Seminar 4 - Industrial Economics Week 16: beginning November 14th 2011 Price Competition and Bertrand Model Discussion Questions 1. Suppose firm 1 and firm 2 each produce the same product and face a market demand curve described by: Q = 5000 - 200P Firm 1 has a unit cost of production c1 equal to 6 whereas firm 2 has a higher unit cost of production c2 equal to 10. a. What is the Bertrand-Nash equilibrium outcome? b. What are the profits for each firm? c. Is this outcome efficient
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6 Most Important Things to Consider When Choosing a Broker The retail forex market is so competitive that just thinking about having to sift through all the available brokers can give you a major headache. Choosing which broker to trade with can be a very overwhelming task especially if you don’t know what you should be looking for. In this section‚ we will discuss the qualities you should look for when picking a broker. 1. Security The first and foremost characteristic that a good broker must
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There are three decision frameworks: Certainty: The consumer knows without risk or uncertainty the outcome of making a choice. Choices made are not differentiated with respect to the receipt of the outcome of a choice at different points in time. Standard consumer theory deals with consumer behavior under conditions of certainty. Risk: The consumer‚ or agent making the choice‚ does not know the outcome of making the choice with certainty. Instead‚ the choice maker knows the possible outcomes
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INTRODUCTION The subject of economic growth and equitable distribution of income of any country is an economically important one. The fulfillment of economic development in each country is based on achieving two goals‚ including fairly rapid economic growth and income distribution in society. More growth and better distribution is not possible at the same time-some economist argued. So it needs to make trade-off. The issue of growth and income distribution is very much concerns to the economist
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LEARNING CURVE – FACT OR FICTION? (Author unknown ) The term "the learning curve" has a popular‚ well-known meaning in American culture. In consideration of how and when you start to examine the way that term is used‚ most people discover that the primary and perceived meaning of the term really doesn’t make any sense.If the curve is drawn on a chart which tracks resulting knowledge against time spent learning‚ it might look like the Tetris© (a popular logic game) graph here to the right. By
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Chapter 6: Interest Rates The difficulty of these questions as seen by students will depend on (1) what was discussed in class and (2) how long students have to answer the questions. If time is not an issue‚ then many of the questions could be classified as EASY‚ but under exam conditions with time pressure‚ many might be regarded as being CHALLENGING. So‚ consider the amount of time students have when selecting questions for an exam. Note that there is some overlap between the True/False and the
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ACCRUAL SWAPS AND RANGE NOTES PATRICK S. HAGAN BLOOMBERG LP 499 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK‚ NY 10022 PHAGAN1@BLOOMBERG.NET 212-893-4231 Abstract. Here we present the standard methodology for pricing accrual swaps‚ range notes‚ and callable accrual swaps and range notes. Key words. range notes‚ time swaps‚ accrual notes 1. Introduction. 1.1. Notation. In our notation today is always t = 0‚ and (1.1a) D(T ) = today’s discount factor for maturity T. For any date t in the future‚ let Z(t; T ) be the
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Personal Statement -- Msc Accounting & Finance at LSE During this dire economic times‚ the emphasis on quality accounting and finance practice is greater than ever. These two areas have been my area of focus in my education and career goals. I am looking to take another step towards my aspirations by gaining more knowledge through enrolling in the MSc Accounting and Finance program. I believe I have what it takes to do well as well as contribute to LSE during my graduate study. I was born
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INDEX TOPIC PAGE NO 1 Abstract 3 2 Current status of Indian Bond Market 3 3 All about Yield curve 5 4 Behavior of bond yields- Case by Case basis 7 5 Data Calculations and Conclusions 11 6 Literature Review 15 7 References 17 Abstract This paper examines the determinants of the bond yields in India using daily data from Feb 20‚ 2013 through March 30‚ 2014‚ to be precise 300 working days. The
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"Explain how production possibilities curves can be used to demonstrate the problem of unemployment‚ the effects of technological change and the benefits of economic growth."A production possibility frontier (also known as production possibility curve) represents all the possible combinations of the production of two types of goods and services that the economy can produce at any given time through graphical means. It is used to clearly demonstrate the problem of unemployment‚ the effects of technological
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