Kelsea Shick Economics October 5‚ 2010 An economic system consists of production‚ distribution/consumption of goods and services of an economy (Grolier). Without any of the above an economy would not become as industrialized and successful as either the
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Quiz 1 1. An increase in the imports of clothing into the U.S from India wills benefits the____________ & hurt the___________. A) U.S. clothing producers; Indian clothing producers B) Indian consumers; Indian clothing producers C) U.S consumers; Indian clothing producers D) U.S consumers; U.S clothing produces 2. Suppose Country A‚ a labor-abundant country‚ produces only wheat & cloth. The following equations illustrate the prices & costs of wheat and cloth in
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Assess the view that making an oligopolistic market more contestable is the best way to improve the efficiency of that market. The theory of perfectly contestable markets was presented as a generalization of the theory of perfectly competitive markets and was presented as providing guidelines for the conduct of regulation‚ namely to allow freedom of entry and exit and to ensure equal access of competitors. An oligopolistic market is a particular market that is controlled by a small number of firms
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19/08/2014 Economics of Accounting Professionals (ECON910) Kankesu (Jay) Jayanthakumaran Lecturer/Tutor: Chris Keane 1 Chapters 1&2 Chapter 1: The nature and method of economics Copyright © 2011 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PowerPoint slides to accompany Microeconomics 9e by Jackson‚ McIver & Wilson 1-2 1 19/08/2014 The roles of economics • Economics is concerned with the efficient use of limited productive resources for the purpose of attaining the maximum satisfaction
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Economic Concepts Worksheet Concept Application of Concept from Personal Experience Reference to Concept in Reading Economic Perspective Economic Perspective involves three elements 1. Scarcity and choice 2. Rational Behavior 3. Marginalism Economic Perspective is the understanding of why people choose one want over another When I graduated with my under-graduate degree I had to make the choice to either move back to my hometown where my family and friends were or take employment in
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What is Economic Prosperity? The text points to 12 keys that ultimately lead to economic prosperity‚ or progress. The 12 keys are human ingenuity‚ private ownership‚ gains from trade‚ invisible hand principle‚ profits and losses‚ competition‚ entrepreneurship‚ link between productivity and earnings‚ innovation and the capital market‚ price stability‚ international trade‚ and government and the environment for prosperity. Each of the 12 keys will be identified and discussed throughout this paper
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UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS (2013/14) ECO 111 - BASIC MICROECONOMICS GROUP | LECTURER | OFFICE | LECTURE HOURS | LECTURE ROOM | A | Prof. N. Narayana | 240/113 | M‚ W & F 0800 | 252/LT-1 | B | Dr. J.B. Tlhalefang | 240/258 | M‚ W & F 1200 | 252/LT-2 | C | Ms. M. Seemule | 230/209 | M‚ W & F 0900 | 240/002 | D | Prof. N.P. Sinha | 240/105 | M‚ W & F 0900 |
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Sample Midterm #1 Questions 1. Which of the following does not constitute a form of direct foreign investment? a. Franchising b. International trade c. Joint ventures d. Acquisitions of existing operations e. Establishment of new foreign subsidiaries 2. Which of the following theories identifies specialization as a reason for international business? a. theory of comparative advantage. b. imperfect markets theory. c. product cycle theory. d. none of the above 3. Agency costs faced by multinational
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1. A nation’s standard of living is best measured by its a. | real GDP. | b. | real GDP per person. | c. | nominal GDP. | d. | nominal GDP per person. | 2. Productivity is defined as the quantity of a. | labor required to produce a nation’s GDP. | b. | labor required to produce one unit of goods and services. | c. | goods and services produced from each unit of labor input. | d. | goods and services produced per unit of time. | 3. The equipment and structures available to
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1. Suppose that there are two states that do not trade: Iowa and Nebraska. Each state produces the same two goods: corn and wheat. For Iowa the opportunity cost of producing 1 bushel of wheat is 3 bushels of corn. For Nebraska the opportunity cost of producing 1 bushel of corn is 3 bushels of wheat. Present production is: | |Iowa |Nebraska | |Wheat |20 million bushels
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