Bill owns 3 acres of beautiful wooded land. When Bill decides to move to be closer to his grandchildren‚ he donates the land to the state with the understanding that the land will be used as a state park. This state park is large enough that it is not congested. It is an example of a good that is neither rival in consumption nor excludable. 9. You are the mayor of a small town with 2‚000 residents. The head of your economic development agency recently conducted a survey in which the 2‚000 residents
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ECON 1. (Demand Under Perfect Competition) what type of demand curve does a perfectly competitive firm face? Why? A horizontal or a perfectly elastic‚ demand curve. A perfectly competitive firm is called a price taker because that firm must “take‚” or accept‚ the market price- as in “take it or leave it.” 2. Explain the different options a firm has to minimize losses in the short run. A firm in perfect competition has no control over the market place. Sometimes that price may be so low
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ECON 100 – Principles of Economics Name: LaTonya Cooper January 31‚ 2011 Due: February 14‚ 2011 Your assignment is to do Exercises 1-8 on p. 14 of the textbook. Type your name at the top right of this paper. Type your answers after each problem. Answer as concisely as you can while still getting your point across. Save this document‚ with your answers‚ on your computer. Rename it‚ if you like‚ to something that makes sense to you. Then upload it to Moodle in the slot for Homework 1
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Spring 2013 Econ 471 Prof. Bee-Yan Roberts COVER PAGE TO PROBLEM SET #1 Printed Name: While you are permitted to work together as a group‚ you must write out the answers on your own (preferably in a separate room) without any help from those in the group. Problem sets with similar answers in any question will receive a grade of zero. I have not received any help and I have not provided help to other students in writing up the answers to this problem
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Econ 110 (L3) Midterm Exam Spring‚ 2007 Part I: Multiple Choice Questions – 50% Part II: Essay Questions – 50% Question 1 (15%) a) A professor would prefer to have all students attending lectures and have all question answered in class‚ than to give extra office hours to answer those questions raised by individual students. Explain his rationale based on economic theory you have learned. MC of lecturing an extra student is almost 0 during usual lecture hours but would be much higher
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Economics is known as the study of scarcity. Scarcity is the fundamental economic problem of having seemingly unlimited human needs and wants‚ in a world of limited resources. To minimize scarcity we need to make choices‚ this is where the five e’s of efficiency come in to play. Economic growth is the increase in the ability to produce new resources. This is caused by having more resources‚ better resources‚ and having better technology. To achieve maximum satisfaction we need to use our existing
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Ethiopia as a Less Developed Country By: Danielle McGrady i. Ethiopia According to the United Nations Economic and Social Council‚ Ethiopia is considered one of the forty-eight least developed countries (LDC). The list of LDC are looked over every three years and this list was recently updated in March 2012. To be considered a least developed country‚ the Committee for Development takes into consideration these three factors: “ (A.) A per capita income criterion‚ based on a
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THE INFORMATION BELOW IS THE FORMAT IN WHICH THE SCHOOL BASED ASSESMENT FOR ECONOMICS MUST BE DONE. Report Use American Psychological Association (APA) style 1. 12 font 2. Times New Roman 3. 1.5 space between lines 4. Number the pages - top right hand corner After you have been advised that your report has met the required criteria‚ and you have made ALL corrections‚ place the pages in a soft folder with a transparent cover. The pages must be punched and secured in the folder. An alternative
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Chapter 2 Homework Set 1. Indicate what types of resources each of the following is: a. Capital b. Land c. Entrepreneur d. Labor 2. If money GDP increased by 4 percent and the price level increases by 1 percent‚ what is the approximate impact on per capita real GDP? e. 4 3. Which of the following products or services would be counted in US GDP when produced? f. No g. Yes h. Yes i. No 4. In 2003‚ Microsoft lowered the
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1.1 Economic background of Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H) Bosnia and Herzegovina was among the poorer areas of the old Yugoslav Federation and remains one of the poorer countries in Europe. Agriculture remains in private hands‚ but farms have been small and inefficient‚ and net food imports increased dramatically in the aftermath of the 1992-1995 war. Many industries are still overstaffed‚ reflecting the legacy of the centrally-planned economy‚ though limited privatization has improved efficiency
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