MCO-21 EM 2026 SOLVED ASSIGNMENT

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TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT

Course Code: MCO – 21

Course Title : MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS

Assignment Code :MCO-21 /TMA/2026

All Blocks Maximum Marks: 100 Attempt all the questions.

1 Explain the nature, scope, and significance of Managerial Economics. Discuss how economic theory and tools assist managers in rational decision-making under conditions of risk and uncertainty, with suitable illustrations from business practice.

Q2 a) Define demand and discuss the major determinants of demand for a consumer durable product. Using appropriate examples, explain how changes in income and prices of related goods influence demand decisions of a firm.

b) Differentiate between price elasticity of demand, income elasticity of demand, and cross elasticity of demand. Explain the managerial significance of each type of elasticity in business decision-making

. Q. 3 a) Explain the concept of production and discuss the law of variable proportions. Analyse its relevance for short-run production decisions of a manufacturing firm.

b) Explain economies of scale and diseconomies of scale and how these concepts influence long-run production and cost decisions.

Q4 a) Discuss the various cost concepts used in managerial decision-making. Explain the behaviour of costs in the short run and long run, highlighting their relevance for pricing and output decisions.

b) Compare perfect competition and monopoly market structures with reference to price determination, output decisions, and profit conditions.

Q5  Explain the concept of profit maximisation as an objective of the firm. Critically examine business objectives such as sales maximisation and growth maximisation in the context of modern business enterprises.