The University of Alberta Economics 102 – B1 Introduction to Macroeconomics First Term Examination Special Code: 24 A. Wong 90 Minutes 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. July 15‚ 2010 Section I: Multiple Choice. Do all 50 questions for 50 marks on the NCS sheet provided in pencil. Each question is worth 1 mark. For each questions‚ choose the BEST possible answer. The goal of macroeconomics is a. to explain how economic changes affect prices of particular goods. b. to devise policies
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Question 2: (a) Suppose the income elasticity of demand for pre-recorded music compact disks is +5.0 and the income elasticity of demand for a cabinet maker’s work is +0.5. Compare the impact on pre-recorded music compact disks and the cabinet maker’s work of a recession that reduces consumer incomes by 10 per cent. (2 marks) (b) How might you determine whether the pre-recorded music compact discs and MP3 music players are in competition with each other? (2 marks) (c) Interpret the following
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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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1) Which of the following transactions would be included in GDP? a) The purchase of a Monet painting b) The purchase of paper clips c) The purchase of Telstra shares d) The purchase of a used car 2) Economics is the study of a) the choices everybody makes to attain their goals‚ given their scarce resources. b) supply and demand. c) how to make money in a market economy. d) how to make money in the stock market. 3) The economy is considered to be at full employment when
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breeding poultry. Maximum annual output options Quantity of Corn (pounds) Quantity of Poultry (pounds) 1 1200 0 2 1000 300 3 800 500 4 600 600 5 400 700 6 200 775 7 0 850 1. Examine the following production possibility frontier graph with corn on the horizontal axis and poultry on the vertical axis illustrating these options and showing points 1–7. 2. Can St. Atanagio produce 650 pounds of poultry and 650 pounds of corn? Explain. Where would this point lie relative
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Main reasons that have caused globalisation 1. Improved transport‚ making global travel easier. For example‚ there has been a rapid growth in air-travel‚ enabling greater movement of people and goods across the globe. 2. Containerisation. From 1970‚ there was a rapid adoption of the steel transport container. This reduced the costs of inter-modal transport making trade cheaper and more efficient. 3. Improved technology which makes it easier to communicate and share information around the world.
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you enter your name on both the exam and the scantron sheet. You have 1 hour to complete the exam. 1. For economists‚ the word "utility" means: a) versatility and flexibility. b) rationality. c) pleasure or satisfaction.** d) purposefulness. 2. When economists say that people act rationally in their self interest‚ they mean that individuals: a) look for and pursue opportunities to increase their utility.** b) generally disregard the interests of others. c) are mainly creatures of habit
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market equilibrium is established at a higher price (From PE0 to PE1 as shown in the diagram above) and at lower quantity(From EQ0 to EQ1 as shown in the diagram above). Therefore‚ the global milk price increases. World market for milk 2. Increase in price of milk will not affect consumption. Milk is an important meal which people need to purchase (E.g babies or elderly which needed high calcium intake). If price rises demand won’t fall that much as it is needed. Likewise if price falls
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Chapter I 2. To mitigate agency problems between senior executives and shareholders‚ the compensation committee of the board should devote more to long term incentives; the idea is to align the pocketbook interests of managers directly with those of stockholders‚ and the reason is to motive a manager and make him or her to act in the interests of the firm’s stockholders depends on the structure of his or her compensation package‚ the threat of dismissal‚ and the threat of takeover by a new group
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1. The securities‚ intermediaries‚ and markets that exist to match savers and borrowers comprise the financial ________. a. system b. market c. economy d. security • 2. A contract in which a borrower promises to compensate the lender in the future is called a financial ________. a. stock b. debt c. investment d. security • 3. A contract that makes the owner of a security a part owner of the company that issued the security is known
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