Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008‚ Paul Krugman‚ has several rewarding occupations; he is an economics and international affairs professor at Princeton University‚ Centenary Professor at the London School of Economics‚ and also a widely known columnist for The New York Times‚ which he received the title as “the most important political columnist in America” by The Washington Monthly. Krugmans’ book‚ The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008‚ was highly praised
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Name: ___________________________________ First Midterm Examination Economics 101 October 13‚ 2010 This exam has 33 questions. Unless a question explicitly says otherwise‚ assume that all demand curves slope downward‚ all supply curves slope upward‚ and there are no externalities. True/False. Mark box A for True and box B for False. Each blank answer gives you 1 point. Each correct answer adds 2 points to your score. 1. In the presence of a negative externality in the market for a
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Financial Crisis of 2008 Before the financial crisis of 2008‚ houses had always been rising in value so why would this all of a sudden change? Investors had found a great way to make money in the mortgage market and it was not just benefiting them‚ it was benefiting everyone. Exploring the lack of regulation in the market and also human behavior‚ I am going to break down what caused the financial crisis of 2008. The two videos‚ “Crisis of Credit‚” and “Mind Over Money‚” are my main sources of
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EXCHANGE RATES The exchange rate is the price of one country’s currency in terms of another country’s currency Quoted exchange rates can be either direct or indirect‚ Direct: home currency per unit of foreign currency 39 Rupees per US Dollars 80 Rupees per Pound Indirect: foreign currency per unit of home currency 0.0255102 US Dollar per Indian Rupee 0.491594 Pound per Indian Rupee Appreciation of Currency Currency Appreciation means that the given currency
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The article discusses the effects of a severe flood in the areas of Thailand to the rice production. The rice production falls to 22 from 23 million metric tons. Supply is quantity of goods and services that producers are willing and able to produce at a given price and time period. The decrease in supply of rice in Thailand is shown by the following graph: MARKET OF RICE IN THAILAND The graph above shows that the effect of flood in Thailand decreased
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Douglas‚ Fall 2009 November 3‚ 2009 PLEDGE: I have neither given nor received unauthorized help on this exam. SIGNED:__________________________ 21 A : Special Code 0000___ PRINT NAME: __________________________________ Econ 202 Section 2 Midterm 2 1. The sale of stocks a. and bonds to raise money is equity finance. b. and bonds to raise money is debt finance. c. to raise money is equity finance‚ while the sale of bonds to raise funds is debt finance. d. to raise money is debt finance‚ while
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enterprise economy" is an economic system based on the distribution of economic goods where private individuals own the factors of production (land‚ capital‚ labor and enterprise) and decide what to produce. Prices of goods and services are determined in a free price system guided by the function of demand and supply. For example‚ the price of thick jackets will drop in summer because there is more demand of it in the winter. A market economy often contrasts with another economic system called the "planned
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Elasticities Price elasticity of demand (PED) Law of demand tells us that P goes up Q goes down or P goes down and Q goes up. But it doesn’t give us any information about by how much Q changes compared to P. We want to know‚ using the PED‚ whether Q is changing by a lot compared to P‚ by a little bit compared to P or by the same rate as P. If %∆P<%∆Q‚ this good is called relatively elastic. If %∆P>%∆Q‚ this good is called relatively inelastic. If %∆P=%∆Q‚ this good is called unit elastic.
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FUNDAMENTALS OF ECONOMICS 11th December 2011 EXAMINATION PAPER Section A Section B Answer ALL questions in SECTION A. Answer TWO questions in SECTION B. Clearly cross out surplus answers. Time Allowed: 2.5 Hours Candidates are allowed to bring in a scientific calculator for this module. Graph paper will be provided by the Centre. © NCC Education Ltd 2011 SECTION A ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS Question 1 a) Explain what is meant by the opportunity cost of producing a good. (2 marks) b)
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ECON EXAM 3 QUESTIONS Competitive Supply A perfectly competitive firm maximizes profit by producing the quantity at which: MR = MC. Consider a perfectly competitive firm in the short run. Assume the firm produces the profit-maximizing output and that it earns economic profits. At the profit-maximizing output‚ all of the following are correct except: price is equal to average total cost. People in the eastern part of Beirut are prevented by border guards from traveling to the western part of
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