Review of elasticity concepts The popular image of Wal-Mart Stores has in part been defined by its vast consumer discounting on one side, and alleged stinginess.

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Review of elasticity concepts The popular image of Wal-Mart Stores has in part been defined by its vast consumer discounting on one side, and alleged stinginess like scant employee health benefits on the other. Yesterday, those stories intersected when the retailing behemoth said it was cutting the cost of some generic drugs to just $4 for a 30-day supply. Starting yesterday with 65 stores around Tampa Bay, Fla., and with a plan to expand elsewhere in the state later this year, Wal-Mart will apply its purchasing and distribution prowess to lowering the prices of about 150 different existing drugs to about 20% lower than existing prices, The Wall Street Journal says. And the savings on some drugs will be considerable. The $4 for 850 milligrams of diabetes treatment metformin compares with $17.72 at other Florida stores and $28.19 at Walgreen, the Journal says.

For simplicity, assume that consumers take brand name drugs and their generic equivalents to treat existing medical conditions in all the questions that follow. 1.Wal-Mart’s decision to lower the price of generic drugs to $4 is best represented as a A)Downward movement along the supply curve for generic drugs B)Shift of the supply curve to the left for generic drugs C)Shift of the supply curve to the right for generic drugs D)Shift of the demand curve to the right for generic drugs E)None of the above

2.Consumers’ demand for the generic drugs whose prices Wal-Mart is reducing is most likely A)perfectly elastic B)Elastic C)Unit-elastic D)Inelastic E)Perfectly inelastic

Building on you answer to Q2, in the wake of Wal-Mart’s decision to lower generic drug prices, the quantity of generic drugs demanded is most likely to A)Increase dramatically B)Increase slightly C)Not change D)Decrease slightly E)Decrease dramatically

Once the market for generic drugs adjusts, Wal-Mart’s revenue from generic drug sales is most likely to A)Increase dramatically B)Increase slightly C)Not change D)Decrease decrease slightly E)Decrease dramatically

We our answers to the previous questions could be more precise in if we knew the A)Price elasticity of supply for generic drugs B)Income elasticity of generic drugs C)Price elasticity of demand for generic drugs D)Cross-price elasticity of demand for generic and brand name drugs E)Prices of the brand name drug equivalents

As a result of Wal-Mart’s decision to reduce the price of generic drugs, the demand for brand-name substitutes is most likely to A)Increase B)Decrease C)Stay the same D)Become more elastic E)None of the above

Making Decisions Chapter 7 September 26

Assignment for Next Lecture Submit Homework 7 on ‘Homework Assignment’ by Wednesday at 11:55 PM Read Chapter 8 Topics Next Time –The Firm’s Cost Structure

In This Lecture Making Decisions on the Margin Nature of Costs Present Value

The Context of Decision-making My decision of what to do doesn’t affect the decisions of others -- perfect competition (Ch. 7) Strategic decisions and Manipulation (Ch ) Decisions under Risk and Uncertainty (Ch. 18)

Benefits and Costs from different perspectives Benefits –Consumers: the value or enjoyment of the consumption derived from the ownership of the good –Producers: revenues from the sale of a good Costs (opportunity costs) –Consumers: what you have to pay for the good –Producers: what you had to paid to acquire or produce the good

Cost Considerations What is Appropriate? Explicit and Implicit Costs Accounting and Economic Profits Sunk Costs

Explicit and Implicit Costs Explicit Costs: ‘out of pocket’ expenditures on the activity -- cost of a concert ticket or the wages you pay to your employees Implicit Costs: not a monetary outlay but the value of a forgone activity -- forgone wages when attending college or forgone rental income from the ownership of a capital asset

Accounting Profits versus Economic Profits Accounting Profits: the firm’s revenue minus its explicit costs and depreciated cost of capital Economic Profits: the firm’s revenue minus its opportunity costs (includes its explicit costs plus the implicit cost of capital and the owner’s time)

Example -- Self Owned Business Accounting Profits Total Sales$100,000 Total Costs Wages to Employees$40,000 Rent for Building$10,000 Depreciation on Computers $3,000 Total$53,000 Profits$47,000 Economic Profits Total Sales$100,000 Total Costs Wages to Employees$40,000 Rent for Building$10,000 Rental Value of Computers $5,000 Opportunity Cost Your Time $50,000 Total$105,000 Profits-$5,000

