QUESTION: Imagine that you have decided to open a small ice cream stand on campus called "Ice-Campusades." You are very excited because you love ice cream (delicious!) and this is a fun way for you to apply your business and economics skills! Here is the first month’s scenario--you order the same number (and the same variety) of ice creams each day from the ice cream suppliers‚ and your ice creams are always marked at $1.50 each. However‚ you notice that there are days when ice creams remain unsold
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Econ 130 – “Principles of Microeconomics”– Spring 2014 Tuesdays‚ Thursdays – Bilger 150 – 3-4:15pm Professor John Lynham (lynham@hawaii.edu) Course Description: Economics is the study of the use of scarce resources to satisfy human wants. In microeconomics‚ we study how these scarce resources are allocated within the market system. Topics include: division of labor‚ comparative advantage‚ supply and demand analysis‚ price ceilings/floors‚ taxes‚ monopoly‚ price discrimination‚ cartels‚ wages
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Problem Set 3 ECON 973 Fall 2012 Fluctuations: Discrete Time Models Ben Brewer 12/10/12 1. a. Given this two-period problem of labor supply maxc1 ‚n1 ‚c2 ‚n2 ln[c1 ] + ln[1 − n1 ] + βln[c2 ] + βln[1 − n2 ] subject to the intertemporal budget constraint c1 [1 + r] + c2 = w1 n1 [1 + r] + w2 n2 Dividing each side by [1+r] for convenience gives c1 + c2 w 2 n2 = w 1 n1 + 1+r 1+r We can solve for consumption and labor supply in each period (c1 ‚ c2 ‚ n1 ‚ n2 ) by first setting up the Lagrangian
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C: 2-8 What items are considered to be property for purposes of Sec. 351(a)? What items are not considered to be property? Items that are considered property include all types of property‚ such as cash‚ accounts receivable‚ inventories‚ patents‚ installment obligations‚ equipment‚ and buildings. Services‚ certain debt of the corporation‚ and certain accrued interest on debt are not treated as property. C: 2-43 Liabilities in Excess of Basis. Barbara transfers $10‚000 cash and machinery having
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Week 4 – Check Your Understanding: Chapter 7 Exercise 1‚ 6‚ 8‚ and 9 1. In the Deep Creek Mining Company example described in this chapter (Table 7.1)‚ suppose again that labor is the variable input and capital is the fixed input. Specifically‚ assume that the firm owns a piece of equipment having a 500-bhp rating. a. Complete the following table: |LABOR INPUT L (NO. OF WORKERS)|TOTAL PRODUCT TPL (=|MARGINAL PRODUCT MPL |AVAERAGE PRODUCT APL | | |Q)
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Managerial Economics Spring 2013 Instructor: Laura Youderian Email: youderianx@xavier.edu Office: Smith Hall 315 Office Hours: TR: 1:30-2:30‚ 4-6 Purpose of Course This course is designed to help students understand consumer and firm behavior in decision making and the market process utilizing economic theories and techniques. Students should expect rigorous training on supply and demand analysis‚ regression analysis‚ consumer behavior‚ production theory‚ market structure‚ game theory and pricing
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This file of MTH 213 Week 3 Discussion Question 2 contains: Many current mathematics textbooks emphasize mental mathematics and estimation. Do you think these topics are important for students today? Explain your answer. This pack of MTH 213 Week 3 Individual Assignment Text Problems includes answers to the next questions: Evaluation 3-3B Place parentheses‚ if required‚ to make each of the following equations true 23. Jonah has a huge collection of marbles. He observes that if he borrows 5 marbles
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Maximum four per group‚ all students must be registered in the same section of the same course. Names must be in alphabetical order on the cover page. • Graded work will be available for pick-up beginning on the afternoon of Friday March 14 in the Econ Distribution Center‚ Dunning Hall Room 334. You will require your student card. • This assignment covers material from Chapters 20-24 of the text. True‚ False‚ or Uncertain [48 marks - 6 marks each] Explain why each of the following
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Risk Management Problem‚ Set I T Blount FIN/415 Brenda Papillon May 6‚ 2013 6-1. (Expected rate of return and risk) Carter Inc. is evaluating a security. One-year Treasury bills are currently paying 9.1 percent. Calculate the investment’s expected return and its standard deviation. Should Carter invest in the security? Probability Return .15 6% .30 9% .40 10% .15 15% Expected Rate of Return: (.15 x .06) + (.30 x .09) + (.40 x .1) + (.15 x
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FINA 5210 Problem Set 1 (Group 305) Problem 1 (a) WpC=[E(rp)-rf] ÷Aσp2 =6%÷2.5×(20%)2 =60% WfC=100% - 60% = 40% (b) Expected return of Complete portfolio is: rCEc= WpC×E(rp)+ WfC×rf =60%×10% + 40%×4% =7.6% The standard deviation of Complete portfolio is: σc = WpC × σp = 60% × 20% = 12% Certainty-equivalent rate of return for investing in C: rc CE= Uc = rCEc- 1/2Aσc2 = 7.6% - 0.5×2.5×12%2 = 5.8% Certainty-equivalent rate of return for investing in P: rp CE= Up= rCEp- 1/2Aσp2
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