List of cases & examples

Session 2 & 3:

1. Bad weather and high demand send wheat prices soaring_Salvatore 2009_ Micro_example
1.1_page 9.

2. Water Rationing in the West_ Salvatore_2009 5th ed._micro_Ex. 3-5, p.71-72.

3. Higher alcohol prices would sharply reduce youth alcohol use and traffic deaths_
Salvatore_2009 5th ed _micro_Ex. 4-2, p.88-89.

4. Giffen Behavior Found_ Salvatore_2009 5th ed _micro_Ex. 4-4, p.96.

5. Demand for Big Macs_ Salvatore_2009 5th ed _micro_Example 5-1, p-117-118

6. The Law of Demand in Perkasie, Pennysylavania_Petersen and Lewis (2001-4th

edition)_Managerial Eco, p. 73.

Session 4:

1. Price elasticity for clothing increases with time_example 5-2, Salvatore 2009, Micro, P.124-125.

2. European cars are luxuries, flour is an inferior good_example 5.3, Salvatore, Micro, P.127-128.

3. Engel’s Law After a Century_ Salvatore 2009_micro_Ex. 4-1, p.83-84

4. Margarine and butter are substitutes, entertainment and food are complements_ example 5.4,
Salvatore 2009, Micro, P.129-130.

5. The Market Demand for Tests_Petersen and Lewis (2001-4th edition)_Managerial Eco, p. 76-77.

6. How much tuition for college students_Petersen and Lewis (2001- 4th edition)Managerial Eco, p.
90.

7. Engels’s Law and the Plight of the Farmer_Petersen and Lewis (2001)_Manag Eco_P. 92-93.

Session 5 & 6:

1. The marketing revolution with micromarketing_Salvatore 2009, Micro, P.137-139.

2. Empirical estimation of demand by regression analysis_Appendix, Salvatore 2009, Micro, P.142-

144.

3. Using elasticities in decision making_Petersen and Lewis (2001)_Manag Eco_P. 95-96.

4. The value of a poor administrator_Petersen and Lewis (2001)_Manag Eco_P. 122-123.

Session 7:

1. The Economics of US Farm Support Programs_Salvatore (2009)_ micro_Example 2-3, P-

37-39
2. 3. Working through the market with an excise tax_Programs_Salvatore (2009)_ micro_Example
2-4, P-39-41.
 3. 4. Appendix: the algebra of demand, supply, and equilibrium_Salvatore 2009 _ micro_P- 45-48.
4. 5. Advertising and the Price of Potatoes: A quantitative analysis_Thomas and Maurice
(2006)_Managerial Eco_ Pp. 67 &70.

Session 8 & 9:

1. Trading traveling time for gasoline consumption on the nation’s

highways_Salvatore_micro_2009_P. 191-192.

2. Least-cost combination of gasoline and driving time_Salvatore_ micro_2009_P. 222-223.

Session 10:

1. General Motors Decides Smaller is Better, Salavatore (2003), p. 210.

2. Output elasticity of labour and capital and returns to scale in US and Canadian
manufacturing_Salvatore_micro_2009 fifth edition_p. 208-209.

Session 11 & 12:

1. Per-unit cost curves in corn production and in travelling Salvatore_2009)_micro_p. 217-218.

2. Long run Average cost curve in Electricity Generation, Salvatore (2009)_micro_p. 227-228.

3. The minimum efficient scale in various US food industries_ Salvatore (2009)_micro_p. 229-230.

4. Learning curve for the Lockheed L-1011 aircraft and for semiconductors_ Salvatore
(2009)_micro_p. 233-234.

5. Minimising costs internationally- the new economies of scale_ Salvatore (2009)_micro_p. 234-
236.

6. Supply curve of petroleum from Tar Sands_Salvatore_micro_2009_P.256-257.

7. The short-run world supply curve of copper_Salvatore_micro_2009_P. 258-259

8. The Shape of the Long-run Average Cost Curves in Various Industries, Salvatore (2003), p. 248-
249.

Session 13 & 14

1. Marginal analysis in TV advertising_Salvator 2009_micro_p.12-13.

2. Competition in the New York stock market_Salvatore_micro _2009_P. 246-247.

3. New markets and new competition on the internet_Salvatore _micro_2009_P. 274.

4. Auctioning Airwaves_Salvatore_micro_2009_P. 275-276.

5. Texas Instruments’ exit from home computer market_Petersen & Lewis (1999)_Mang
Eco_P.318-319.

6. Credit cards and perfect competition_ Petersen & Lewis (1999)_Mang Eco_P.313
 7. Credit cards, perfect completion, and high interest rates_Petersen & Lewis (1999)_Mang
Eco_P.324.

Session 15 & 16:

1. Barriers to entry and monopoly by Alcoa_Salvatore (2009)_micro_p. 287.

2. De Beers abandons its diamond monopoly_Salvatore (2009)_micro_p. 291.

3. Monopoly profits in the New York city taxi industry_Salvatore (2009)_micro_p. 300-301.

4. Estimate of the social cost of monopoly in the US_industry_ Salvatore (2009)_micro_p. 303.

5. Bundling in the Leasing of Movies_Salvatore (2009)_micro_p. 313-314.

6. Near-Monopoly lands Microsoft in the courts_Salvatore (2009)_micro_p. 318-319.

Session 17, 18 & 19

1. Advertisers are taking on competitors by name … and are being sued_Salvatore 2009, P. 329.

2. Something is rigid in Denmark_Petersen & Lewis_1999_P. 350.

3. Reestablishing price discipline in the steel industry_Petersen & Lewis_1999_P. 359.

4. The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Cartel_Salvatore 2009, P. 339.

5. Example 11-4: Firm size and profitability_Salvatore, 2009_P. 346.

6. Example 11-5: Globalisation of the Automobile industry_Salvatore, 2009_P. 354-355.

7. Example 11-6: Rising Competition in Global Banking_Salvatore, 2009_P. 355-356.