Econ 302 Name:_____________________ Fall 2014 Problem Set 1 (Thursday September 18‚ 2014 In class – no extensions) Please Print and Answer in the Provided Space 1) Consider the following estimates for an iPad sold in Canada in 2010: retail price $550 (say at Best Buy)‚ Apple (a U.S. corporation) wholesale price $475‚ Apple intermediate costs $385. Of Apple’s intermediate costs‚ $100 was wholly produced by U.S. manufacturers‚ and $285 from other foreign producers. Suppose the production chain was
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Problem Set 3 - FINA 4200 Spring 2013 Due Wednesday February 26th before class I. Multiple Choices Chapter 2 1. According to the Capital Asset Pricing Model‚ investors are primarily concerned with portfolio risk‚ not the isolated risks of individual stocks. Thus‚ the relevant risk is an individual stock’s contribution to the overall riskiness of the portfolio. a. True b. False 2. Diversifiable risk‚ which is measured by beta‚ can be lowered by adding more stocks to a portfolio.
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Risk Management Problem‚ Set I T Blount FIN/415 Brenda Papillon May 6‚ 2013 6-1. (Expected rate of return and risk) Carter Inc. is evaluating a security. One-year Treasury bills are currently paying 9.1 percent. Calculate the investment’s expected return and its standard deviation. Should Carter invest in the security? Probability Return .15 6% .30 9% .40 10% .15 15% Expected Rate of Return: (.15 x .06) + (.30 x .09) + (.40 x .1) + (.15 x
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Economics 500 – Problem Set #3 Consider a firm producing an output Q using the two inputs “labor” (L) and “capital” (K) according to the production function Q = K.5L.5 (i.e.‚ the amount of output produced Q is equal to the square root of K times the square root of L). Suppose that the firm is in a short-run situation in which K is fixed at one unit (K = 1) but labor is variable. Suppose that the user cost of capital‚ r‚ is $48 for each unit of K and that the wage rate‚ w‚ the cost of one unit
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BIOAP 458‚ 2012 Name: _______________________ Raw Score: ________/ 102‚ ________% PROBLEM SET 7 Cardiac Electrophysiology 1) (8 pts.) Match the most appropriate pairs _F__ AV node (atrioventricular node) _E__ gap junctions _G__ action potential generated by ventricular myocytes _H__ functions as the pacemaker of the whole heart _D__ calcium _C__ Bachmann’s bundle _A__ Bundle of His _B__ action potential generated by pacemakers Prof. Beyenbach VRT 8014 A. ventricular conduction system that distributes
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FBE 421 Prof. Briggs Problem Set #1 Please print out this document and clearly handwrite your answers to each of the questions below in the space provided. Show all your work accordingly. A. Calculate LTM (a) Revenue and (b) Net Income for Costco Wholesale (COST) using their latest financial statements as of 3Q2011. 77946+60737-53821=84‚862 MM Revenue 1303+984-871= 1‚416 MM Net-income B. Calculate Costco’s LTM (a) EBIT and (b) EBITDA. 2077+1677-1389=2‚365 MM EBIT (2077+795)+(1677+582)-(1389+549)=
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Problem Set 3 ECON 973 Fall 2012 Fluctuations: Discrete Time Models Ben Brewer 12/10/12 1. a. Given this two-period problem of labor supply maxc1 ‚n1 ‚c2 ‚n2 ln[c1 ] + ln[1 − n1 ] + βln[c2 ] + βln[1 − n2 ] subject to the intertemporal budget constraint c1 [1 + r] + c2 = w1 n1 [1 + r] + w2 n2 Dividing each side by [1+r] for convenience gives c1 + c2 w 2 n2 = w 1 n1 + 1+r 1+r We can solve for consumption and labor supply in each period (c1 ‚ c2 ‚ n1 ‚ n2 ) by first setting up the Lagrangian
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Econ 214 Problem Set 4 1. What determines whether a financial asset is included in the M1 money supply? Why are interest-earning checkable deposits included in M1‚ whereas interest-earning savings accounts and Treasury bills are not? A financial assest is included in the M1 money supply when it can be quickly converted into the physical form of money‚ such as dollars and coins. Interested-earning checkable deposits are included because it can be quickly accessible without limitations
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Baldeo Persaud NT 1230 Unit 5 Problem Set 1 Matching Complete the following exercise by matching the terms with their corresponding definitions. a. automated password guessing b. Windows authorization mechanism c. passwords plus smartcards d. stored in a digital certificate e. standard for smart card support f. decrypts data encrypted with a certificate g. firewall exceptions h. standard for fingerprint scanners and other devices i. potentially destructive software j. firewall rule requiring IPsec
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Unit 1 Problem Set 1 26. Surgery Versus Splints A study compared surgery and splinting for subjects suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome. It was found that among 73 patients treated with surgery‚ there was a 92% success rate. Among 83 patients treated with splints‚ there was a 72% success rate. Calculations using those results showed that if there really is no difference in success rates between surgery and splints‚ then there is about 1 chance in 1000 of getting success rates like the ones obtained
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