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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Chapter 8 Exercise 21 What is sampling error? It is the difference between the sample mean and the population mean Could the value of the sampling error be zero? Yes it is possible to have a zero sampling error. However‚ it is very low probability that this could happen. If it were zero‚ what would this mean? This means that the population is uniform and the sample mean and the population mean are equal. Exercise 22 List the reasons for sampling. Give an example of each reason
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will be repaid today. It also has a 5% probability of not being repaid. Explain the difference between the type of risk each bank faces. Which bank faces less risk? Why? The expected payoffs are the same‚ but bank A is less risky. (See solution to Problem 10–21 for full explanation of the banks’ relative risk levels.) 10-22. Consider the following two‚ completely separate‚ economies. The expected return and volatility of all stocks in both economies is the same. In the first economy‚ all stocks move
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Schulich School of Business Mokhles Hossain York University Fall 2012 Econ 2000 Applied Macroeconomics Assignment # 1 Solution Value: 100 Due: Thursday‚ October 11‚ 2012 NOTE: Late assignments will not be accepted Show all your work to get full marks Assignments must be typed (except for diagrams) Question 1 (10 points) Suppose i) Identify the endogenous and exogenous variables of the model. There are three variables and four constants (two intercepts
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Econ 333 10/18/13 Assignment 3 Chapter 3: Questions for Discussion 1. The distinctions among the stages-of-growth theory of development‚ the structural-change models of Lewis and Chenery‚ and the theory of international dependence is that each one takes into account different factors or focuses on specific factors. The Stages-of-growth theory has a five stage to which a developing nation must go through. The Structural-change model of Lewis focuses on a developing country transforming itself
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February 01‚ 2013 MANAGEMENT 214 MIS AND COMPUTER 1. Compare and contrast Philippine e-commerce law and US. 1. How are they similar? Both laws were on the same objective of facilitating domestic and international dealings‚ transactions arrangement‚ agreements and storage of information through the use of technology through legalizing and giving equal value the transaction done electronically as of the one done with paper works‚ like these laws provide and mandate
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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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Supplied | $4.89 | 311 | 255 | $4.29 | 388 | 214 | $5.39 | 198 | 309 | $5.19 | 268 | 300 | $5.00 | 279 | 279 | Price Changes and Responses by Consumers | Price | Quantity Demanded | Quantity Supplied | $4.89 | 311 | 255 | $4.29 | 388 | 214 | $5.39 | 198 | 309 | $5.19 | 268 | 300 | $5.00 | | | Price Changes and Responses by Consumers | Price | Quantity Demanded | Quantity Supplied | $4.89 | 311 | 255 | $4.29 | 388 | 214 | $5.39 | 198 | 309 | $5.19 | 268 | 300
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Incentives: rewards that encourage action or penalties that discourage action. • Economics studies the allocation of scarce recourses among people • Alfred marshell (1842-1924) shaped macro economics • Joan robinson: “ the main reason to study econ is to avoid being fooled by it Two main parts: A) Microeconomics: studying the choice of individual decision makers. And how they interact in markets B) macroeconomics: how the overall economy performs. 2 big questions 1. What‚ how and
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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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