Principles of Macroeconomics / Microeconomics Your Name:___Yurui Yao_____________________ Instructor: Jim Borer‚ MBA Homework Assignment #3 due by 11:59 PM on February 7 (100 points) Part 1: Answer the following multiple choice (MC) questions (you may highlight‚ bold‚ or enter a letter in the blank – 2 points each): 1. __D____ If the price of a sub sandwich increases by 2% and the quantity demanded falls by 5%‚ then there will be a. an increase in the price elasticity of demand. b. an increase
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Fundamentals of Macroeconomics Paper Ken Thompson 08/05/2013 Blake Bennett Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Define and Explain the Following Terms A. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) B. Real GDP C. Nominal GDP D. Unemployment Rate E. Inflation Rate F. Interest Rate III. Explain How These Activities affect Government‚ Households‚ and Businesses A. Purchasing of Groceries B. Massive Layoffs of Employees C. Decrease in Taxes III. Conclusion
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8 5.2 Types of Mergers & Acquisitions 8 5.3 Advantages of Mergers & Acquisitions 8 5.4 Disadvantages of Mergers & Acquisitions 10 5.5 Driving Forces Behind Automotive Mergers and Acquisitions 10 5.6 The long-term success of M&A in the automobile industry: 12 5.7 Case Study - Merger of Daimler-Benz & Chrysler AG 14 5.9 Case study – Nissan Renault Alliance 15 5.10 Case study – Tata- Jaguar Land Rover 16 6. Methodology 18 7. Data Analysis 19 7.1. Industry Analysis 19 8. Conclusion
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Section B Attempt Any Six Questions (6*5= 30) 1. Company A’s costs are mostly variable‚ whereas Company B’s costs are mostly fixed. When sales increase‚ which company will tend to realize the greatest increase in profits? Explain. 2. Crystal Telecom has budgeted the sales of its innovative mobile phone over the next four months as follows: Sales in Units July. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30‚000 August . . . . . . . . . . . 45‚000 September . . . . . . . . 60‚000 October . . . .
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Fundamentals of Macroeconomics Paper Part 1. Economists use gross domestic product‚ unemployment rate‚ and interest rates as tools to determine economic trends and predict the future changes in the economy. They try to manipulate the frequency‚ duration‚ and extremes of those changes; a never-ending effort to minimize the roller coaster effect. Following is a list of loose definitions for those tools. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) The gross domestic product‚ or GDP‚ is the amount
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Macroeconomics Problem Set 1 1. Explain why an economy´s income must equal its expenditure 2. List the four components of GDP. Give an example of each 3. Why do Economists use real GDP rather than nominal GDP to gauge economic well-being 4. What component of GDP (if any) would each of the following transactions affect? Explain a. A family bus a new refrigerator b. Jane buys a new house c. For sells a Thunderbird from its inventory d. You buy a pizza
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Extraneous Variables There are many extraneous factors and situations that could affect our research; such as‚ biological factors‚ family issues‚ marital problems‚ transportation‚ insurance issues‚ how often participants choose to show up to their therapy session‚ etc. While extraneous factors and situations are bound to happen‚ we can not account for all of them as they will be happening as the research progresses and are out of our control. Qualitative Design We will observe two themes throughout
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3 What are some similarities and differences between skimming pricing‚ prestige pricing‚ and above-market pricing? 4 Touché Toiletries Inc. has developed an addition to its Lizardman Cologne line tentatively branded Ode d’Toade Cologne. Unit variable costs are 45 cents for a 3-ounce bottle‚ and heavy advertising expenditures in the first year would result in total fixed costs of $900‚000. Ode d’Toade Cologne is priced at $7.50 for a 3-ounce bottle. How many bottles of Ode d’Toade must be sold
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the costs for the year. The restaurant wanted to see what some of their fixed and variable costs were for the year. They also wanted to make sure they remain in their relevant range. The costs focused on were the cost of hamburgers (raw materials) and the cost of building rent. It was determined that the raw materials were the variable costs because the cost will vary based on production of hamburgers. A variable cost is a cost that will change in direct proportion to changes in the cost-driver
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(from Chapter 3) True and False (bold your answer) 1.) Modules make it easier for programmers to work in teams True 2.) Calling a module and defining a module mean the same thing. True 3.) A statement on one module can access a local variable in another module. False 4.) Programming languages typically require that arguments be of the same data type as the parameters that they are passed to. True 5.) When an argument is passed by reference‚ the module can modify the
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