Econ 301 Intermediate Macroeconomics‚ Professor __________ Park University Online‚ Fax _________________ Final Exam (Weight 300 Points) STUDENT’S NAME ______________________________ Multiple choice Questions. (Weight 5 points each) Choose the best answer. 1) The unemployment rate is the number of ? 2) The value of steel sold to an automobile producer is __________ directly included in the GDP because __________. 3) In the simplest Keynesian model of the determination of income‚ interest
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ECON 1. (Demand Under Perfect Competition) what type of demand curve does a perfectly competitive firm face? Why? A horizontal or a perfectly elastic‚ demand curve. A perfectly competitive firm is called a price taker because that firm must “take‚” or accept‚ the market price- as in “take it or leave it.” 2. Explain the different options a firm has to minimize losses in the short run. A firm in perfect competition has no control over the market place. Sometimes that price may be so low
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University of Bahrain College of Business Administration Department of Economics and Finance Econ 341 - Monetary Economics Problem Set 6 (Chapter 22) AlShawa 1. According to the quantity theory of money‚ movements in the price level result * a. solely from changes in the quantity of money. b. primarily from changes in the quantity of money. c. partially from changes in the quantity of money. d. from changes in factors other than the quantity of money. 2. Because Keynes assumed
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Chapter 1 Introduction Multiple-Choice Questions 1) The best definition of economics is A) how choices are made under conditions of scarcity. B) how money is used. C) how goods and services are produced. D) how businesses maximize profits. Answer: A Level of Difficulty: Easy 2) Managerial economics is best defined as the economic study of A) how businesses can make the most profits. B) how businesses can decide on the best use of scarce resources
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Chapter 12 - Money and Banking in the Developing Economy Bimetallic Standard - A monetary system in which a government recognizes coins composed of gold or silver as legal tender. The bimetallic standard backs a unit of currency to a fixed ratio of gold and/or silver. Central Bank - A public institution that manages a state’s currency‚ money supply & interest rates. Central banks also usually oversee the commercial banking system of their respective countries. Recession - A period of slow
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launched a four-year plan to spend $300 billion to modernize its road network‚ power plants and ports (Wikipedia‚ 2010) Brazilians need to know who they are doing business with before they can work effectively. Brazilians prefer face-to-face meetings to written communication as it allows them to know the person with whom they are doing business. The individual they deal with is more important than the company. Since this is a group culture‚ it is important that you do not do anything to embarrass a
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feelings to intervene in that particular economic decision. However‚ that was only two people out of twelve; making it ≈17% which is a very low number. In other words‚ if only 17% of the humans in a market are making irrational decisions‚ then those ECON 001 SAQUICELA !1 decisions are not going to have a big impact on the level of rationality of the market. Although some humans in the market are making irrational decisions‚ the market remains rational. On the other hand‚ the rationalists strongly
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What is Elasticity? - Elasticity refers to the degree of responsiveness in supply or demand in relation to changes in price. If a curve is more elastic‚ then small changes in price will cause large changes in quantity consumed. If a curve is less elastic‚ then it will take large changes in price to effect a change in quantity consumed. Graphically‚ elasticity can be represented by the appearance of the supply or demand curve. A more elastic curve will be horizontal‚ and a less elastic curve will
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Chapter 1: Page 20; Questions - 4‚ 7‚ 9‚ 10‚ 11 4) What are the key elements of the scientific method and how does this method relate to economic principles and laws? The key elements of the scientific method are the observation of real world behavior and outcomes. Based on those observations‚ formulating a possible explanation of cause and effect which is a hypothesis. Next‚ testing this explanation by comparing the outcomes of specific events to the outcome predicted by the hypothesis. Then‚ accepting
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cost. This will show how much need to be made‚ and the total cost to make a product in order to reach a break-even analysis. Moreover‚ technological innovation leads to an improvement in productivity‚ which will have the effect on the cost of doing business or the activity‚ and will affect the prices of related
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