1. (5 pts)What is the Hecksher-Ohlin Theory of Comparative Advantage? This is a theory developed by two Swedish economists to explain how countries develop comparative advantage in certain areas rather than others. The model works as follows: 1) Assume every country‚ for the most part‚ has access to the same technology. 2) Still‚ factors of production are difficult to move across national boundaries. 3) It follows from (2) that factors of production are relatively bound by geography and national
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Economics 200: Principles of Microeconomics Due (in class): Monday‚ Oct. 13 Professor MacDonald Your Name: _______________________________ Problem Set 1 Question 1 (2 points): Explain how each of the following events affects the equilibrium price and quantity in the associated market. Hint: in each case‚ either the supply or the demand curve shifts‚ but not both. Explain your answer in one sentence and draw a graph to accompany your answer‚ being sure to correctly label all parts of the graph
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MID-TERM EXAM: ECON 2123 (Macroeconomics) Professor Yong Wang 10am-12pm‚ November 3‚ 2012 NAME ID# Instructions. There are three parts (12 pages) in this exam. Justify your answers in Part 2 and Part 3. Don’ panic even if you …nd some question di¢ cult; it may be di¢ cult for others t as well. Allocate your time wisely: answer the easy questions …rst and do not dwell on a single question for too long. An important way to please your grader is to write your answers neatly. No electronic
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ECON Final 1. Graphically and verbally explain why an increase in retail sales during Christmas 2011 will boost GDP growth in Q1 2012. 2. Why do the Major League Baseball (MLB) owners want to hire more Latino and Asian players than African-American players? NOTE: this is NOT a political or racial question. Use your knowledge of Economics only! The economic situation is Latin and many Asian countries are a lot worse off than in America‚ so in turn hiring more Latino and Asian baseball
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Econ Final 1. A stock portfolio containing 80% common stocks is most likely to be appropriate for: a. 2. A single most important reason for investing is for: a. Retirement 3. Only the strongest‚ most stable and safe-return. a. Blue-chips 4. Companies whose earning have increased at an above-average level over the recent past are called. a. Growth Companies 5. Stocks whose price movements who tend to follow the business cycle are called: a. Cyclical Stocks 6. Stocks are really purchased
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because both legal and illegal production are included in GDP. d. doesn’t change because these activities are never included in GDP. Gasoline is a. always considered an intermediate good. b. counted as a final good if a company uses it to provide transportation services. c. counted as a final good if a consumer uses it to run a lawnmower to mow her yard. d. Both b and c are correct. e. Both a and c are correct. The government reports that "GDP increased by 1.6 percent in the last quarter." This
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This paperwork of ECON 545 Week 8 Final Exam shows the solutions to the following problems: 1. (TCO A) Suppose you are hired to manage a small manufacturing facility that produces Widgets. (a.) (15 points) You know from data collected on the Widget Market that market demand and market supply have both increased recently. As manager of the facility‚ what decisions should you make regarding production levels and pricing for your Widget facility? Remember that supply and demand are about the market
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INTRODUCTION & CHAPTER 1 1. What is the main point of marketing myopia? a. Railroads only saw themselves in the railroad business – not the transportation business; they became product oriented instead of being customer oriented. b. There was not a lack of demand‚ as they claimed; transportation customers just chose cars‚ planes‚ etc. 2. There is no such thing as a commodity. Define yourself broadly and in terms of your customer 3. Working Assumption – managers work to maximize the value of
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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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CLICK TO DOWNLOAD ECO 550 Midterm Exam 1) For studying demand relationships for a proposed new product that no one has ever used before‚ what would be the best method to use? 2) The forecasting technique which attempts to forecast short-run changes and makes use of economic indicators known as leading‚ coincident or lagging indicators is known as: 3) If two alternative economic models are offered‚ other things equal‚ we would 4) Smoothing techniques are a form of ____ techniques which
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