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    Diminishing Returns

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    Diminishing returns From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search In economics‚ diminishing returns (also called diminishing marginal returns) refers to how the marginal production of a factor of production starts to progressively decrease as the factor is increased‚ in contrast to the increase that would otherwise be normally expected. According to this relationship‚ in a production system with fixed and variable inputs (say factory size and labor)‚ each additional unit of

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    Risk and Return

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    market risk and expected return. (1) RISK AND RETURN OF A SINGLE ASSET: Capital gains/ loss yield Current Yield Rate of Return=[Annual income/Beginning price]+[{Ending price-Beginning price}/ Beginning price] OR Total return = Dividend + Capital gain= Rate of return  Dividend yield  Capital gain yield R1  DIV1   P1  P  DIV1 P  P 0 0  1  P P P 0 0 0 (2) PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION AND EXPECTED RATE OF RETURN: E(R)=∑(i=1 to n)=p(i) *R(i)‚ where‚ E(R)=expected return‚ n=number of possible

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    Case Study: How to Calculate Return Profits on Rental Property Investment make more money through rental income property investment Property Profile Property Type : Serviced Apartment Size : 821 square feet Purchase Price : $ 235‚900.00 Down Payment : $ 23‚590.00 Home Loan Amount : $ 212‚310.00 Home Loan Installment : $ 1‚173.00 per month Gross Rental : $ 2‚200.00 per month Expenses : $ 832.37 per month * Service Charges = $ 164.05 * Sinking Fund = $ 16.79 * Quit Rent

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    first thing customers will consider. Since the ticket of Airline are usually expensive‚ customers would not give their money to the firms they do not trust. Secondly‚ this industry needs planes and experience of flying which also lowers the threat of new entrants. If a new firm plan to enter this industry‚ they need to firstly become licensed which may take more than one year‚ and after that they will be constantly being regulated by different organizations like the Federal Aviation Administration

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    How my financial need is greater than that of the average scholarship applicant. Being raised on a ranch has taught me to be dependable. I have had chores since I was three years old. Taking care of animals and being good stewards of the land is part of my lifestyle. When I was eight years old‚ I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. I had to learn to give myself shots. I gave myself insulin injections four to six times a day to regulate my blood sugar. I also tested my blood glucose levels

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    Nature of the Firm

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    [NOVEMBER The Nature of the Firm By R. H. COASE ECONOMIC theory has suffered in the past from a failure to state clearly its assumptions. Economists in building up a theory have often omitted to examine the foundations on which it was erected. This examination is‚ however‚ essential not only to prevent the misunderstanding and needless controversy which arise from a lack of knowledge of the assumptions on which a theory is based‚ but also because of the extreme importance for economics of

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    Similarities between classical and modern liberalism are greater than the differences. Discuss. (45 marks) Typically‚ liberalism is categorised into two separate components; classical liberalism‚ which was fashioned during the 19th century as a result of the industrial revolution‚ and the more recent Modern Liberalism which emerged as industrialisation continued within the UK. Although both divisions of Liberalism unavoidably overlap in attitudes and approaches regarding the theory behind the ideology

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    Theory of Firm

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    of the Firm The firm’s goal is to maximize profits‚ !. In order to do this it must decide what quantity of a good to produce given costs‚ technology and demand. A competitive firm is assumed to be able to sell as much as it wants at the market price without affecting price. So it takes price as exogenous (beyond it’s control) and does not worry about demand. In addition‚ for our purpose we’ll assume the firm operates efficiently‚ that is‚ whatever the level of production that the firm chooses

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    Economics and Firms

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     Structure   1. Discuss how firms within an oligopolistic market compete. 2. Discuss whether monopoly is always an undesirable form of market structure. 3. Explain how interdependence and uncertainty affect the behaviour of firms in Oligopolistic markets 4. Evaluate the view that only producers‚ and not consumers‚ benefit when oligopolistic firms collude to try to reduce the uncertainty they experience. 5. Explain why contestable markets generally function more efficiently than noncontestable markets

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    THERAPY OR MAYBE BEING LUCKY JUST A FEW SESSIONS; MOREOVER‚ SPENDING 80 DOLLAR PER MONTH IS NOT CONVINIENT FOR MANY PEOPLE´ ECONOMICAL SITUATION.BESIDES‚ THIS TREATMENT IS FOR A YEAR. IT MEANS PILLS TREATMENT GIVE YOU THE CHANCE TO SAVE MUCH MONEY THAN ACUPUNCTURE. INDEED TRADITIONAL MEDICINE AND ACUPUNTURE HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENCES;HOWEVER‚ BOTH PILLS TREATMENT AND ACUPUNTURE HAVE IMPORTANTS SIMILARITIES. THE BIG SIMILARITY IS THEIR EFFECTIVITY. USING PILLS‚ GRADUALLY‚ CAN HELP YOU TO

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