In purely competitive markets, long-run equilibrium can be disrupted by a change in consumer demand. Over time, though, producers will reallocate resources so that price equals and allocative efficiency is restored

Ronald works for a small biotech firm. when the firm presents the results of its clinical trials to the fda, ronald realizes that the results are not accurate. he reports this to the fda. ronald is a(n)

Emery pharmaceutical uses an unstable chemical compound that must be kept in an environment where both temperature and humidity can be controlled. emery uses 825 pounds per month of the chemical, estimates the holding cost to be 50% of the purchase price (because of spoilage), and estimates order costs to be $48 per order. the cost schedules of two suppliers are as follows: vendor 1 vendor 2 quantity price/lb quantity price/lb 1-499 $17 1-399 $17.10 500-999 $16.75 400-799 $16.85 1000+ $16.50 800-1199 $16.60 1200+ $16.25 (a) what is the economic order quantity for each supplier? (b) what quantity should be ordered and which supplier should be used? (c) the total cost for the most economic order sire is $

How might non-industrialized countries be impacted by the foreign exchange market?