| INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMETRICS | Macroeconomic Indicators | | Abstract The purpose of this report is to identify whether a relationship exists between macroeconomic variables and stock exchange returns in the Pakistani capital market. The techniques of multiple linear regression will be applied to understand if there is indeed a link between the two. The time series data being analyzed is on a monthly basis and spans from January 2003 to January 2009. The indicators taken as the independent
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Question 1. List the two things that GDP measures. How can GDP measures two things at once? GDP measures the total economy income and total output of goods and services. The reason why GDP measures two things at once is that the output of goods and services and total income‚ quantitatively‚ are the same. For instance‚ every dollar of expenditure by a buyer must become a dollar of income to a seller. 2. What does the consumer price index measure? How is it different from the GDP deflator? Consumer
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Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Exam: Macroeconomics 3.1 Practice Exam Code: not applicable (Practice Exam) Coordinator: Prof. dr. E.J. Bartelsman Date: not applicable (Practice Exam) Time: not applicable (Practice Exam) Duration: 2 hours and 45 minutes Calculator allowed: No Graphical calculator allowed: No Number of questions: 8 (4 True/False/Uncertain Questions‚ 2 Short Problems‚ 2 Long Problems) Type of questions:
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Are Wars Necessary? I think‚ there are quite few people who actually believe that the war is something good‚ wholesome and useful. It is and has always been one of the worst and most disgusting‚ destructive events that can happen. But it is to the same degree wrong to accuse it of all the deadly sins existing in the world. Although war is always evil‚ sometimes it is the lesser evil‚ in some cases it is inevitable. I‚ of course‚ don’t support the idea that the war is necessary in socio-economical
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Recessions are generally believed to be caused by a widespread drop in spending. Beginning in the United States in December 2007 the industrialized world has been undergoing a recession‚ a pronounced deceleration of economic activity. The financial crisis has been linked to reckless and unsustainable lending practices resulting from the deregulation and securitization of real estate mortgages in the United States. Whatever the cause‚ there is one question that has been getting the least amount of
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Amber Raw Macroeconomics Week 11 Final Exam March 18‚ 2011 1. When gasoline prices go up many things can happen. There are two things that can happen either people will drive as less as possible or people don’t care and just keep paying whatever the oil company wants. Most of the time people will try an save as much as possible. When that happens the supply usually goes up because the demand will go down because people will try and not buy gasoline as much‚ however if the people don’t try and
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1) Use the AS/AD framework to show the separate effects on GDP‚ inflation and public sector borrowing on any single national economy of: a) cut in public spending b) an increase in the rate of VAT (sales tax) c) a slowdown in the GDP growth of less developed economies. (Make sure that you include clear and appropriate diagrams for this question) According to Begg and Ward (2009) fiscal policy is the government’s decisions regarding taxation and spending to influence level
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Institute of Management & Technology‚ Faridabad Economic Recession in India and Survival strategies (Technical Session III) Kavita Verma DAV Centenary College‚ Faridabad Verma_ruby123@rediffmail.com OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY To study the impact of recession on Indian economy I.Positive Impact II.Negative Impact To study the survival strategies for 1.Individual 2.Investor 3.Employee 4.Employer THE RECESSION India is facing the position of recession as globalization showing its negative scenario. As it
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Simple‚ natural‚ and affectionate. These kind words don’t seem to describe the face of a killer‚ but this would be proven wrong as the character of Dorian Gray would end up living a violent and scandalous life. Scenes of violence not only make a work of literary merit all the more interesting‚ but they give the characters of the novel a new dimension to the readers that can’t always be seen by other characters as illustrated in The Picture of Dorian Gray. Dorian’s first scene of violence
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ECO 111 Answer Key – WA#1 1. The "invisible hand" of the marketplace represents the idea that even though individuals and firms all act in their own self-interest‚ prices and the marketplace guide them to do what is good for society as a whole. Note: the “invisible hand” does not guarantee equilibrium. At the same time‚ it does not imply wealth redistribution – which is the worst thing for any economy. The easiest way to understand wealth redistribution is with the following example: suppose
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