ECONOMICS 100B Professor Steven Wood 10/18/11 Lecture 16 ASUC Lecture Notes Online is the only authorized note-taking service at UC Berkeley. Do not share‚ copy‚ or illegally distribute (electronically or otherwise) these notes. Our student-run program depends on your individual subscription for its continued existence. These notes are copyrighted by the University of California and are for your personal use only. LECTURE: ICLICKER QUESTIONS/ANSWERS: 1.) The Fed can reduce the money supply
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Suggested Answers for Tutorial 8 [Team B] Chapter 31 3. a. When an American art professor spends the summer touring museums in Europe‚ he spends money buying foreign goods and services‚ so U.S. exports are unchanged‚ imports increase‚ and net exports decrease. b. When students in Paris flock to see the latest movie from Hollywood‚ foreigners are buying a U.S. good‚ so U.S. exports rise‚ imports are unchanged‚ and net exports increase. c. When your uncle buys a new Volvo‚ an American is buying a
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• Profitability Procter & Gamble’s Gross Profit Margin (GPM) increased in 2010 by 2.41%‚ however it decreased in 2011 by 1.34%‚ while Net Sales continued to increase from 2009 to 2011. This trend was due to a price fluctuation in Cost of Goods Sold. The GPM directly affected the Operating Profit Margin (OPM)‚ which also increased in 2010 by 0.25% and decreased in 2011 by 1.14%. The Operating expenses were somewhat stable‚ which resulted in the OPM ratios following a similar trend as the GPM
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Urban Sprawl The idea of urban sprawls is one that interests economists. An urban sprawl is the spreading of urban developments on undeveloped land near a city. In the article‚ “Urban Sprawl” by Thomas J. Nechyba and Randall P. Walsh‚ the authors talk about the advantages and disadvantages of urban sprawls. They also explain the consequences of inner-city and suburbs after the urban sprawls have occurred. The problems of urban sprawls are the un-productive congestion of roads‚ high levels of metropolitan
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Everyone’s Gasoline Problem: As we all know that the price of gasoline is definitely driven by the concept of supply and demand. Never the less prices fall‚ quantity demand will rise‚ when price rises‚ quantity demanded will fall. Usually this is a true statement in most cases. But gasoline is a necessity to most Americans. The demand for fuel does not decrease when the price increase. Consumers often influence the price of gasoline. Gas prices in the late spring and summer months are the highest
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Economics Chapter 2 Chapter 2 * Opportunity cost is a ratio. It is the decrease in the quantity produced of one good divided by the increase in the quantity produced of another good as we move along the production possibilities frontier. * The outward-bowed shape of the PPF reflects increasing opportunity cost. The PPF is bowed outward because resources are not all equally productive in all activities. * When goods and services are produced at the lowest possible cost and in the
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This assignment has a maximum total of 100 marks and is worth 10% of your total grade for this course. You should complete it after completing your course work for Units 6 through 10. Answer each question clearly and concisely. 1. Suppose that a firm has fixed costs of $25 per day for renting one machine and its variable costs are as shown in the table below. Labour Output VC TC AFC AVC ATC MC 0 0 $ 0 25 ---- ---- ---- ---- 1 4 25 50 6.25 6.25 12.50 25 2 10 50 75 2.50 5.00 7.50 25 3 13 75 100
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Barbados and its Economic Challenges Tourism emerged as the dominant industry in Barbados in the 1970’s‚ replacing the sugar industry as the main foreign exchange earner. It is estimated that tourism currently accounts for 54% of the country’s foreign exchange earnings and 14% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Approximately‚ 10% of the labour force is employed in the industry. Barbados currently has the highest Human Development Index in the Caribbean region and its GDP per capita of US$16
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PROBLEM SET 1 Name: ______________________________________________ Problem Set 1 is to be completed by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module/Week 2. 1. Based on the information provided for the market for video games‚ answer the following questions. PRICE Q DEMANDED Q SUPPLIED $50 5 9 $45 7 7 $40 9 5 $35 11 3 $30 13 1 a.) Draw and properly label the demand and supply graphs (this means you must label the axes and any lines you include on the graph). b.) What is the equilibrium
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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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