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一、请用福利经济学的原理分析,市场经济是不是有效率的。

二、假设竞争性厂商使用一种生产要素进行短期生产,(1)其实现利润最大化的条件是什么?

(2)请用产量-要素二维平面来说明厂商使用生产要素的最优条件。(请参考消费者选择理论)

三、假设大陆和香港开放自由贸易,大陆和香港都生产并消费奶粉和粮食,其总是先通过出

售一单位粮食或奶粉来获得收入再进行购买。(1)大陆对香港奶粉的需求增加,导致香港奶粉价格上涨,请问香港居民的奶粉消费量如何变动?(2)如果香港原来的奶粉生产不足以满足需求,即需要从大陆进口,请问大陆对香港奶粉需求的上升会不会使香港由一个奶粉进口地区变为奶粉出口地区?(3)香港居民的福利是否必然会下降?

四、请问失业、货币政策对经济的影响、经济增长和经济周期、财政政策的乘数效应是否都

能在总供给与总需求的框架下讨论?

五、请写出最简单的总供给曲线,短期中与长期中的总供给曲线是否相同,为什么?短期与

长期的差别是否由于厂商追求利润最大化?

六、给定竞争性厂商的柯布道格拉斯生产函数y=k1/3l1/3,产品的价格为p,工资水平为w,

资本的租赁价格为r,(1)请问该厂商的最优要素使用量是多少?最优产量是多少(2)请问该厂商存不存在供给曲线(即产量对价格的函数),为什么?(3)如果该厂商是非竞争性厂商请问其供给曲线存不存在,为什么?

七、请论述绝对地租的产生原因和条件。

八、请论述简单再生产的实现条件。

PS:以上为本人亲历今年武大考研后回忆的2017年真题,所以可能会有与真题有所出入的地方甚至弄错的地方,望大家谅解。

本人一直觉得网上关于818的资料确实不太多,因此想为以后考研的人做出一点自己的奉献,祝愿你们能够如愿以偿,要相信努力终究会有回报的,加油。

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