for a much higher price‚ which leads to their situations being worse than before. All of above are some disadvantages for individuals if the U.S government raises the minimum wage. Raising the minimum wage also has some bad influences to the whole economy. Based on what I learned in microeconomic class‚ a minimum wage is known as the price floor. The price floor will cause an excess supply and fail to
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1. What is the difference between micro and macro economics? Give an example of a microeconomic phenomenon and an example of a macroeconomic one. Microeconomics is the study of how an individual‚ group or a company makes their decisions while macroeconomics is the study of how decisions are made on a whole‚ which involves growth‚ inflation‚ use of country resources and unemployment; focusing on broad issues. Microeconomics and macroeconomics goes hand in hand‚ they compliment each other. The decisions
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1. Do all international financial transactions necessarily involve exchanging one nation’s distinct currency for another? Explain. Could a nation that neither imports goods and services nor exports goods and services still engage in international financial transactions? LO1 Answer: The answer is almost certainly a yes. Only in rare cases would you find barter exchanges (goods and services for other goods and services). Yes‚ they could engage in financial transactions (the exchange of assets across
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PROBLEM BASED LEARNING: GSM5000 (MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS) GROUP 1 No. 1 You have been appointed as a member of a consultation team who is working on this very important assignment for a soft drink company. The main task is to evaluate factors affecting the soft drink consumption. Therefore‚ you should revise the knowledge of demand analysis and carry out an investigation on the possible determinants of the demand for the product. The consultant should
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CSEC Economics School Based Assessment An Economic Analysis on the Factors Which Influences Smoking in the Community of Golden Spring‚ St. Andrew Topic: Demerit Good Name of Candidate: Renae Bennett Candidate’s number: Centre number: 100049 School: Holy Childhood High Teacher: Mrs. Henry-Fagan Teritory: Jamaica Year of Examination: May/June 2013 Examination ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement
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CONFIDENTIAL BM/JUN 2012/ECO415 UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA FINAL EXAMINATION COURSE COURSE CODE EXAMINATION TIME ECONOMICS EC0415 JUNE 2012 3 HOURS INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 1. This question paper consists of two (2) parts PART A (2 Questions) PART B (4 Questions) Answer ALL questions from PART A and three (3) questions from PART B in the Answer Booklet. Start each answer on a new page. Do not bring any material into the examination room unless permission is given by the invigilator
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ECON 1020 Principles of Macroeconomics Assignment 1 Question 1 (10 marks) (a) The relative scarcity of resources makes the operation of any economy a matter of choosing between alternatives.” Explain. The world has limited resources and us‚ as people have unlimited wants. Therefore‚ we must constantly make decisions to choose what we would rather buy or produce and what we must give up in its consequence. This includes work and time. For example‚ studying for an exam late at night would give
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ECONOMIES OF SCALE AND ECONOMIES OF SCOPE Economies of scale are reductions in average costs attributable to production volume increases. They typically are defined in relation to firms‚ which may seek to achieve economies of scale by becoming large or even dominant producers of a particular type of product or service. A distinction can be made between internal and external economies of scales. Internal economies of scale occur when a firm reduces costs by increasing production. External economies
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1. What are your chosen company’s marketing principles? Is this company trying to provide superior quality/value products‚ to have excellent services‚ to be innovative‚ to have a valuable brand name‚ or to understand competitors / consumers through market research capabilities... etc? How and where do you find this information*? You can find this from company’s mission statement‚ advertising slogans‚ and other places (e.g.‚ company’s website‚ information for investors‚ leaflets). *This is where
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Chapter 3 Consumption and Investment Consumption (C) and investment (I) Since we are more concerned with two sector model in our course‚ we will discuss about consumption and investment. In a two sector model‚ a simple but an imaginary assumption of no government and no foreign trade is made. Here Yd =C+S or Yd =AD (aggregate demand) This also implies that C+S=C+I Consumption Introducing you with: (Think yourself in advance) What is consumption? What is consumption function
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