Chapter 1: The Power of Markets 1. What are the two basic assumptions that economists make about individuals and firms? The two basic assumptions that economists make about individuals and firms are that they attempt to maximize their utility using the available resources and that they want to make the most amount of profit possible. 2. What is the role and significance of prices in the market economy? Prices in the market economy are extremely useful because they help gauge what
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usNET Institute* www.NETinst.org Working Paper #04-23 Revised June 2004 Competition Policy in Network Industries: An Introduction Nicholas Economides Stern School of Business‚ New York University * The Networks‚ Electronic Commerce‚ and Telecommunications (“NET”) Institute‚ http://www.NETinst.org‚ is a non-profit institution devoted to research on network industries‚ electronic commerce‚ telecommunications‚ the Internet‚ “virtual networks” comprised of computers that share the same
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Chapter 1 The Big Ideas in Economics Think of why some goods should be allocated by money while some not. Why demand curve is downward sloping? Two effects: 1.Substitution effect (dominent) 2.Income effect (small) The demand&supply curve can be read horizontally or vertically. You should be familiar with both ways of reading. Chapter 3 Supply&Demand Concepts: 1.A normal good: a good for which demand increases when income increases. An inferior good: a good for which demand decreases
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CHAPTER 12: CASH FLOW ESTIMATION AND RISK ANALYSIS 1. Because of improvements in forecasting techniques‚ estimating the cash flows associated with a project has become the easiest step in the capital budgeting process. a. True b. False ANSWER: False 2. Estimating project cash flows is generally the most important‚ but also the most difficult‚ step in the capital budgeting process. Methodology‚ such as the use of NPV versus IRR‚ is important‚ but less so than obtaining a reasonably accurate estimate
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The article is about having implemented a minimum price on alcohol. It is visible that this policy has reduced drink related crimes such as sexual assault and drink driving. This is because the consumption of alcohol creates negative externalities. This includes things such as liver diseases and obesity. Crimes perpetrated against people‚ fell by 9.17% when increasing the price on alcohol of 10%. The evidence found concluded that introducing a minimum price on alcohol yielded major benefits before
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Can government intervention be effective in correcting market failures associated with alcohol? I have chosen to perform a microeconomic analysis surrounding the effect of Alcohol consumption on society. ‘Can government intervention be effective in correcting market failures associated with alcohol’ is the question set. The model I will be exploring is ‘market failure’ ‘where the market mechanism fails to allocate resources efficiently’ (Smith et al‚ 2006‚ p.56) The Times ‘Alcohol-related
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organized in this paper into nine different categories: economic analysis‚ decision analysis‚ systems engineering/analysis‚ technological forecasting‚ information monitoring‚ technical performance assessment‚ risk assessment‚ market analysis‚ and externalities/impact analysis. Specific assessment techniques in each of the nine categories are presented and discussed‚ and applications from the literature are provided. The role of the manager of technology in the TA process is emphasized. Keywords: Technology
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Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1: Overall of Social Networking Service (SNS) Social networking service is a type of invented communication that allows people to connect with each other. Social networking sites (SNSs) such as Facebook‚ Twitter‚ and MySpace which are the typical application of Web 2.0 technology‚ has been popular and widespread all over the world over the past few years. A cultural anthropologist at Kansas State University‚ Michael Wesch has compared the society with social networking
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CASE –STUDIES- FOREIGN TRADE A Case Study of Foreign Direct Investment in Central America. The attraction of foreign direct investment (FDI) constitutes a fundamental element to support strategies that aim to achieve sustained economic growth in developing countries. This is because globalization and the attendant opening of the economies to competition require increased financial resources and technology‚ which would be impossible to obtain under a policy of autarky.1 Though relatively well-established
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F.Y.B.COM QUESTION BANK Business Economics–I Semester II (2012-13) Module 1: Market Structure 1. What is meant by a firm’s equilibrium? Explain the condition of short run equilibrium of firms under perfect competition. 2. Explain the various features of a perfectly competitive market. How is the price of a commodity determined under it? 3. What is meant by a firm’s equilibrium? Explain the condition of short run equilibrium of firms under perfect competition.
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