1) Some definitions 2) Economics as a science 3) Production possibilities frontier Reading Chapters 1‚2‚3 Definitions Economics: the study of the choices people make and the actions they take in order to make the best use of scarce resources in meeting their wants and needs Economic choices: Consider some activity X. Then a simple rule of economics is: If benefits (activity X)> Costs (Activity X)‚ then do activity X If Costs (activity X) > Benefits (activity X)‚ then do not do
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UNIT 4 INDIVIDUAL PROJECT ECON220-1205B-05 : Microeconomics by Kendra M Hutchins AIU Online Abstract This paper will discuss the concerns of correcting the effects of gases and particulates emitted by a local power plant and how the market activities have unintended positive or negative effects outside the market’s scope. These effects are referred to as externalities and therefore‚ will examine the cost and benefits of each action. Externalities In the business world‚ things will
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Managerial Economics B Ad 5102 Study Guide for Mid-Term Exam DO PRACTICE QUIZZES‚ STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS‚ PROD EX‚ TEST BANK You may construct a “formula sheet” that has only expressions‚ no words‚ except those words that identify the formula or use a sheet that is a legacy of previous classes. Your own personal sheet will need to be inspected by me upon completion of the test. The test will cover Chapters 1-3 and 5. You will respond to five (5) of six (6) identification questions
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’Brilliant’‚ ’Quite Good’‚ ’What?’‚ these are just some of the comments made recently in the press regarding economic development. I really‚ really like economic development. While it has been acknowledged that it has an important part to play in the development of man‚ it is yet to receive proper recognition for laying the foundations of democracy. Inevitably feelings run deep amongst global commercial enterprises‚ who are likely to form a major stronghold in the inevitable battle for hearts and
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Review sheet for Exam 2 – Principles of Macroeconomics What are the two focal areas of macroeconomics? What are business fluctuations? The phases of a business cycle‚ and the characteristics of each phase. Business fluctuations in the growth rate of real GDP around its trend growth rate. Employment and Labor force concepts including computations of these (e.g. unemployment rates‚ labor force participation rates‚ U-rates of labor underutilization etc.) Categories of unemployment Frictional-
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Balance Sheet Notes Preparation and Discussion Odette A. Aquino Pérez‚ Desireé González And Edwin Reyes ACC 545 February 19‚ 2015 Prof. Rafael Marrero‚ PhD‚ MBA‚ CPA Footnotes Preparation and Discussion This week paper requires our team to prepare three notes to the balance sheet and income statement. Also‚ request us to discuss why footnotes are useful and important to financial statements. Below we have included the requested footnotes (prepared based on our experience working with a CPA Firm
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Name: ________________________ Class: ___________________ Date: __________ ID: B Econ 2350 Midterm Exam‚ July 13th‚ 2010 True/False (total 20 points; 1 point per question) Indicate whether the statement is true or false. Please mark 0 for False and 1 for True. ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 1. If the price of leeks falls by $2 per pound‚ then the demand for leeks will rise by 10 pounds. Therefore we can conclude that the demand for leeks is elastic. 2. Marginal revenue is equal to price if the demand
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Grains are very important for a healthy diet. It is commonly consumed by people and is used for many foods. In the article the supply of grains‚ wheats‚ and soybeans were destroyed by a drought near the Black sea. So the agribusiness division would sell and transport these grains and oilseeds to those who demand it. Of course the demand for these grains from this division would increase because those who were in need of those crops near the Black Sea would turn to the imports of these grain. When
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LaTrisha Zackery Assignment 1 Complete the table (Table 1) below‚ then draw the following curves: Short-run average product (AP) curve; Short-run marginal product (MP) curve. Table showing the Average and Marginal product of labour for a hypothetical firm Amount of labour( units) | Amount of capital(No. of machines) | Output of parts(Q‚ hundreds of parts) | Average product (Q/L) | Marginal product(∆Q/∆L) | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 5 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 2 | 5 | 132 | 66 | 83 | 3 | 5
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Assignment 1 1. Looking at SCORE variable‚ the skewness is -0.0511422 and excess kurtosis is 0.208336. For the normal distribution‚ skewness is zero. Since the skewness for SCORE variable is negative‚ this indicates that the distribution is skewed to the left (the long tail will be in the negative direction). For the normal distribution‚ kurtosis is three. So K-3 measures excess kurtosis. Since the excess kurtosis for SCORE variable is positive‚ the distribution is leptokurtic (it has thick tails
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