Econ Answers Chapter 3 The price of train travel increases by 10% and the demand for train travel falls by 12.5%. The price elasticity of demand for train travel is – -1.25 The short run (retail) supply of freshly cut flowers is much less elastic than that of pot plants because: -florists cannot keep freshly cut flowers as long as pot plants If demand drops to zero at the slightest increase in price‚ demand is: - Perfectly elastic Price elasticity of supply will be greater when: - firms hold large
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University of Bahrain College of Business Administration Department of Economics and Finance Econ 341 - Monetary Economics Problem Set 6 (Chapter 22) AlShawa 1. According to the quantity theory of money‚ movements in the price level result * a. solely from changes in the quantity of money. b. primarily from changes in the quantity of money. c. partially from changes in the quantity of money. d. from changes in factors other than the quantity of money. 2. Because Keynes assumed
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Econ 301 Intermediate Macroeconomics‚ Professor __________ Park University Online‚ Fax _________________ Final Exam (Weight 300 Points) STUDENT’S NAME ______________________________ Multiple choice Questions. (Weight 5 points each) Choose the best answer. 1) The unemployment rate is the number of ? 2) The value of steel sold to an automobile producer is __________ directly included in the GDP because __________. 3) In the simplest Keynesian model of the determination of income‚ interest
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Principles of Microeconomics: ECON 202-01 “The Purpose of the Different Economies in our Society” Raquel Moss Mr. George L. Edwards July 20‚ 2012 The Purpose of the different economies is so that society is able to answer the three questions: what‚ how and who to produce to. Because we live in a society full of scarcity‚ we face the economic problems of limited economic resources with that being the main issue. The society design and organized our economy into three different categories:
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Chapter 1: Page 20; Questions - 4‚ 7‚ 9‚ 10‚ 11 4) What are the key elements of the scientific method and how does this method relate to economic principles and laws? The key elements of the scientific method are the observation of real world behavior and outcomes. Based on those observations‚ formulating a possible explanation of cause and effect which is a hypothesis. Next‚ testing this explanation by comparing the outcomes of specific events to the outcome predicted by the hypothesis. Then‚ accepting
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The marginal propensity to consume (MPC) is defined as the additional consumption that results from one dollar increase in disposable income. Bill’s disposable income goes from $100‚000 in 2001 to $200‚000 in 2002‚ and his consumption spending goes from $80‚000 in 2001 to $140‚000 in 2002. Which of the following statements about Bill is true? Bill’s MPC is equal to 0.6. Which of the following changes in disposable income would lead to the greatest increase in consumption? a $20‚000 increase
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103 Midterm Answer (Fall 09) Q1: 1a) Economic growth occurs when a country chooses to allocate some of its resources to the production of capital goods‚ instead of consumption goods. This expands the resource base‚ allowing the country to produce more goods and services thus furthering economic growth. Economic growth can also occur when more productive technology is used. Technology makes the production process more efficient so more goods and services can be produced without increasing the
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Weekly Homework 9: Detection of Heteroskedasticity 1. Heteroskedasticity (1 point each) 1) Carefully explain the difference between pure and impure heteroskedasticity and their consequences in OLS. Answer: -Pure heteroskedasticity is caused by the error term of the correctly specified equation. Impure heteroskedasticity is caused by a specification error such as an omitted variable. -Pure heteroskedasticity does not cause bias in the coefficient estimates. However‚ it typically causes
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Research Proposal To: Jeffery Wehr‚ Florida International University online professor From: Talya Van Embden Date: May 24‚2014 Subject: Request for website usability and recommendation research Statement of Problem: In today’s world‚ the need and use of technology is growing rampant in the education field. Due to this‚ many government learning entities such as Universities offer online courses that allow of distance learning‚ and because of this website usability is a large aspect to these
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QZ12016 | | Economic variables whose values are measured in monetary units are called | | | Student Response | A. | dichotomous variables. | B. | nominal variables. | C. | classical variables. | D. | real variables. | | Score: | 0.25/0.25 | | | 2. | QZ12010 | | Suppose the money market‚drawn with the value of money on the vertical axis‚ is in equilibrium. If the money supply increases‚ then at the old value of money there is | | | Student Response | A. |
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