that,under certain assumed conditions, there is no scheme for aggregating individual preferences into a valid set of social preferences.5. Arrow’s impossibility theorem implies that no matter what voting scheme societyadopts for aggregating the preferences of its members, in some way it will be flawed as a mechanism for social choice.D. The Median Voter Is King1. Example: A society is deciding how much money to spend on a public good. Eachvoter has a most-preferred budget and prefers outcomes closer to his preferredbudget.Figure 12. Definition of median voter theorem: a mathematical result showing that if votersare choosing a point along a line and each voter wants the point closest to his preferred point, then majority rule will pick the most preferred point of themedian voter.a. The median voter is the voter exactly in the middle of the distribution.b. On Figure 1, the median voter wants a budget of $10 billion.3. One implication of the median voter theorem is that if two political candidatesare each trying to maximize their chance of election, they will both move their positions toward the median voter.4. Another implication of the median voter theorem is that minority views are notgiven much weight.E. Politicians Are People Too1. Politicians may be self-interested.2. Some politicians may be motivated by desire for reelection and others may bemotivated by greed.III. Behavioral EconomicsA. Definition of behavioral economics: the subfield of economics that integrates theinsights of psychology..B. Behavioral economics is a relatively new field in economics where economists make useof basic psychological insights into human behavior.C. People Aren’t Always Rational1. Economists assume that human beings are always rational.a. Firm owners maximize profit.b. Consumers maximize utility.c. Given constraints that they face, these individuals make decisions byrationally weighing all costs and benefits.2. Real people are often more complex than economists assume.a. They can be forgetful, impulsive, confused, emotional, and shortsighted.b. These imperfections suggest that humans should not be viewed as rationalmaximizers but as “satisficers,” where they choose options that are simply“good enough.”3. Studies of human decision making have found several systematic mistakes thatpeople make.a. People are overconfident.b. People give too much weight to a small number of vivid observations.c. People are reluctant to change their minds.4. Case Study: Left-Digit Biasa. Studies suggest that buyers are excessively sensitive to a price's left-mostdigit.b. An irrational focus on the left-most digit is called left-digit bias.D. People Care about Fairness1. Example: the ultimatum game.a. Two volunteers are told they are going to play a game and could win a total of$100.b. The game begins with a coin toss, which is used to assign the volunteers to theroles of Player A and Player B.c. Player A’s job is to propose a division of the prize between himself and theother player.d. After Player A makes his proposal, Player B decides whether to accept or rejectit.e. If Player B accepts the proposal, both players are paid according to theproposal. If Player B rejects the proposal, both players receive nothing.2. Conventional economic theory suggests that Player A should know that if he offers$1 to Player B and keeps $99 for himself, Player B should accept it ($1 is greater than $0).3. In reality, when the offer made to Player B is small, Player B often rejects it.4. Knowing this, people in the role of Player A often offer a more substantialportion of the money to Player B.5. This implies that people may be driven by a sense of fairness.E. People Are Inconsistent over Time1. Many times in life, people make plans for themselves but then fail to followthrough.2. The desire for