Homework Assignments Problems & Applications Chapter 1 Homework 4. You win $100 in a basketball pool. You have a choice between spending the money now or putting it away for a year in a bank account that pays 5% interest. What is the opportunity cost of spending the $100 now? 5. The company that you manage has invested $5 million in developing a new product‚ but the product is not quite finished. At a recent meeting‚ your salespeople report that the introduction of competing products
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Carleton University Department of Economics ECON 1000 A – Introduction to Economics 2012 Summer Session (May 7 to August 15) Instructor: Brian Glabb Office: A-808 Loeb Office Hours: By Appointment E-mail: bglabb@rogers.com Objectives: This course provides an introduction to the discipline of economics‚ covering microeconomics and macroeconomics. It focuses on economic principles and concepts as well as on applications. Economic analysis is applied to a variety of contemporary
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Course # and Title: AP/ECON 4140 3.0A Financial Econometrics Course Webpage: http://www.yorku.ca/rsufana/teaching.htm Course Instructor/Contact: Name: Prof. Razvan Sufana Office: VH 1030 Phone: 416-736-2100 Ext. 66065 Office Hours: Tuesday 2 – 3 PM‚ Thursday 2:45 – 3:45 PM Email: rsufana@yorku.ca (Please include course number in subject line) LectureTime and Location: Thursday 11:30 – 2:30 PM‚ ACE 002 Prerequisite: AP/ECON 3210 3.00 or AP/ECON 3500 3.00 or equivalent.
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# Econ 20B Lecture 22 1 The Quantity of output supplied = natural rate of output + a (actual price level expected price level) Shortrun AS curve might shift 1. Changes in labor‚ capital‚ natural resources‚ technology 2. Expected price level increases‚ AS curve shifts left 3. Causes of economic fluctuations: a. Assumption: i. Economic begins in longrun equilibrium
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Econ 1011 Study Guide Opportunity Cost The opportunity cost is the cost of the forgone alternative. (If you have many alternative it is the one which has the highest value) Total opportunity cost / economic cost = Explicit cost + Implicit cost Production Possibilities Frontier - Points inside the PPF vs. outside the PPF - Shape of the PPF - Economic growth and PPF Law of Demand Other things remaining constant‚ the quantity demanded of a good rises when the price of the good
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ECON Final 1. Graphically and verbally explain why an increase in retail sales during Christmas 2011 will boost GDP growth in Q1 2012. 2. Why do the Major League Baseball (MLB) owners want to hire more Latino and Asian players than African-American players? NOTE: this is NOT a political or racial question. Use your knowledge of Economics only! The economic situation is Latin and many Asian countries are a lot worse off than in America‚ so in turn hiring more Latino and Asian baseball
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ECON 2202-001 Intermediate Macroeconomics Chapter 8 Homework Assignment 8-1. In the United States‚ the capital share of GDP is about 30 percent‚ the average growth in output is about 3 percent per year‚ the depreciation rate is about 4 percent per year‚ and the capital–output ratio is about 2.5. Suppose that the production function is Cobb–Douglas‚ so that the capital share in output is constant‚ and that the United States has been in a steady state. (For a discussion of the Cobb–Douglas production
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| 1. | Question: | (TCO F) The size of the labor force in a community is 1‚000‚ and 850 of these folks are gainfully employed. In this community‚ 50 people over the age of 16 do not have a job and are not looking for work. In addition‚ 80 people in the community are under the age of 16. The unemployment rate is ______. | | | Student Answer: | | Unemployment rate=unemployed/labor force*100 150/1000*100=15% 1000-850=150 (number of people unemployed) then divided by total labor force divided
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Controversy of the Online Class Professor: Steve Lindeman ENL 213 Wensi Zeng 5/03/2013 Abstract Online courses have started within the past 30 years as a means of learning. With increases in Internet use‚ many U.S. schools offer online classes. Because of the main disparities amid online course and face to face instruction‚ numerous questions have been brought forth in regard to the quality of online courses. This research will help American college students to
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Econ 204 Name Institution Date Question 1 Avatar: 218.1× 760.50/214.5 = 773.26 Titanic: 218.1 × 600.8/160.5 = 816.41 Star Wars: 218.1 × 461/60.5 = 1661.89 Shrek 2: 218.1 × 437.2/188.9 = 504.78 E.T The Extra-Terrestrial: 218.1 × 399.9/96.5 = 903.82 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Movies |Nominal Box Office |Year Released
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