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MS-09 Management Programme ASSIGNMENT SECOND SEMESTER 2013 MS-09: Managerial Economics School of Management Studies INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI β 110 068 ASSIGNMENT Course Code : MS-9 Course Title : Managerial Economics Assignment Code : 9/TMA/SEM-II/2013 Coverage : All Blocks Note: Attempt all the questions and submit this assignment on or before 31st October, 2013 to the coordinator of your study centre. 1. Explain the discounting principle. Using the discounting principle calculate the present value of an annuity of five years at Rs. 500 payments made at the end of each of the next five years at 10% interest. 2. With reference to the marketing approach of demand measurement explain any two important sources of data used in demand forecasting. 3. How are Isoquants different from Isocost? Illustrate using graphs. 4. βAn analytical tool frequently employed by managerial economists is the break even chart, an important application of cost functions.β Discuss this statement giving examples from any firm. 5. Describe how oligopolistic competition exists in the real world giving examples from FMCG Companies. 6. Write short notes on the following: (a) Product Differentiation (b) Equi - Marginal Principle (c) The Price Elasticity of Demand