Economics Activity Points % of Total Discuss 105 6% Exam 60 3% Final Exam 100 5% Journal 140 8% Practice 360 19% Quiz 540 29% Test (CST) 350 19% Test (TST) 200 11% Total Points for the Course : 1855 Unit 1: The Game of Economics Lesson 1.1: What Is Economics Anyway? Activity 1.1.1: Study - What Kind of Game? (Documents: Study Sheet) See how economics can be understood as a game with rules that is played by people with different roles. Duration: 40 min Activity
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Economics Reviewer (For IV- Understanding ONLY) Market – the medium in which buyers and sellers interact. (Note: its meaning is not limited to a location or geographical area‚ it also focuses on people who are WILLING and ABLE to buy and/or sell goods and services. Two major players/actors in the market: Buyers & Sellers Market Equilibrium: when buyers and sellers agree at a certain price and quantity to transact Price Equilibrium: price agreed by both buyers and sellers. Quantity Equilibrium:
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each of these sectors are commonly termed consumption expenditures‚ investment expenditures‚ government purchases‚ and net exports. Aggregate expenditures (AE) are a cornerstone in the study of macroeconomics‚ playing critical roles in Keynesian economics‚ aggregate market analysis‚ and to a lesser degree‚ monetarism. In particular‚ aggregate expenditures are combined with the price level as aggregate demand. Aggregate expenditures are the total expenditures on gross domestic product. These expenditures
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- Financial flows Deregulation of financial markets (less rules and regulations in currency markets and foreign investment) led to a rapid increase in FDI and portfolio investment. Investment makes economies more integrated as economic changes in one country influence others (CONTAGION e.g. negative effects such as the GFC and the EDC or positive effects such as new technology and booming economies). The main benefits are that it enables countries to finance their domestic economy even if domestic
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Chapter 4 Economic Efficiency‚ Government Price Setting‚ and Taxes Prepared by: Fernando & Yvonn Quijano © 2009 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Economics Hubbard/O’Brien UPDATE EDITION. Should the Government Control Apartment Rents? Learning Objectives 4.1 Distinguishing between the concepts of consumer surplus and producer surplus. 4.2 Understand the concept of economic efficiency. 4.3 Explain the economic effect of government imposed price ceilings and price floors
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Hult Managerial Economics Don Uy-Barreta Lecture notes – Week 1 Chapter 1 – Microeconomics: A Way of thinking about business (and life!!!) The bottom line Property rights are crucial to the efficient allocation of resources that are depleted or devalued in some way when used and when transaction costs are low. They can be a problem when transaction costs are high and the use of the resource does not deplete the resource or devalue it. 1) What is economics about? a) What and how much
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Economics 1 Assignment Name: Shaun Neo Wei Qiang Student CT NO. : CT0209608 Date : 18th April 2014 Module : Economics 1 Lecturer : Mr Wong Hean Hoo Outline 1) Introduction 2 2) Relating to the Article – Inflation 3 3) Some of the causes for inflation 4 4) Managing inflation 5 5) Conclusion 6 6) Biblology 7 7) Actual Article Selected 8 Page 1 Introduction The article I chose Is from Today
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Controversy arouse in from the years 1793 to 1860 on a wide scale of topics regarding the Slavery as well as North and South arguments lead to impact America throughout these years. Controversy and discussion‚ even war‚ were brought about with how the topics such as how cotton developed the “Cotton Kingdom”‚ the aristocrats of the south‚ slavery and its systems‚ how slaves were treated‚ abolitionism‚ and the effects of antislavery on the North and South were handled. All of the topics discussed are
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Question 1: What is the significance of the pollution from plastic bags? What is the scale of this pollution problem compared to other forms of pollution? Answer: Pollution from plastic bags or bottles has involvement from the accumulated products made of plastic which in turn adversely affect the environment which consists of wildlife‚ and humans. It can affect lands‚ waterways like oceans and rivers. The biggest prominent factor for usage of plastic bags is due to inexpensiveness and durability
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the discount rate used to determine present values. Thus‚ all managerial decisions should be analyzed in terms of their effects on value‚ as expressed in this equation. Q1-3 Describe the effects of each of the following managerial decisions or economic influences on the value of the firm: A. The firm is required to install new equipment to reduce air pollution. New equipment installed will increase the operating cost. And the sales may increase if the customers have positive attitude to
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