Clicker time You decide to quit your $60,000 per year job as an information-technology specialist and illustrate children’s books. At the end of the first year of illustrating, you have earned $20,000. You also spent $5,000 for paint and paper. Your economic profit is: A)$15,000 B)$20,000 C)-$40,000 D)-$45,000

Sunk Costs A cost that has been incurred and can’t be recovered Example: I bought a ticket for a ND football game for $47.14 and on the night of the game there is a rain storm. Should the cost of the ticket enter my decision whether to go to the concert? Example: The government has completed one half of a dam and finds that the cost of completing the dam is three times what was originally estimated. Should the cost of the already completed portion of the dam influence its decision whether to complete the dam?

The Role of Marginal Analysis: When to use it Either Or Decisions? –Should I go to college or not? –Should I start a business or go to work for someone else? –Should I buy CDs or go to a concert? How Much? –Which college should I enroll at? –What kind of business should I start? –How many CDs should I purchase? Use marginal analysis for the “How Much” decisions

Living on the Margin: The Principle of Marginal Analysis The Principle of Marginal Analysis: The optimal a level of activity is the quantity at which the marginal benefit is equal to the marginal cost. Marginal Benefit = Marginal Cost

Discrete Example: buying a good at a constant $3 price QTBMB0 10= = = = = = QTCMC0 3= = = = = = NB

Graphical Illustration of a Continuous Example Donuts $ Total Costs Total Benefits QMQM Would the individual decide upon Q M number of donuts? At Q M, total benefits are maximized and the cost don’t exceed the benefits. Is the principle of marginal analysis satisfied at Q M ? At Q M the individuals net benefit (total benefits - total costs = surplus) would be zero. Couldn’t the individual gain more surplus by reducing the number of donuts chosen? Net Benefits (Surplus)

Donuts $ Total Costs Total Benefits QMQM Net Benefits (Surplus) Donuts $ QMQM Q* Q1Q1 At Q 1 the slope of the net benefit function is positive implying that an increase in Q will increase net benefits Q2Q2 At Q 2 the slope of the net benefit function is negative implying that an increase in Q will reduce net benefits, so it is best to reduce Q Net Benefits At Q*, the slope is zero and NB is maximized

Maximizing Net Benefits Net benefits are maximized when the slope of the net benefit function is zero. This happens when the marginal benefit = the marginal cost. WhereNB = Net Benefits TB = Total Benefits depends upon Q TC = Total Costs depends upon Q MB = Marginal Benefit (change in TB for a change in Q) MC = Marginal Cost (Change in TC for a change in Q)

Marginal Benefit = Marginal Cost Donuts $ Total Costs Total Benefits QMQM Donuts $ QMQM Q* MB MC At Q M MC > MB implies if the individual reduces Q the reduction in cost will greater than the loss in benefits -- net benefits rise! Q1Q1 At Q 1 MB > MC implying that if the individual increases Q then additional benefits will exceed the additional costs -- net benefits rise At Q*, the net benefits are maximized. This is the optimal quantity! Note Slope of TB is falling Note Slope of TC is rising

Present Value at Work

Structured Settlement Suppose as part of the settlement of a legal suit, I promise to pay you $100 next year. But you want the money today -- you have expenses now. How much can you borrow against the promise of $100 a year from now? For every dollar you borrow (B) you will have to pay back that dollar and the interest you have to pay on the loan. Assuming you can borrow at r percent your total payment would be equal to B + r B = B(1+r) which must be equal to promise of $100. Consequently you can borrow B = $100/(1+r) = present value of the $100

Present Value Assuming a constant rate of interest r, if I t is the amount of income in the time period t, then the present value is

Example 1: Cashing out a future settlement I 0 = 0I 1 = 150I 2 = 175 r = 0% (.00) r = 5% (.05) r = 10% (.10)

Example 2: Current Investment with Future Benefits (NB = Benefit - Cost) NB 0 = -100NB 1 = 40NB 2 = 75 r = 0% (.00) r = 5% (.05) r = 10% (.10)