towards and are in favour of economic integration. Since this is the case economic integration is not a novelty to West African states as the sub-region has witnessed numerous attempts at integrating economies. In fact much more than any other sub-region of Africa‚ West Africa has attempted to apply the instrument of economic cooperation and integration to enhance its economic and political landscape1. CONCEPTUAL AND THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIC INTEGRATION Economic integration is a very wide
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIVISIONS OF ECONOMICS AND LABOR ECONOMICS Insert name Insert institution Insert course Insert date Abstract Labor economics comprises the study of the factors affecting workers. Since all divisions of economics involve workers‚ it is prudent to evaluate their influence on labor economics and labor market for that matter. Consumption directly affects the supply of labor. If the workers experience an increase in their desire for consumption in relation
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ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION 1. Introduction: From the end of World War II into 1960s‚ the formative period of what we now call “Development Economics” intense debate centered on why some countries grew rich while others languished. Because scars from the great depression were still fresh‚ the traditional nineteenth-century liberal approach based on free trade in domestic and foreign markets was somewhat discredited. Instead‚ influential economists tended to emphasize problems of market failure and
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activities‚ social and economic factors and technological developments. Social or Societary environment of business means all factors which affects business socially . Every business works in a society ‚ so societies ’ different factors like family ‚ educational institutions and religion affects business . Economic dimensions of environment Economic environment refers to the aggregate of the nature of economic system of the country‚ the structural anatomy of the economy to economic policies of the
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Managerial Economics School of Distance Education Bharathiar University‚ Coimbatore - 641 046 Author: Atmanand Copyright © 2007‚ Bharathiar University All Rights Reserved Produced and Printed by EXCEL BOOKS PRIVATE LIMITED A-45‚ Naraina‚ Phase-I‚ New Delhi-110028 for SCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION Bharathiar University Coimbatore-641046 CONTENTS Page No. UNIT-I Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5 Lesson 6 Lesson 7 Managerial Economics: Definition
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Economic Utility Student BUS 640: Managerial Economics Professor Date Economic Utility People have long made condescending declarations that theories do not have any practical application to real world problems. But‚ the problem with people who make comments such as those is that they have not learned how to properly use theories to aid in breaking down real world processes. Profitable solutions usually require that people understand how the real world functions‚ which is often far too
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B. Answers the three basic economic questions of what‚ how‚ and for whom. C. Refers to least cost production technology. 2. Which of the following represent scarce productive resources? A. Land‚ technology‚ labour‚ organizational skills. B. Land‚ labour‚ investment‚ managerial ability. C. Land‚ capital‚ natural resources‚ executive skills. D. Land‚ labour‚ capital‚ entrepreneurial ability. 3. The field of economics that is most relevant to the
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Economics is concerned with the way limited resources are distributed/allocated among alternative uses to satisfy unlimited human wants. It helps to understand the nature and organization of society and the operation and behaviour of business firms and other economic decision-making units. Microeconomics deals with the economic behaviour of individual units (consumers‚ firms‚ resource holders): how scarce resources are allocated among alternative uses; the role of prices and markets. Macroeconomics
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QUESTION 1 What are the THREE (3) basic economic questions that all economies must answer? Describe the differences in the way capitalism and socialism answer these questions. Scarcity‚ Choices‚ Opportunity Costs We live in a finite world. No matter how seemingly bountiful the quantity of our natural resources may be or how carefully human try to conserve them‚ if we keep using them‚ they eventually are going to run out. Our tastes for goods and services are virtually limitless and this creates
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ONE THE NATURE AND METHOD OF ECONOMICS CHAPTER OVERVIEW This chapter begins with a discussion of the meaning and importance of economics. In this first chapter‚ however‚ we will not plunge into problems and issues; instead we consider some important preliminaries. We first look at the economic perspective—how economists think about problems. Next‚ we state some of the benefits of studying economics. Then‚ we examine the specific methods economists use to examine economic behavior and the economy‚ distinguishing
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