Questions in macroeconomics Instructor: MA. Bui Huy Khoi Chapter 1 What is economics? Top of Form [pic] Question 1 Resources in an economy: a) Are always fixed b) Can never decrease c) Always increase over time d) Are limited at any moment in time [pic] Question 2 Human wants are: a) Always fixed ) Limited c) Unlimited d) Likely to decrease over time [pic] Question 3 The sacrifice involved when you choose
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Economics and financial management consist of two major components: microeconomics and macroeconomics. These two components are interchangeable and act as the foundation to the core concepts to understanding the enormous arena of the financial world. Macroeconomics can be defined in several business terms‚ but simple put‚ it is the branch of economics that studies the economy of consumers or households or individual firms. Microeconomics basically deals with the choices and assessments made by businesses
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Chapter 2 – Thinking Like an Economist • The economist as scientist o They devise theories‚ collect data‚ and then analyze these data in attempt to verify or refute their theories. o Scientific method = the dispassionate development and testing of theories about how the world works. o Although economist use theory and observation like other scientists‚ they face an obstacle that makes their task especially challenging: In economics‚ conducting experiments is often difficult and sometimes
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INTRODUCTION TO AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY The automotive industry designs‚ develops‚ manufactures‚ markets‚ and sells motor vehicles‚ towed vehicles‚ motorcycles and mopeds as defined in ISO 3833‚ and is one of the world’s most important economic sectors by revenue. Automobiles changed the world during the 20thcentury‚ particularly in the United States and other industrialized nations. From the growth of suburb to the development of elaborate road and highway systems‚ the so called horseless carriage has forever altered the modern landscape
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Automobile industry in Germany The automobile industry in Germany is one of the largest employers in the country‚ with a strong labour force of over 866‚000 (2005) workers in the industry. In addition‚ Germany has the largest share of passenger car production in Europe with over 29% market share‚ followed by France (18%)‚ Spain (13%) and the United Kingdom (9%). Germany is considered to be the birthplace of the automobile since Karl Benz and Nikolaus Otto independently developed four-stroke
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Automobile and American culture. The automobile is one of the most important inventions that changed the United States. Paving the way for a future dependency on the automobile. For example‚ Henry Ford Model-T is what truly brought the Automobile to the growing nation of America during the 1920s. The Automobile changed the daily lives of Americans‚ in both rural‚ suburban‚ and urban areas. The automobile provided a new means of transportation for people living in these areas to use and get around
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ECO/372 Macroeconomic Terms and Concepts Macroeconomics study’s the overall level of production in the economy. “Economists assess the success of an economy’s overall performance by studying how it could achieve high rates of output and consumption growth” (Macroeconomics‚ 2008‚ para. 5). In the following paragraphs‚ various aspects of macroeconomics will be analyzed. First‚ the United States (U.S.) functions as a market economy and is affected by fluctuations in production output levels
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Types of Variables Binary variable Obsevations (i.e.‚ dependent variables) that occur in one of two possible states‚ often labelled zero and one. E.g.‚ “improved/not improved” and “completed task/failed to complete task.” Usually an independent or predictor variable that contains values indicating membership in one of several possible categories. E.g.‚ gender (male or female)‚ marital status (married‚ single‚ divorced‚ widowed). The categories are often assigned numerical values used as lables
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11-24-12 Macroeconomics Homework 3 Questions 1. Intermediate goods are unfinished goods used in producing a final good or used up in the production process‚ which is a good produced for final consumption. Running shoes‚ watches‚ textbooks and sunscreen lotion are all final goods because they typically would not be used to make any other good they’re all finished goods for an end consumer. Cotton fibers‚ and lumber are intermediate goods which would be purchased for the production of a final good
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Porter’s Five Forces of automobile industry. Globalization had indeed left its impact on the automobile industry. Now foreign auto dealers were facing lesser restrictions to operate in overseas markets. Michael E. Porter in his book “Techniques for analyzing industries and competitors” dealt with five competitive forces that shaped all industries. This helped to analyze the intensity of competition which had an impact on the profitability of an industry. The US automobile industry was considered
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