The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is an enormous part of financial reform legislation passed by the Obama presidential term in 2010 as a response to the financial crisis of 2008. The act has many provisions and implied out over thousands of pages. It was intended to decrease various risks in the U.S. The act established a number of new government agencies to supervise over various components of the financial system. There are so many provisions‚ such as financial stability
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Profits Katherine Carpenter Liberty University Econ 213 Gwartney states that profits are; “An excess of sales revenue relative to the opportunity cost of production. The cost component includes the opportunity cost of all resources‚ including those owned by the firm. Therefore‚ profit accrues only when the value of the good produced is greater than the value of the resources used for its production.” An example of a profit would be bakery offers a cheesecake for $20 and the total cost to make
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PowerPoint Lectures for CHAPTER 1 The Scope and Method of Economics Principles of Economics‚ 9e ; ; By Karl E. Case‚ Ray C. Fair & Sharon M. Oster © 2009 Pearson Education‚ Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Principles of Economics 9e by Case‚ Fair and Oster © 2009 Pearson Education‚ Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Principles of Economics 9e by Case‚ Fair and Oster CHAPTER 1 The Scope and Method of Economics PART I INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS The Scope and Method of Economics
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Market Equilibrium Process Katie Le ECO/561 August 31‚ 2014 Professor Kate Stowe Market Equilibration Process Equilibrium can be defined as a state where the demand and supply balance one another and that in result stable the prices. The current economic situation causes a state of disequilibrium in housing industry. Because of the economic condition‚ people are losing their jobs or they are not receiving enough pay so it becomes difficult for the people to purchase
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Answers of Managerial Economics Homework #2 Chapter 5~Chapter 9 1.Using figure 5.3 as a basis‚ construct a series of four figures to show the effect of an increase in the demand for tanker service on the market price when (a) demand is extremely inelastic‚ (b) demand is extremely elastic‚ (c) supply is extremely inelastic‚ and (d) supply is extremely elastic. Answer: [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] 2.Industry researchers R.S. Platou predicted
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t No longer is the term ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ a novel idea amongst businesses. A 2011 sustainability study by MIT showed that sustainability‚ in the US at least‚ now plays a permanent part in 70% of corporate agendas. Organisations such as Unilever haven’t simply been championing sustainable business as a form of corporate philanthropy. Since implementing their Sustainable Living Plan‚ they have increased growth and profits. Quite simply‚ doing good is good for business. How have Unilever
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MULTIPLE CHOICE (CHAPTER 4) 1. Using a sample of 100 consumers‚ a double-log regression model was used to estimate demand for gasoline. Standard errors of the coefficients appear in the parentheses below the coefficients. Ln Q = 2.45 -0.67 Ln P + . 45 Ln Y - .34 Ln Pcars (.20) (.10) (.25) Where Q is gallons demanded‚ P is price per gallon‚ Y is disposable income‚ and Pcars is a price index for cars. Based on this information‚ which is NOT correct
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1. 1.Economic fluctuations are irregular and unpredictable 2. Most macroeconomic quantities fluctuate together 3. As output falls‚ unemployment rises. 2. Most economists use the model of aggregate demand and aggregate supply to study fluctuations. 3. Classical economics relates to Classical Dichotomy which is the separation of variables into two groups. The two groups are real which correlate to quantities‚ relative prices and nominal which is measured in terms of money
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Two main vulnerabilities of the diamond industry: price of diamond linked to supply and value diamond linked to belief that they are rare and therefore special‚ and thus suitable token of sentiment. DeBeers exercised monopoly power by effectively controlling production and distribution of diamonds‚ thus controlling supply and ability to control pricing. When the market started to shift as other sources of diamonds were discovered‚ DeBeers still held an advantaged position as they had sole control
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首先，成為政務主任是我的夢想職業。經過十二年的免費教育及享受政府的福利，成為公務員是我回饋社會的最佳辦法，我亦視貢獻社會為抱負。 我對服務社會的熱誠由爸爸的工作開始。他是一個服務社會三十多年的警務人員，從孩提開始我已十分敬佩他打擊罪案及維持治安的工作。見證他對社會的貢獻，我希望從政策方面，改變社會。正正因為政策對社會民生有重大影響，我更期盼能用自己的力量令香港更美好。 透過此實習計劃，我希望體驗政務主任的工作，亦會嘗試探討各種社會現象及問題，例如貧富懸殊、房屋問題及政制改變。平衡不同持分者的利益，我希望提出可行的解決辦法。 在工作中，我期望自己能同時學習及付出。透過應用對時事的知識，我希望從政策制訂者的角度分析，明白他們面對的困難，同時協助政務官的工作。 To begin with‚ starting my career as an Administrative Officer has long been my aspired career path. I consider working in the government as a way of contributing
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