instant gratification can induce a decisionmaker to abandon hispast plan.3. An important implication is that people will try to find ways to commit theirfuture selves to following through on their plans.F. In the News: Can Brain Science Improve Economics1. A new branch of economics examines the biology of the brain to understand economicbehavior.2. This article from Project Syndicate discusses neuroeconomics, the study of how thephysical structures that underlie brain functioning affect economic decision-making.SOLUTIONS TO TEXT PROBLEMS:Quick Quizzes1. Buyers of life insurance will likely have higher than the average death rates.Two reasons for this are moral hazard and adverse selection.Moral hazard is the tendency of a person who is imperfectly monitored to engage indishonest or otherwise undesirable behavior. After purchasing insurance, aninsured person may engage in riskier behavior than do people who are not insured.Adverse selection is the tendency for the mix of unobserved attributes to becomeundesirable from the standpoint of an uninformed party. In this case, those withhigher risk of death are more likely to want to buy insurance. As a result, theprice of life insurance will reflect the costs of a riskier-than-average person.Buyers with low risk of death may find the price of life insurance too high andmay choose not to purchase it.A life insurance company can mitigate moral hazard by trying to monitor behaviorbetter and charging higher rates to those who engage in risky behavior (such assmoking). It can mitigate adverse selection by trying to collect betterinformation on applicants; for example, it may require that all applicants submitto a medical examination before issuing insurance.2. According to the median voter theorem, if each voter chooses a point closest tohis preferred point, the district vote will reflect the preferences of the medianvoter. Therefore, the district will end up with a student-teacher ratio of 11:1.3. Human decision making can differ from the rational human being of conventionaleconomic theory in three important ways: (1) people aren’t always rational, (2)people care about fairness, and (3) people are inconsistent over time.Questions for Review1. Moral hazard is the tendency of a person who is imperfectly monitored to engage indishonest or otherwise undesirable behavior. To reduce the severity of thisproblem, an employer may respond with (1) better monitoring, (2) paying efficiencywages, or (3) delaying part of a worker’s compensation to later in his work life.2. Adverse selection is the tendency for the mix of unobserved attributes to becomeundesirable from the standpoint of an uninformed party. Examples of markets inwhich adverse selection might be a problem include the market for used cars andthe market for insurance.3. Signaling is an action taken by an informed party to reveal private information toan uninformed party. Job applicants may use a college diploma as a signal ofability. Screening is an action taken by an uninformed party to induce an informedparty to reveal information. A life insurance company may require applicants tosubmit to a health examination so that the company will have more information onthe person’s risk of death.4. Condorcet noticed that the majority rule will fail to produce transitiveproperties for society.5. The median voter’s preferences will beat out any other proposal in a two-way racebecause the median voter will have more than half of the voters on his side.6. Two volunteers are chosen and a coin toss determines which volunteer is Player Aand which is Player B. Player A proposes a split of a sum of money and then PlayerB decides whether to accept or reject the proposal. If Player B accepts, the sumof money is divided as outlined in the proposal. If Player B rejects the