MICROECONOMICS FOR TODAY (LL)-W/MINDTAP
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ISBN: 9781337739115
Author: Tucker
Publisher: CENGAGE L
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Chapter 14, Problem 5SQP
To determine
The inefficiencies in the instructor’s approach.
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Switzerland has over 500 watch
manufacturers. Most of them are quite small
and they cluster around the so-called "Watch
Valley" which is an area covering the Jura
Mountains from Geneva to Basel. Swiss
watches dominate the world's fine watch
market.
a) Explain how geographic clustering of the
Swiss watch industry helps to create external
economies of scale.
b) It is quite possible that some other country
has a lower average cost curve for watch
production (e.g. due to lower wages). Yet
Switzerland continues to be the world's
largest producer and exporter of fine watches.
Explain why external EOS have a tendency to
cause established pattern of production and
trade to be "locked in."
Explain in brief.
a) Why government should intervention in a monopoly market.
b) Give a practical example of government intervention in the monopoly market.
Chapter 14 Solutions
MICROECONOMICS FOR TODAY (LL)-W/MINDTAP
Ch. 14.2 - Prob. 1.1GECh. 14.2 - Prob. 1.2GECh. 14.2 - Prob. 1.3GECh. 14.2 - Prob. 2.1GECh. 14.2 - Prob. 2.2GECh. 14.2 - Prob. 2.3GECh. 14.2 - Prob. 2.4GECh. 14 - Prob. 1SQPCh. 14 - Prob. 2SQPCh. 14 - Prob. 3SQP
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