Bill and Bob are both 25 years old today. Each wants to begin saving for his retirement. Both plan on contributing a fixed amoun
t each year into brokerage accounts that have annual returns of 12 percent. Both plan on retiring at age 65, 40 years from today, and both want to have $3 million saved by age 65. The only difference is that Bill wants to begin saving today, whereas Bob wants to begin saving one year from today. In other words, Bill plans to make 41 total contributions (t = 1, 2,.. 40).
How much more than Bill will Bob need to save each year in order to accumulate the same amount as Bill does by age 65?
How much more than Bill will Bob need to save each year in order to accumulate the same amount as Bill does by age 65?
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Answer:
a. Decrease
b. Decline
c. Exit
d. No change
Explanation:
The market for gourmet chocolate is in the long-run equilibrium, and an economic downturn has caused the consumer disposable income to fall. Chocolate is a normal good, and the chocolate producers have identical cost structures.
a. This decline in the consumer income will reduce the purchasing power of the consumers. As a result, the demand will decrease. The demand curve will move to the left.
b. This leftward shift in the demand curve will cause the price to decline, As the price falls, the profits earned by the producers will decline as well.
c. In the long run, the firms operate at zero economic profits. So a decline in profits imply that the firms are operating at an economic loss. This will cause the loss incurring firms to exit the market.
d. The long run supply curve will remain the same. It is not affected by change in profits, it changes only with change in the state of technology or availability of resources.