proposal,each player gets nothing.Conventional economic theory predicts that Player A will offer only $1 to Player Band keep the remainder for himself. This is predicted to occur because Player Aknows that Player B will be better off with $1 than with $0. However, in reality,Player B generally rejects small proposals that he considers unfair. If Player Aconsiders this, he will likely offer Player B a more substantial amount.Quick Check Multiple Choice1. b2. a3. d4. b5. a6. cProblems and Applications1. a. The landlord is the principal and the tenant is the agent. There is asymmetricinformation because the landlord does not know how well the tenant will takecare of the property. Having a tenant pay a security deposit increases thelikelihood that the tenant will take care of the property in order to receivehis deposit back when he vacates the property.b. The stockholders of the firm (the owners) are the principals and the topexecutives are the agents. The firm’s owners do not know in advance how wellthe top executives will perform their duties. Tying some of the executives’compensation to the value of the firm provides incentive for the executives towork hard to increase the value of the firm.c. The insurance company is the principal and the customer is the agent. Insurancecompanies do not know whether the car owner is likely to leave the vehicleparked with the keys in it or park it in a high crime area. Individuals whowill go to the trouble of installing anti-theft equipment are more likely totake good care of their vehicles. Offering a discount on insurance premiumswill induce car owners to install such devices.2. Individuals who are relatively healthy may decide to forgo purchasing the policyif the premium rises. Thus, the insurance company is left with only thosepolicyholders who are relatively unhealthy. This means that the firm’s revenue smay in fact fall, but its costs could remain the same. Therefore, the firm’sprofits could fall.3. Saying "I love you" is likely not a good signal. To be an effective signal, thesignal must be costly. In fact, the signal must be less costly, or more beneficial, to the person with the higher-quality product. Simply professing one's love does not meet this requirement.4. If insurance companies were not allowed to determine if applicants are HIV-positive, more individuals who are HIV-positive would be able to purchaseinsurance, but that insurance would be very expensive. Covering these individuals would raise the cost of providing health insurance and the company would have to raise premiums for all. Thus, individuals who are not HIV-positive would be forced to pay more for health insurance and may drop coverage. Insurance companies would be left insuring only those who are ill (including those who are HIV-positive), increasing the adverse selection problem. The number of individuals without health insurance would likely rise as a result.5. Ken is violating the property of independence of irrelevant alternatives. Adding achoice of strawberry after he chooses vanilla over chocolate should not induce him to change his mind and prefer chocolate.6. a. If the three friends use a Borda count, the Chinese restaurant gets the mostvotes (10); the Italian restaurant gets 9 votes; the Mexican restaurant gets 7votes; and the French restaurant gets 4 votes.b. In this scenario, the Italian restaurant gets 5 votes and the Chineserestaurant gets 4 votes. Thus, they will choose to eat at the Italianrestaurant.c. This voting violates the assumption of independence of irrelevant alternatives.The presence of the Mexican and French restaurants should not alter thegroup’s preferences between the Italian and Chinese restaurants.7. a. There would be a tie between the three television shows, with 6 votes each.b. In a vote between NCIS