Mankiw – Chapter 13 SOLUTIONS TO TEXT PROBLEMS: Quick Quizzes 1. Farmer McDonald’s opportunity cost is $300‚ consisting of 10 hours of lessons at $20 an hour that he could have been earning plus $100 in seeds. His accountant would only count the explicit cost of the seeds ($100). If McDonald earns $200 from selling the crops‚ then McDonald earns a $100 accounting profit ($200 sales minus $100 cost of seeds) but makes an economic loss of $100 ($200 sales minus $300 opportunity cost). 2. Farmer
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Financial Management : BSA 554 September 11‚ 2012 Dr. Chung Kwon Q1.2 Explain how the valuation model given in Equation 1.2 could be used to describe the integrated nature of managerial decision making across the functional areas of business. ANSWER: This expanded equation can be used to examine how the expected value maximization model relates to a firm’s various functional departments. The marketing department of a firm has a major responsibility for sales‚ the production department a major
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Answer No. 1 Production possibility curve is a particular form of curve‚ which shows the possibility of production in a particular economy (Gwartney‚ Stroup‚ Sobel‚ Macpherson p.28). In an economy‚ the resources are scarce‚ therefore‚ it is important for the economy to make sure that‚ it keeps a balance between the productions and utilizes its resources appropriately. If the production possibility curve of an economy will move outwards then‚ the long run supply curve will have a positive change
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Accounting 3 & 4 Exercises Set # 1 Lee E. 1. Fred has owned and operated a sole proprietorship for several years. On January 1‚ he decides to terminate this business and become a partner in the firm Sears and Roebucks. Fred’s investment in the partnership consists of P12‚000 in cash‚ and the following assets of the proprietorship: accounts receivable P14‚000 less allowance for doubtful accounts of P2‚000‚ and equipment P20‚000 less accumulated depreciation of P4‚000. It is agreed that the allowance
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Power and Politics: Questions and Answers University of Phoenix Organizational Behavior and Group Dynamics MGT/307 Dorothy Cummings October 29‚ 2011 Power and Politics: Questions and Answers Very often power and politics are considered to be essential elements in the development of an organization‚ and although both are separate entities‚ power and politics are necessary for an organization to effectively manage its operations. Because power and politics play such a mitigating role in the
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Fall 2014 PPPM 331 Environmental Management On the day of the exam‚ ten of the twenty questions below will be selected for you to select‚ and write‚ on five. Begin each question on a new sheet of the paper provided. 1. What would be the role and responsibility of a sustainability director (environmental manager) in a progressive city and/or a visionary university? -To account for their emissions. To reduce environmental impacts as well as their own operating costs. ~ Minimize the
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BIOAP 458‚ 2012 Name: _______________________ Raw Score: ________/ 102‚ ________% PROBLEM SET 7 Cardiac Electrophysiology 1) (8 pts.) Match the most appropriate pairs _F__ AV node (atrioventricular node) _E__ gap junctions _G__ action potential generated by ventricular myocytes _H__ functions as the pacemaker of the whole heart _D__ calcium _C__ Bachmann’s bundle _A__ Bundle of His _B__ action potential generated by pacemakers Prof. Beyenbach VRT 8014 A. ventricular conduction system that distributes
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PARTNERSHIP Partnership is defined as a relation between persons who have agreed to share the profits and losses of a business carried on by all of them or any of them acting for all‚ on a pre agreed profit sharing ratio. The main types of partnerships are general partnership‚ limited partnership and Joint venture. General Partnership is a partnership in which all the partners share equal responsibilities and liabilities in the partnership firm/company. The main characteristic of general partnership
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Problem Set 3 Name Problem Set 3 is to be completed by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module/Week 6. 1. Data for the market for graham crackers is shown below. Calculate the elasticity of demand between the following prices. Price of crackers Quantity Demanded (per month) $3 80 $2.5 120 $2 160 $1.5 200 $1 240 $1.00 - $1.50: ___$-0.45________________________________ $1.50 - $2.00: ____$_-0.77______________________________ $2.00 - $2.50: _____$_-1.28_____________________________ $2.50 - $3.00: ____$_-2
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Economics 500 – Problem Set #3 Consider a firm producing an output Q using the two inputs “labor” (L) and “capital” (K) according to the production function Q = K.5L.5 (i.e.‚ the amount of output produced Q is equal to the square root of K times the square root of L). Suppose that the firm is in a short-run situation in which K is fixed at one unit (K = 1) but labor is variable. Suppose that the user cost of capital‚ r‚ is $48 for each unit of K and that the wage rate‚ w‚ the cost of one unit
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