My comparative advantage in the labor market is as a Senior Administrative Assistant. The understanding of the duties of a Senior Administrative Assistant is often misunderstood to be a non-specialized occupation that doesn’t require any expertise. Presently‚ the administrative assistant job market is changing drastically due to employment trends which require a broadening and expanding of the functions and obligations of an administrative assistant. “Because of new technology‚ the administrative
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comes out from the theory of “relative advantage”. The absolute advantage is the fact that one country (named A) is more efficient and productive than another country (named B) in the production of all goods. It is said that A has an absolute advantage on B. When these two countries have different relative efficiencies‚ they can make profit from trading with each other. For instance‚ if B can produce a type of good X with a lower opportunity cost than A‚ trading can bring gain to both countries. B
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This work of ECO 204 Week 1 Discussion Question 2 Marginal Utility comprises: Suppose that you observe that total utility rises as more of an item is consumed. What can you say for certain about marginal utility? Can you say for sure that it is rising or falling or that it is positive or negative? When does the law of diminishing marginal utility set in and what does this illustrate about where you should stop consuming if you were eating at an all you can eat buffet? Respond to at least
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This pack of ECO 204 Week 4 Quiz consists of: 1. Marginal damage cost is the additional harm done by increasing the level of an externality-producing activity by one unit. additional cost to society resulting from a privately owned firm producing one more unit of a product. amount a consumer pays to produce an additional unit of a good. additional cost to society resulting from a consumer consuming one more unit of a good. 2. Tax shifting ________ . is the way in
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Theory of Absolute Cost Advantage MERCANTILISTS’ VERSION Mercantilism stretched over nearly three centuries‚ ending in the last quarter of the eighteenth century. It was the period when the nation-states were consolidating in Europe. For the purpose of consolidation‚ they required gold that could best be accumulated through trade surplus. In order to achieved trade surplus‚ their governments monopolized trade activities‚ provided subsidies and other incentives for export‚ and restricted imports
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In this paperwork of ECO 204 Week 1 Quiz you will find the answers on the next questions: 1. For perfectly price inelastic supply supply determines price solely. demand determines price solely. only a government can set the price. either supply or demand may set the price. 2. For Matthew‚ the marginal utility of the 9th soda in a day is positive and the marginal utility of the 10th soda in a day is zero. This implies that Matthew’s demand curve for sodas per day will
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Raise or Lower Tuition ECO 204 – Principles of Microeconomics January 25‚ 2015 Greg Kropkowski Raise or Lower Tuition Many people expect to get at least an associate degree sometime in their lifetime. However‚ just some of them can really complete it without having to quit simultaneously. High tuition costs are the main reason people cannot continue going to college or university. Raising tuition can provide more revenue for the institution‚ but it can affect the enrollment of new
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Theory of Comparative Advantage Historically‚ nations have been trading with each other for hundreds of years for profit or because they do not have enough resources (land‚ labor and capital) to satisfy all the needs of consumers. For example‚ Japan has a highly skilled labor force that use technologically advanced equipment to produce cars and electrical equipment; however it does not have its own oil fields. Saudi Arabia has large supplies of oil‚ but lacks the built capital to produce cars
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The theory of comparative advantage is perhaps one of the most important concepts in international trade theory. A country has an absolute advantage in the production of a good relative to another country if it can produce the good at lower cost or with higher productivity. Absolute advantage compares industry productivities across countries. In the case of Zambia‚ for instance‚ the country has an absolute advantage over many countries in the production of copper. This occurs because of the existence
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the idea of comparative advantage provide a good explanation of current patterns of international trade? For the last two centuries the international trade evolved a lot and many economists tried to explain it. One of the first theories that attempted to explain the international trade pattern was the Absolute advantage theory. A.Smith was a great economist; he is the one who created this theory. For A. Smith countries should specialize in products in which they have an absolute advantage. It was a
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