Name: Jennifer Diaz Date: September 4‚ 2013 Student # 75123 QUIZ #2 THE PUBLIC SECTOR 1.) Why might Fourth of July fireworks be considered a public good? Who should pay for them? Because a public good is a good or service in this case whose consumption by one person does not exclude consumption by others. This means that in this case the fourth of July fireworks are a public good because is not going to end because of how many people see them. In my own opinion I think that everybody
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Ch.20‚ Chapter 20: FUTURES Multiple Choice Questions 1. Spot markets are for immediate delivery. Forward prices are: a. b. c. d. The price agreed upon today for an asset for deferred delivery in the future. The price in the future for an asset delivered in the future. The price today for a forward price in the future. Based on current spot market prices. Ans: a Difficulty: Moderate Ref: An Overview of Futures Markets 2. A forward contract differs from a futures contract in that: a. b. c. d.
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International Business‚ 13e (Global Edition) (Daniels/Radebaugh/Sullivan) Chapter 4 The Economic Environment 1) The recent global economic crisis has led to which of the following? A) governments seeking to impose more constraints on capitalism B) governments seeking to eliminate constraints on capitalism C) governments seeking to increase the interdependence of developing economies D) governments seeking to eliminate the interdependence of developing economies 2) Income‚ purchasing
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Lecture notes for a Micro Course Based on Microeconomics 8ed by Pindyck & Rubinfeld Prepared by Houston H. Stokes. Goal of the Notes: Allow the student to have an outline of the key ideas and solutions to a number of problems that will be discussed in class. Since the notes are distributed in WORD® format‚ students can edit the notes. Introduction Quote from Robert Mundell Man and Economics 1968 "Economics is the science of choice. It began with Aristotle but got mixed
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Final exsam 5. A mainframe is a type of legacy workstation. Answer: True [pic] False 6. Client/server computing is the most widely used form of centralized processing. Answer: True [pic] False 7. In cloud computing‚ rapid elasticity refers to the ability of computing resources to be quickly altered to meet demand. Answer: [pic] True False 8. Application server software is responsible for locating and managing stored Web pages. Answer:
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Chapter 1 An Overview of the Changing Financial-Services Sector Multiple Choice Questions 47. In the United States a commercial bank qualifies as a "bank" under federal law if it offers: A) Consumer installment loans‚ CDs B) Savings deposits‚ commercial loans C) Checking accounts‚ commercial loans D) Security investments‚ inventory loans to business customers E) Commercial deposit accounts‚ consumer savings plans 48. E. F. Hutton‚ J.C. Penney‚ and Sears
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Chapter 19 Early Latin America Multiple Choice 1. Which of the following was a NOT characteristic of Iberian society? a. b. Absence of slaveholding traditions c. Emphasis on nobility d. Emphasis on patriarchal ideals e. 2. Heavy urbanization Patriarchal families How was the commercial experience of the Portuguese extended to the Americas? a. b. The Portuguese were responsible for the use of galleys in the Atlantic passage c. The Portuguese experience
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Economics AP and IB Economics Unit 1 Definitions of social science and economics Definitions of microeconomics and macroeconomics Definitions of growth‚ development and sustainable development Positive and normative concepts Ceteris paribus Scarcity • factors of production: land‚ labor‚ capital and management/entrepreneurship • payments to factors of production: rent‚ wages‚ interest‚ profit Choice Utility: basic definition Opportunity cost • Free and economic goods • Production possibility curves:
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Section A a. Explain the concept of dominant strategy equilibrium. 1. http://tuvalu.santafe.edu/~jkchoi/game4.pdf 2. http://econweb.umd.edu/~borowitz/dominant_strategy_equilibrium.pdf b. Discuss the concept of Nash equilibrium. 1.http://www.economics.utoronto.ca/osborne/igt/nash.pdf 2. http://www.columbia.edu/~rs328/NashEquilibrium.pdf c. Is every dominant strategy equilibrium a Nash equilibrium? 1. http://economics.fundamentalfinance.com/game-theory/nash-equilibrium
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whether each of the following statements applies to microeconomics or macroeconomics‚ and why: 12 Marks Total a. The unemployment rate in Canada was 7.0 percent in January 2010 Answer: This is the macroeconomic statement because it describes the unemployment rate of the whole country. b. A Canadian software firm discharged 15 workers last month and transferred the work to India. Answer: This is the microeconomic statement because it focuses in an individual Canadian
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