12 13 14 15 C C A B C 1) Who or what is responsible for the allocation of scarce resources into the production of most goods in the U.S.? A) the American government B) the UN C) the Federal Reserve Bank D) markets and prices Answer: B 2) Which of the following is an example of a normative statement? A) A higher price for a good causes people to want to buy less of that good. B) A lower price for a good causes people to want to buy more of that good
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INTRODUCTION The price of a commodity such as wheat increases when there is an increase in demand and decrease in supply. This particular case is currently being experienced in China and South Africa. Preceding the price change‚ changes in demand and supply has to occur. There are factors which cause this change in demand and supply. FACTORS WHICH CAUSE CHANGES IN DEMAND AND SUPPLY China recently experienced a drought causing the low production of wheat. Low production of wheat resulted in a low
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3. Demand and Price Elasticity It is important to understand how price changes affect the demand of fast food especially for firm like McDonald that operates in a Monopolistic Market. When McDonalds offers its discounted Value Meal during lunch and dinner hours‚ the demand for McDonald’s products will increase. According to the law of demand‚ other things equal‚ the quantity demanded of a goods increases when the price of the good falls. (N.Geogory Mankiw et al.‚2013). A change in price will affect
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Week 2: Supply and Demand Ashley Lovitt ECO 212 March 31‚ 2013 Ed Delacruz Week 2: Supply and Demand There are many factors that play a role in the decisions that we make‚ especially in the economy. We could be faced with a decision to purchase a new home‚ or we could be faced with a decision that our child needs to go to college needs help paying for it. No matter what decision that we are faced with‚ the laws of supply and demand play and important role. I have been faced with many financial
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London Games gives Singapore hoteliers a boost Singapore based hoteliers are doing brisk business in London‚ for the period of the upcoming London Olympic Games. This article was published on 25 June‚ 2012 written by Yasmine Yahya on The Straits Times newspaper. Which 95% of the rooms of The Ascott‚ Millennium & Copthorne Hotels (M&C) and Frasers Hospitality were booked. The games had actually started on 27 July‚ 2012. In addition‚ GuocoLeisure will also have benefit like for example 5
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Increase in Demand (Tastes‚ Ads‚ and Preferences) New RedBull Energy Tea! RedBull Energy Drink is introducing a new line of drinks‚ including the new RedBull Energy Tea. Due to the new line‚ the demand for the product will increase from past history. As the demand increases‚ a shortage will occur because more people will have a higher demand for the new line of products. Since the high demands won’t be able to be met‚ we must raise the prices until the shortage disappears and the new equilibrium
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Economics Unit 2: How Markets Work Investigating Price Changes Portfolio Project Part 1: Chapter 6 Wall Street Journal Questions 1) Why are sports teams considering switching to a variable–pricing strategy for tickets? Sports teams are switching to a variable-pricing strategy for tickets so that they can get a higher profit on games with record attendance numbers. They feel the need to do so because the marginal costs‚ such as construction payment and players’ salaries‚ did not equal to the marginal
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there is a lack in the staffing process. The company decided to recruit 5 Salesperson to cover major metros and cities of Maharashtra. Advertisements were given in local newspaper. Marketing team took the interview and the candidates were selected. The candidates faced the problem of finding suitable residence but the company policy did not give consideration for the same. Due to delay in the receipt of fans at Baroda factory salesperson were asked to do the market survey. During this period 2 salesperson
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for short term signage‚ such as point of sale displays. Blackboard Pty Ltd (Blackboard) is one of a small number of suppliers in Australia of vinyl film. In June 2012‚ Blackboard entered into a contract with PostersPLUS Pty Ltd (PostersPLUS) to supply PostersPLUS with cast vinyl film over a 12 month period. Between November 2012 and September 2013‚ Blackboard supplied PostersPLUS with film to the value of the $200‚000 pursuant to the contract. PostersPLUS used the cast vinyl film to manufacture
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rate of 3%? Answer: P = $40/(0.05 - 0.03) = $40/0.02 = $2‚000 Topic 2: Supply and Demand 1) Suppose that the demand for oranges increase. Explain the long -run effects of the guiding function of price in this scenario. Answer: In the long run‚ the higher price of oranges will signal more firms to enter the orange market‚ as it will seem more profitable than some other markets. As firms enter‚ supply increases‚ causing the price to fall relative to the short-run price and quantity
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