CONSUMER CHOICE 5.0: Introduction In this unit‚ we shall concentrates on a consumer by looking at the behaviour of a consumer in exclusion from both other consumers and producers. Recall that a consumer is one who uses goods and services to satisfy her wants. She is assumed to be rational meaning that he aims at utility maximization; given her income and commodity prices. There are several theories that have been developed to try and explain the behaviour of a consumer. However‚ they can be
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Chapter 07 Consumer Behavior Multiple Choice Questions 1. Utility: A. is synonymous with usefulness. B. is want-satisfying power. C. is easy to quantify. D. rarely varies from person to person. 2. Marginal utility can be: A. positive‚ but not negative. B. positive or negative‚ but not zero. C. positive‚ negative‚ or zero. D. decreasing‚ but not negative. 4. The ability of a good or service to satisfy wants is called: A. utility maximization. B. opportunity cost
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problems are: i) Double coincidence of wants ii) Rate of exchange iii) Divisibility ( with explanation) (b) The four functions of money are as follows: i) Medium of exchange ii) Unit of account iii) Store of value iv) Standard for deferred payment ( with explanation) QUESTION 2 a) Functions of a financial system (i) Mobilisation of funds (ii) Flexibility in investment (iii) Implementation of monetary policy (iv) An efficient savings process
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completion of this unit‚ you should be able to: understand the meaning of inventory and identify inventory related cost parameters learn about various types of inventory policies appreciate the role of selective inventory management know the exchange curve concept for aggregate inventory planning get a feel of some mathematical models of inventory analysis perform sensitivity analysis on a type of model compute safety stocks understand the problems of slow moving items appreciate the role of computers
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Examination One Assume that you recently graduated with a degree in finance and have just reported to work as an investment advisor at the brokerage firm of Balik and Kiefer Inc. One of the firm’s clients is Michelle Dellatorre‚ a professional tennis player who has just come to the United States from Chile. Dellatorre is a highly ranked tennis player who would like to start a company to produce and market apparel that she designs. She also expects to invest substantial amounts of money through
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Table of Contents Abstract 3 Part 1 - Literature Review 4 1.1. Equity definitions 4 1.2. Measurements of inequality 4 Part 2 - Situation of Income Inequality in Vietnam in the period from 2000 to 2010 7 2.1. Situation 7 2.1.1. Income distribution among 5 quintiles 7 2.1.2. Income distribution between rural area and urban area 9 2.1.3. Income Distribution among 8 regions of Vietnam: 10 2.1.4. GINI coeffiecent 11 2.2. Consequences – the measurement of “40” 12 Part 3:
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A STUDY ON DEMAND ANALYSIS OF ECO- FRIENDLY PRODUCTS WITH SPECIAL REFERNCE TO JUTE PRODUCTS Dissertation submitted to the Mahatma Gandhi University‚ Kottayam In partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Award of the degree of BACHELOR OF COMMERCE Submitted by ATHIRA MOHAN‚ Reg. No. 135842 GANGAMOL K V‚ Reg. No.135864 SEN JANSEN T F‚ Reg. No.135926 B.COM Final Semester Under the guidance of Prof. T. S. SOJAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE SACRED HEART COLLEGE
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to Economic Written Report 6.1 a) Consider a monopoly facing the following demand and MC curves: Demand: P = 12 – 0.002 Q MC: MC = 3 + 0.001 Q (i) Calculate the profit maximizing output of this monopoly. Ans: The output level of monopoly to maximize profit is MR=MC. As‚ P=a-bQ‚ the MR curve will be MR=a-2bQ‚ So‚ 12-2(0.002Q) = 3+0.001Q 12-0.004Q = 3+0.001Q 9 = 0.005Q Q = 1800 Monopoly Price
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Lesson - 1 Business Economics- Meaning‚ Nature‚ Scope and significance Introduction and meaning : (Author : Dr. M.S. Khanchi) Business Economics‚ also called Managerial Economics‚ is the application of economic theory and methodology to business. Business involves decision-making. Decision making means the process of selecting one out of two or more alternative courses of action. The question of choice arises because the basic resources such as capital‚ land‚ labour and management are limited and
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for lifespan‚ and 1.25 for cerebral gray matter. 7. What is the respiratory quotient and what is the range of values observed? The ratio of CO2 expired to 02. Range of values is 0-250 ml 02/hr. 8. Now that non linear curve fitting methods can be easily accomplished by using standard personal computers‚ is there any compelling reason to transform equations so as to linearize the trends above? It helps because it smooths out the data instead of being all squished together. 9. When examining the slopes
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