Problem Set 1 Macroeconomics‚ ECON 2123 (Instructor: Partha Sen; TA: Peter Tsui) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Posted: Friday‚ 19 September 2014 Due: 5:00 PM Friday‚ 26 September 2014 (Submit your homework into the homework collection box outside the department office) 100 marks total Part I: True/False/Uncertain (20 marks‚ 4 marks each) 1. GDP is the value of all goods and services produced
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One: (10 points) Tom leases a farmer’s field and grows pineapples. Tom hires students to pick and pack the pineapples. The following table sets out Tom’s total product schedule. Labor (students) Total Products (pineapples/per day) 0 0 1 100 2 220 3 300 4 360 5 400 6 420 7 430 1. Calculate the marginal product of the third student; 2. Calculate the average product of three students; 3. Over what numbers of students does marginal product increase? 4. When marginal
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Econ 122B Problem Set 3 Name(Print)______________________ Due in class on March 3 UCI ID____________________________ 1. In class‚ we have talked about the following simple wage equation wage female u ‚ where female is a dummy that is equal to 1 if female‚ and 0 otherwise. Given the OLS estimates ˆ and ˆ for the above model‚ what are the OLS estimates for a model with a
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Problem Set #2 Ec 370 Summer‚ 2013 Michigan State University M. Naretta 1. Another popular sport on SASN is One-out‚ Two-base baseball. In this sport there are‚ obviously‚ two bases: home and 2nd. The batter hits the ball and runs to 2nd. If he or she (it’s a co-ed sport) gets a hit‚ then the batter is on second. If it’s an out‚ then the inning is over and the other team gets to bat. Suppose that it’s a hit. Then the next batter bats with a runner on 2nd base. If that
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Concept of Leadership Leadership takes on added importance in the global economy. All the established theories of leadership continue to provide understanding and a foundation for the practice of leadership in today’s organizations. Leadership is not a modern day concept. But globalization has changed the traditional view of a leader. Leadership has been discussed from the ancient era. Lots of philosophers lived in western and eastern countries talked about leadership in different perspectives
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----------------------------------------------------------- Accounting Concept and Conventions In drawing up accounting statements‚ whether they are external "financial accounts" or internally-focused "management accounts"‚ a clear objective has to be that the accounts fairly reflect the true "substance" of the business and the results of its operation. The theory of accounting has‚ therefore‚ developed the concept of a "true and fair view". The true and fair view is applied in ensuring and
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A-3 (Coverage ratio) The firm in the two preceding problems also had $6 million of principal repayments during the latest 12 months. Its marginal tax rate is 40%. Calculate the debt service coverage ratio. Debt-Service Coverage Ratio = (EBIT + 1/3 Rentals) / (Interest Expense + 1/3 Rentals + Principal Repayments / (1 - T)) = ($30 + $15 / 3) / ($10 + $15 / 3 + $6 / (1 - 0.40)) = 1.40 A-4 (WACC with rebalancing) Nathan’s Catering is a gourmet catering service located in Southampton‚ New York
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Marketing Concept When one thinks about marketing‚ many different things come into mind; however‚ the actual definition of Marketing Concept is: “identifying consumer needs and then producing the goods or services that will satisfy them while making a profit for the organization.” (Gitman & McDaniel‚ 2008) Basically‚ the marketing concept comes down to being able to offer the consumers something that they find valuable. Value is the key term that comes into play. The marketing concept consists
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Concepts of Topology. Topological property. Topological transformation. Continuous deformation. Genus. Homeomorphism. What is the subject of topology all about? With what subject matter is it concerned? What kinds of questions does it ask? With what kinds of problems is it concerned? Let us start with some dictionary definitions. Topology. The study of those properties of geometric figures or solid bodies that remain invariant under certain transformations. Funk & Wagnalls Dictionary
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Chapter 1: Sociological Stories and Key Concepts Culture: The symbolic and learned aspects of human society. Culture is not biological but‚ instead‚ is transmitted and shared via social interaction. Globalization: A social phenomenon characterized by the growing number of interconnections across the world. Rather than studying society in terms of various nation-states‚ sociologists today are concerned with multinational and global problems—especially in the face of increasing globalization. Whether
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