St Atanagio is a remote island in the Atlantic. The inhabitants grow corn and breed poultry. The accompanying table shows the maximum annual output combinations of corn and poultry that can be produced. Obviously‚ given their limited resources and available technology‚ as they use more of their resources for corn production‚ there are fewer resources available for breeding poultry. Maximum annual output options Quantity of Corn (pounds) Quantity of Poultry (pounds) 1 1200 0 2 1000 300
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Question 2: (a) Suppose the income elasticity of demand for pre-recorded music compact disks is +5.0 and the income elasticity of demand for a cabinet maker’s work is +0.5. Compare the impact on pre-recorded music compact disks and the cabinet maker’s work of a recession that reduces consumer incomes by 10 per cent. (2 marks) (b) How might you determine whether the pre-recorded music compact discs and MP3 music players are in competition with each other? (2 marks) (c) Interpret the following
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a) The price of natural gas‚ a resource used by manufacturers throughout the United States‚ doubles. Price increases because‚ the companies that sell the spiral notebooks need to mark up their price in order to keep afloat with the rising cost of natural gas. Demand is not affected. The determinant for demand on the TRIBE chart in this scenario would be related goods and services‚ since the price for a good that is used to produce spiral notebooks is increasing‚ thus leading to an increase in the
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In a capitalist system such as the one in the US‚ everything is controlled by supply and demand. When there is a scarcity of a specific object/service‚ the demand for it is higher. A savvy businessperson will recognize the demand and will offer the product/service. Major chain stores are included in this system; they recognize a demand and try to fill it. As a simplistic example: town A has no pizza store. Mr. B realizes that people would like to be able to eat in a local pizzeria‚ so he opens
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NZ farmers hit by worst drought in 30 years Introduction Major dairy exporter New Zealand has joined a growing list of agricultural countries being sucked dry by a drought - its worst in 30 years - with the government warning of higher global milk prices. Market for milk when drought occurs in New Zealand 1. There are higher global milk prices. Due to drought in New Zealand crops that are produce for cow is sucked dry. Higher prices of crops will result in higher cost of maintaining
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1. The securities‚ intermediaries‚ and markets that exist to match savers and borrowers comprise the financial ________. a. system b. market c. economy d. security • 2. A contract in which a borrower promises to compensate the lender in the future is called a financial ________. a. stock b. debt c. investment d. security • 3. A contract that makes the owner of a security a part owner of the company that issued the security is known
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There is often a trade-off between equity (fairness) and efficiency • gain from trade are the advantages of specialization • economies normally move toward equilibrium • Three basic econ. questions - What to produce? How to produce? For Whom? • Three economic system ➢ all of it answer those 3 basic econ. questions ➢ types - traditional‚ command/planned‚ market ➢ most of the country are mixed economies (more than one type) Chapter 2 : Economic Models Trade-offs and Trade •
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presentation outlines essentially 3 approaches to fighting cancer: a) reduction of cancer risks‚ b) correction of cancer genes‚ and c) destruction of cancerous tissue. 3. In the Individual Assigntment 3: 10 Discoveries in the War on Cancer document is a set of 10 scientists’ discoveries. Scan the discoveries briefly. Then open the assignment submission link in Module/Week 4. In the text box‚ number from 1 to 10 for the 10 discoveries listed below. 4. Now reflect carefully on the first discovery (#1)
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physically training – single or multiple sets. We all have friends who spend at least three hours in the gym and others‚ who only spend about thirty minutes to an hour. Is it safe to argue the person in the gym for three hours is doing multiple sets‚ while the person in the gym for an hour is only doing a single set? Probably not because no one knows how many exercises the athlete is actually doing. The real discussion comes down to single or multiple sets‚ which is the better of the two for optimal
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