and Glee, NCIS would win. In a vote between NCIS andHomeland, Homeland would wi n. Thus, Monica’s first choice (Homeland) would win.c. No. He will want to vote between Glee and Homeland first, with the winner thencompeting in a second vote with NCIS. That way, his preferred choice (NCIS)would win.d. If Chandler says he prefers Glee over NCIS, Glee will then compete in a voteagainst Homeland (which it will win). This way, Chandler will not have to watch his least preferred show (Homeland).8. a. The efficient number of DVDs is three. Total surplus would be the sum of theroommat es’ willingness to pay (38 + 26 + 18 = 82) minus the cost of the DVDs(15 + 15 + 15 = 45) which is 37.b. Quentin would want 4 DVDs; Spike would prefer 3; Ridley wants 2; Martin wants 1;and Steven does not want to buy a DVD.c. The preference of the median roommate (Ridley) is 2 DVDs.d. Quentin and Spike would vote for 3 DVDs, but the other three roommates wouldvote for 2 DVDs.e. No. Any other option besides 2 DVDs would get fewer votes.f. No. The provision of the public good will likely be determined by thepreferences of the median voter. This may or may not be the efficient outcome.9. More than likely, the two stands will locate at the center of the beach. Thus,they will always be closest for at least half of the beach goers. This is related to the median voter theorem.10. a. Assuming the needy person is a rational consumer, he would use the cash tomaximize his utility and purchase what he needs most.b. The soup kitchen may be better than the cash handout if the government does nothave complete information about how the needy person will spend the cash. That is, rather than the possibility of the needy person spending the cash on drugs or alcohol, the government can be certain the needy person is getting food from the soup kitchen.c. The soup kitchen may be better than the cash handout based on behavioraleconomics because people aren't always rational and the needy person may spend the cash on something he doesn't need as much as food.。
经济学习笔记第22章微观经济学前沿一、重要名词解释道德风险：一个没有受到完全监督的人从事不诚实或不合意行为的倾向。
代理人：一个为另一个人（称为委托人）完成某种行为的人。
委托人：让另一个人（称为代理人）完成某种行为的人。
逆向选择：从无信息一方的角度看，无法观察到的特征组合变为不合意的倾向。
发信号：有信息的一方向无信息的一方披露自己私人信息所釆取的行动。
筛选：无信息的一方所采取的引起有信息的一方披露信息的行动。
政治经济学：用经济学的分析方法研究政府。
康多塞悖论：多数原则没有产生可传递的社会偏好。
阿罗不可能性定理：一个数学结论，它表明在某些假设条件之下，没有一种方案能把个人偏好加总为一组正当的社会偏好。
中值选民定理：一个数学结论，表明如果要选民沿着一条线选一个点，而且每个选民都想选离他最偏好的点最近的点，那么多数原则将选出中值选民最偏好的点。
行为经济学：经济学中将心理学的观点考虑进来的分支学科。
二、重要摘抄1.人们在获得与相互影响相关的知识上的差别被称为信息不对称。
如果委托人不能完全监督代理人的行为，代理人就倾向于不会像委托人期望的那样努力，雇主可以用各种方法对这个问题做出反应：更好的监督、高工资、延期支付等。
2.一个男人为给他的女朋友买什么礼物而发愁。
“我知道了，我应该给她现金，这样她就可以买任何她想要的礼物了。
”于是，他被甩了。
人们通常比其他人更知道自己的偏好，因此我们可以预期每个人对现金的偏好都大于实物。
送礼的一种解释是，礼物反映了不对称信息和发信号。
他的女朋友希望通过礼物知道他是否爱她的信息，为她选择一件好礼物是他的爱的信号。
可以肯定，挑选一件礼物而不是直接给现金的行动才能成为一个适当的信号。
其代价是高昂的（需要时间），而且它的代价取决于私人信息（他多爱她）。
如果他是真的爱她，选择一件好礼物就不难，因为他时刻在想着她。
送现金的行为表明他甚至懒得去试一试。
3.尽管不对称信息可以在一些情况下要求政府有所作为，但以下三个事实使这个问题复杂化了：第一，私人市场有时可以用发信号和筛选的组合，从而依靠自己解决不对称信息问题。
第22章微观经济学前沿一、单项选择题1、Judy想避免买一辆二手车。
在她购车之前，她把她想买的车给她的机械师。
这称为（）A . 道德风险。
B . 逆向选择。
C．发信号。
D．筛选。
2、Chris是一家服装公司的推销员。
在这种雇佣关系中，Chris是（）A . 委托人。
B. 代理人。
C . 发信号者。
D.筛选者。
3、为了使信号有效，以下哪一种关于用来透露私人信息的信号的说法是正确的？（）A.它对有信息的一方应该是免费的。
B．它对有信息的一方应该是有代价的，但对有高质量物品的一方应该是低成本的。
C. 它应该是“在电视上看到的”。
D. 它应该适用于便宜的物品。
4、以下哪一项不是企业用来避免雇佣关系中道德风险问题的方法？（）A．支付高于均衡工资的工资。
B．在车间安装隐蔽的摄像机。
C. 为自己的员工购买人寿保险。
D.向雇员支付年终奖金之类的延期报酬。
5、以下哪一项最好地证明了道德风险问题？（）A.Karen不买医疗保险，因为这种保险太贵了，而且，她是健康的。
B.Rachel选择上受人尊敬的学院。
C．Dick在购买了汽车保险后更不怕风险地开车。
D.人寿保险公司在出售保险之前强迫Fred检查身体。
6、在两两多数投票时，如果对A的偏好大于B，对B的偏好大于C，那么，对A的偏好应该大于C。
这称为（）A、确定性特征。
B．传递性特征。
C. 独立性特征。
D. 不可能性特征。
二、判断题1、信息不对称是指在交易中一个人对交易如何进行知道得比另一个人多。
（）2、在委托-代理关系中，委托人代表代理人完成某项工作。
（）3、雇主会为了避免雇佣关系中怠工成本引起的道德风险而支付高于均衡工资的工资。
（）4、为了避免逆向选择问题，保险公司对其未来客户进行筛选，以发现隐蔽的健康问题。
（）5、当信号对行业中所有企业都无成本时，发出传递高质量的信号最有效。
（）6、康多塞悖论表明，多数原则总能告诉我们社会实际上想要的结果。
（）7、阿罗不可能性定理证明，没有一种投票制度能满足完美投票制度所要求的性质。
