ECON 201: Introduction to Macroeconomics Midterm Exam 1: Answer Packet October 10‚ 2011 NAME: _________________________________ Circle your TA’s name: Circle your section time: Agustin 9 a.m. Brian 3 p.m. Meysam Directions: This test is in two parts‚ a multiple choice question part and a short-answer part. Use this answer packet to complete the exam. Calculators are permitted. Books‚ notes‚ reference materials‚ etc. are prohibited. Good luck! Part 1: Referring to the questions in the Multiple
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Interest and Money. One reason I prefer Keynesianism over the rest is because I agree with many things that Keynesian economist say. One of those things is Keynesian economists often argue that private sector decisions sometimes lead to inefficient macroeconomic outcomes which require active policy responses by the public sector.The monetary policy actions by the central bank and fiscal policy actions by the government‚ in order to stabilize output over the business cycle. One thing about Keynesian economics
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Cost management | Wilkerson Company Case | | 1. What is the competitive situation faced by Wilkerson? The competitive situation faced by Wilkerson is quite severe. Price cutting in its main product has led to a huge drop in profit. While price increase in another product line partially made up the loss. We will discuss the detailed situation line by line. (1) Valves It was the first product line developed by Wilkerson and its high quality brought it a loyal customer base. Even
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______________________________________________________________________ First Name: ______________________________________________________________________ Student Number: __________________________________________________________________ UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY ECON1002 INTRODUCTORY MACROECONOMICS Mid-semester Exam Semester One‚ 2012 Instructions: ________________________________________________________________________________ Time allowed: 60 minutes (plus 5 minutes reading time). The exam consists of 2 sections. Section I includes
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PRINCIPLE OF MACROECONOMICS 1.0 Content No. Topic Page 1.0 Content 2 2.0 Introduction 3 3.0 Discuss the cost of inflation and the dangers of deflation. 4 4.0 Discuss the nature and the roles of money. 8 5.0 Explain how banks can add to the money supply by making loans of money they are not required to hold in reserve. 10 6.0 How hyperinflations are caused by governments resorting to seignorage. 13 7.0 Conclusion 16 8.0 Reference 17 9.0 Coursework
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Course name: Macroeconomics FINAL 1. The two large macroeconomies I selected are China and the United States. 2a. GDP and GDP growth rate Found on http://www.tradingeconomics.com/Economics/Interest-Rate.aspx?Symbol=CNY China U.S. GDP per capita 2000- 949 34606 2001- 1021 34518 2002- 1106 34747 2003- 1209 35318 2004- 1323 36272 2005- 1452 37050 2006- 1612 37757 2007- 1811 38138 2008- 1963 38206 2009- NA NA China U.S. GDP growth rate (avg) 2000- 7.68 4.15
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for testing procedures and so on. The many costs incurred by the healthcare organization can be classified as variable‚ fixed‚ or semi-fixed costs. Understanding the appropriate classification of these cost ’s behaviors serves management through providing specific process and product information necessary for a successful operation. The primary reason for defining an organization ’s underlying cost structure is to provide healthcare managers with a tool for forecasting costs and profits at different
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Direct signals are macro indicator signals of what is directly being measured. For example‚ the consumer price index for urban consumers tells us what is happening to the general price level of consumer goods in US urban locations. Another example of a direct signal would be the unemployment rate since it measures the percent of labor force that is unemployed. Indirect signals come from watching the movement of causally related indicators‚ and drawing conclusions about one from the movement of the
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Hospital Ownership and Community Benefit: Looking Beyond Uncompensated Care Paula H. Song‚ PhD‚ assistant professor‚ health services management and policy. College of Public Health‚ Ohio State University‚ Columbus; Shoou-Yih D. Lee‚ PhD‚ associate professor‚ health management and policy. University of Michigan‚ Ann Arbor; Jeffrey A. Alexander‚ PhD‚ professor emeritus‚ health management and policy. University of Michigan; and Eric E. Seiher‚ PhD‚ assistant professor‚ health services management and
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RMIT UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF BUSINESS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE SIM SEMESTER 1: 2012 ECON-1045 Macroeconomics 2 TEST 2 (MOCK) Instructions: 1. Fill in your name and other details on page 2 before beginning the test. DO NOT DETACH PAGE 2 FROM THE QUESTION SHEETS. 2. You must answer all twenty eight questions in the time allowed for the test (Note: In the actual test‚ there are only 20 questions!) 3. For each question‚ choose the
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