chapter 7 review economics. 1 the person or group that buys a franchise. franchisee
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Chapter 7 Review
Economics
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•The person or group that buys a franchise.
•Franchisee
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•A business owned by two or more co-owners.
•Partnership.
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•Putting forth less than the agreed-to effort.
• shirking
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•An important decision-making body in a corporation.
•Board of directors.
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• A condition in which an owner of a business firm can lose only the amount he or she has invested.
• Limited liability.
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•List the formula for calculating profit or loss.
•TR – TC = profit
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• Many firms make supervisors _________. This means they receive excess profits as income.
• Residual claimants
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• Issuing debt is another name for a _______.
•Bond.
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• A person who owns shares of stock in a corporation.
• Shareholder or stockholder
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•This type of business can sell stocks and bonds.
•Corporation.
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• A law that states that if additional units of one resource are added to another resource in fixed supply, eventually the additional output will decrease.
• Law of diminishing marginal returns.
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• With this type of ownership structure, the profit is taxed only 1 time.
• Sole proprietorship & partnership
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• Income is taxed twice under this type of ownership structure.
•Corporation.
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•List the formula for marginal revenue.
•Change in TR/change in Q = MR
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• A cost that changes with the number of units of a good produced.
• Variable cost.
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• List a benefit of opening a franchise as opposed to a non-franchise business.
• National advertising, established brand
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• A legal entity that can conduct business in its own name in the same way that an individual does.
• Corporation.
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• A business that is owned by one individual who makes all business decisions.
• Sole proprietorship
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• The entity that offers a franchise.
• Franchiser.
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• List the formula for average total cost.
• TC/Q=ATC
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• A contract by which a firm lets a person or group use its name and sell its good in exchange for certain payments & requirements.
• Franchise
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• List the formula for marginal cost.
• Change in TC/change in Q = MC
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• List the three types of ownership structures we discussed in chapter 7.
• Sole proprietorship
• Partnerships
• Corporations
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• List an advantage of the partnership compared to the sole proprietorship.
• More people to help raise capital
• Specialization of labor
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• List additional costs associated with opening & running a franchise.
• Franchise fee
• Royalties
• Meeting franchise standards
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• What is Ralph Nader’s view on social responsibility in business?
• Helping yourself helps others.
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• List an example of a stock market.
• AMEX, NASDAQ, & NYSE
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• When a corporation first sells stock. The stock is being purchased from the corporation, not another investor.
• Initial Public Offering (IPO)
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• A cost or expense that is the same no matter how many units of a good are produced.
• Fixed cost.
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• Joe hired a 10th worker at his small business. He has not seen an increase in production. This is an example of the
• Law of diminishing marginal returns
Chapter 7 Review
True/False Statements
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• Business firms exist whenever people working together can produce more than the sum of what an individual working alone can produce.
• True
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• The person in the firm who shirks his or her duty is called the monitor.
• False
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• Under a sole proprietorship, all decision-making power resides with the board of directors.
• False
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• In a partnership, the benefits of specialization of labor can be realized.
• True
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• Corporations are subject to triple taxation.
• False
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• All businesses have costs, and all costs are the same.
• False
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• Expenses that are the same, no matter how many units of a good are produced, are called fixed costs.
• True
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• Average total cost is total cost divided by variable costs.
• False
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• Marginal cost is the additional cost of producing an additional unit of a good.
• True
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• Marginal revenue is the additional revenue from selling an additional unit of a good.
• True
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• Marginal revenue equals the change in total cost divided by change in total revenue.
• False
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• A firm will produce a good only if a profit will be made.
• True
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• The difference between total cost and total revenue is profit or loss.
• True
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• When one worker leads to an increase in total revenue, this is an example of the law of diminishing returns.
• False