John Is Doing Very Well in Intermediate Micro Economics, but Hires

question 32

Essay

John is doing very well in Intermediate Micro economics, but hires a graduate student to spend 1 hour a week with him to do workbook problems together.John always gets every problem correct without help from the graduate student, but he insists on continuing the relationship.Is there a behavioral economic explanation of why this is rational? Explain.

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Definitions:

Standard Costs

Predetermined or estimated costs of manufacturing, selling, or performing a service, used as targets and benchmarks against actual costs.

Direct Labor Rate Variance

The difference between the actual cost of direct labor and the expected (or standard) cost, based on the standard rate and actual hours worked.

Direct Labor Time Variance

A measure used in cost accounting to analyze the difference between actual hours worked and the standard hours expected for a task.

Standard Costs

Predetermined costs assigned to goods and services, used as targets for performance evaluation.