19/08/2013 ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS ASSIGNMENT WILL BIDDEFORD’S TRAM MAKE A RETURN? Question 1 The central focus of this case is how Biddiford Tram Company‚ under the management of Mary Jo and Marty‚ can increase revenue and become profitable given the business constraints it must operate under‚ namely; (a) Loss of $0.15 subsidy per passenger from the State of Maine (b) Not increase the price of tram fare above $2.00 for two years and subsequently not above the rate of inflation
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from the standpoints of equity and efficiency. (a) "Everyone in society should be guaranteed the best health care possible." (b) "When workers are laid off‚ they should be able to collect unemployment benefits until they find a new job.." Answer (a) If everyone were guaranteed the best health care possible‚ much more of society’s resources would be devoted to providing health care than is now the case. Would that be efficient? If you think that currently doctors form a monopoly and restrict
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1 1 2 3 C Motion I 7 (a) From 1 January 2009 to 10 January 2009‚ the watch runs slower than the actual time by 9 minutes. Therefore‚ when the actual time is 2:00 pm on 10 January 2009‚ the time shown on the watch should be 1:51 pm on 10 January 2009. Practice 1.1 (p. 6) D (a) Possible percentage error 10 −6 = × 100% 24 × 3600 = 1.16 × 10 % 1 (b) = 1 000 000 days 10 −6 –9 It would take 1 000 000 days to be in error by 1 s. (b) Percentage error 9 = × 100% 9 × 24 × 60 = 6.94 × 10–2%
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Use Define the economic problem. Explain how individual consumers‚ business firms and the government are all faced with the economic problem. Identify the different economic factors that influence how each group seeks to address this problem. The economic problem occurs because of the fact that the supply of resources used to produce goods and services are limited or finite but there is an infinite amount of demands and wants of individuals. In other words‚ the economic problem is consequence of
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Chapter 8 29. The travel-to-work time for residents of the 15 largest cities in the United States is reported in the 2003 Information Please Almanac. Suppose that a preliminary simple random sample of residents of San Francisco is used to develop a planning value of 6.25 minutes for the population standard deviation. If we want to estimate the population mean travel-to-work time for San Francisco residents with a margin of error of 2 minutes‚ what sample size should be used? Assume 95% confidence
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NATURAL RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS (3rd Edition) Perman‚ Ma‚ McGilvray and Common SUGGESTED ANSWERS Answers to Questions in Chapter 6 Discussion questions 1 ‘Only the highest standards of environmental purity will do.’ Discuss. The opinion expressed here is not regarded by economists as being valid in general. It suggests that resources should be devoted without limit to cleaning up (or preventing) environmental pollution or degradation‚ irrespective of the magnitude of
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Chapter 3 3. Before the industrial revolution the cottage industry was an industry that was centered in self-sufficient rural households. After the industrial revolutions production moved to urban factories where production was more efficient and on a larger scale. Advances in technology such as the advent of the steam power brought about specialized factories that drastically improved the productivity of the workers. 4. If the cost of producing a good for a household is below the market price
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Economic Problems of Pakistan since 1947 1. The duration of economic coordination in 1947-1953 2. The duration of planning board 1953-1958 3. The duration of powerful planning commission in1958-1968 4. The duration of decline of planning commission in 1968-1980 5. Attempt at revival of planning commission. PERIOD OF ECONOMIC COORDINATION (1947-1953): First of all economic planning development was established in1948. In order to Act as clearing house and to establish economic coordination
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Hitler’s economic policy in the period from 1933 to 1945? Student Answer (A Grade) In order to judge the success of Nazi economic policy it is essential to establish their aims so that economic developments can be judged against them. Hitler had come to power largely as a result of the consequences of the Depression and therefore his initial aim was to restore Germany to full employment. This would win Hitler much support and help consolidate the Nazi regime. At the same time economic recovery
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caused many environmental problems and health risks unless disposed properly. Excessive consumption of goods leads to unnecessary waste which takes up acres of limited landfill space. Processing and reusing the waste material to generate new product is clearly one of the solutions to tackle the problems of waste. Even though there are still alternatives such as incineration plants‚ landfills and education‚ I believe to a large extent that recycling is the answer to the problems of waste. Firstly
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