The diagram shows Japan can produce camcorders at lower costs - its supply curve is lower than the UK. This means that Japan has a comparative advantage in producing camcorders. In the absence of international trade between the two countries‚ British consumers would have to buy at a higher equilibrium price than Japanese consumers. Since Japan is more efficient‚ it makes sense for Japan to specialise in production of camcorders and export their surplus output to the UK at a lower free trade
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Which is not characteristic of a product with relatively inelastic demand? A) The good is regarded by consumers as a necessity. B) There are a large number of good substitutes for the good. C) Buyers spend a small percentage of their total income on the product. D) Consumers have had only a short time period to adjust to changes in price. Answer: B 2. The demand for Cheerios cereal is more price-elastic than the demand for cereals as a whole. This is best explained by the fact that:
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Aggregate Supply and Demand Models ECO/372 November 24‚ 2014 Aggregate Supply and Demand Models Current state of Interest Rates and their effect on the U.S. economy Since the financial collapse of 2007 the United States Federal Reserve has maintained a system of policy accommodation consisting of lowering short-term interest rates to near zero levels‚ and buying large quantities of longer-term Treasury securities in order to encourage new spending and maintain the current prices of assets. Because
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Demand‚ Supply‚ Market Equilibrium and Elasticity A. Elasticity of demand is shown when the demands for a service or goods vary according to the price. Cross-price elasticity is shown by a change in the demand for an item relative to the change in the price of another. For substitutes‚ when there is a price increase of an item‚ there is an increase in the demand for another item. When viewing complements‚ if there is an increase in the price of an item‚ the demand
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Nokia SWOT analysis Strengths Weaknesses * Sold about more than 1 million smartphones last quarter than average analysts expected * Leader in Supply Chain Managment * Strong finances * World leader in R&D * Nokia has built one of the wireless industry’s strongest and broadest IPR portfolios with over 10‚000 patents * Sold about more than 1 million smartphones last quarter than average analysts expected * Leader in Supply Chain Managment * Strong finances
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for the demand for good X: QD = a1Px + a2I + a3Py Where Px = the price of good X‚ I = Income‚ and Py = the price of a related good‚ Y. A) What sign would expect a2 to have if good X is a normal good? B) If Px = 8‚ I = 10‚ Py = 6‚ a1 = -4‚ a2 = 20 and a3 = -3‚ what is the total quantity demanded? C) Using the relevant information provided in part B‚ solve for the demand equation (Q=f(P)) for good X. 6) Given the demand function
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Nokia can trace its roots back to 1865 and a pulp mill in south-west Finland. A century and a half later‚ Nokia’s handset business is being bought by Microsoft for €5.44bn after a troubled few years for the mobile phone giant. Here we track Nokia’s rise‚ and subsequent fall. 1865: Mining engineer Fredrik Idestam sets up a wood pulp mill at the Tammerkoski Rapids in south-western Finland. 1871: The Nokia name is born‚ inspired by the Nokianvirta river on the banks of which Idestam opens a second
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Gasoline Prices - The Supply‚ Demand and Competition Gasoline Prices - The Supply‚ Demand and Competition Each time I fill up my car at the gas pump I often wonder why gas prices fluctuate the way they do. What factors really contribute to this growing consumer issue? The price of crude oil is by far the main determinant in gasoline prices. Other contributing factors include the speed in which retail gas prices adjust to changes in crude oil and wholesale gas prices‚ refinery profit
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Nokia is the world’s number one mobile phone company and a successor in the global phone Industry. Being an Industry leader on a Global level‚ Nokia is fully engaged into excelling environmental performance and assume Cooperate responsibility in all their operations. It therefore maintains its position by living up to its slogan‚ “ Connecting People ”‚ by abiding to three main objectives; Speed of anticipation and fulfilling evolving customer and market needs‚ strong customer recognition and upholding
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Principles of Macroeconomics‚ 9e - TB1 (Case/Fair/Oster) Chapter 3 Demand‚ Supply‚ and Market Equilibrium 3.1 Firms and Households: The Basic Decision Making Units 1 Multiple Choice 1) Michael Dell was the first individual who sold computers by mail order. The company founded by Dell is now one of the largest and most successful computer companies in the United States. Michael Dell would be classified as a(n) A) entrepreneur. B) opportunist. C) monopolist
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