Chapter 4 Economic Efficiency‚ Government Price Setting‚ and Taxes Prepared by: Fernando & Yvonn Quijano © 2009 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Economics Hubbard/O’Brien UPDATE EDITION. Should the Government Control Apartment Rents? Learning Objectives 4.1 Distinguishing between the concepts of consumer surplus and producer surplus. 4.2 Understand the concept of economic efficiency. 4.3 Explain the economic effect of government imposed price ceilings and price floors
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BECO001 ASSIGMENT2 Case study #5: Milk Price War 1. What are the main issues? * Main Issues: * Coles and woolies have decreased the price of milk ( 2 litre bottle of own- brand milk just $2) * Based on saving my by Coles and Woolworths customer following the lower milk price; they saved $175 million * Based on saving my by Coles and Woolworths customer following the lower product price; they saved $500 million * Coles and Woolworths have control the milk price
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1. What is the ‘economic problem’? The fundamental economic problem is related to the issue of scarcity. Scarcity means that resources are limited and short in supply in the world (e.g. diamond). Because of limited resources and unlimited demands‚ society needs to decide how much to produce and distribute these relatively scarce resources. The basic economic problem can be define as what to produce‚ how much to produce and for whom to produce. Some countries are lucky to have great natural resources
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Chapter 1 The Big Ideas in Economics Think of why some goods should be allocated by money while some not. Why demand curve is downward sloping? Two effects: 1.Substitution effect (dominent) 2.Income effect (small) The demand&supply curve can be read horizontally or vertically. You should be familiar with both ways of reading. Chapter 3 Supply&Demand Concepts: 1.A normal good: a good for which demand increases when income increases. An inferior good: a good for which demand decreases
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Terms and Definitions related to Economics Administered price: A price set not by the forces of demand and supply‚ but by some authority like the Government or a regulatory authority. Agenda 21: Programme of action adopted at the Earth Summit in 1992. It has 21 chapters dealing with all aspects of sustainable development‚ conservation‚ and resource management. Appropriation Bill: A bill introduced in the Parliament together with the budget‚ seeking the approval of the House to permit expenditure
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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS General Certificate of Education Advanced Level 9708/42 ECONOMICS Paper 4 Data Response and Essays (Supplement) October/November 2011 2 hours 15 minutes Additional Materials: Answer Booklet/Paper * 2 1 8 2 6 0 2 5 0 5 * READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST If you have been given an Answer Booklet‚ follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet. Write your Centre number‚ candidate number and name on all the work you
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References: • McConnell‚ C. R.‚ Brue‚ S. L. 2007. Economics: Principles‚ Problems‚ and Policies. 17th edition. McGraw Hill. • Mankiw‚ N. G. 2007. Principles of Economics. 4th edition. Thomson South-Western. • Tesco‚ (WWW) Available from: http://www.tesco.com.my [Accessed: 10th April 2011] • Giant‚ (WWW) Available from: http://www.giant.com.my/ [Accessed: 10th
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price‚ income and other commodities. Calculating price‚ income and crossprice elasticity can review the new cars market‚ it can be found that the demand and supply of new cars are always affected by these three factors. This essay will examine the economic factors that affect the elasticities for new cars. First of all‚ this essay will now examine the PED. The price elasticity of demand "measures the responsiveness of quantity demanded to the price change of a product"‚ and It can be calculated
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command economy. In mixed economy both the private and public sector need to co-exist to overcome the weakness of one another. Most countries practice mixed economy for a number of reasons as mentioned below. Where there is free market enterprise economic forces are unfettered. Supply and demand determine the prices of goods and services. Prices in turn tell businesses what to produce‚ if the people want more of a particular good than the economy is producing the price of the good rises. That catches
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