PROBLEM SET # 1 Instructions: 1) Open book‚ open notes limited to only class materials. 2) Unlimited time. 3) This must be reflective of your individual effort. GMU Honor Code applies. 4) The Problem Set #1 (only the question solutions portion) is due at the end of the day on September 24th. 5) Show all work‚ as partial credit will be given for each question’s answer. Organize your work so it is easy to follow. You can use word‚ power point‚ excel or combinations
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Problem Set 2 Complete all questions listed below. Clearly label your answers 1. What impact would a change that shifts an economy’s production possibilities curve outward have on the long run aggregate supply curve? How have improvements in computer technology affected production possibilities and the long run aggregate supply curve? Explain Answer: Growth of population and the labor-force participation rate Capital accumulation Improvements in technology 2
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Assignment #2: Research a person or a research group. In Forbes’s 2008 list of billionaires‚ Mr. Mark Zuckerberg‚ at the age of 23‚ became the youngest self-made billionaire with a net worth of 1.5 US billion dollars. Four years later‚ on the 18th of May 2012‚ Zuckerberg rang the opening bell for the NASDAQ Stock Index from the headquarters of his company in Menlo Park California. On that day‚ Mark Zuckerberg took his company‚ Facebook‚ public. The company’s stock opened at a price of USD 42.05
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Problem Set 4 Complete all questions listed below. Clearly label your answers. 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? If the financial asset can be turned into real money fast. Intrest earning checkable deposits are included because they can be converted quickly into paper money. Intrest earning savings accounts and treasury
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CS578/STAT590: Introduction to Machine Learning Fall 2014 Problem Set 1 Joon Hee Choi Handed In: 09/14/2014 Review Questions 1. 2. 3. • ∂f ∂x = 6x − y − 11‚ ∂f ∂y • ∂f ∂x = 6x − y − 11 = 0‚ = 2y − x ∂f ∂y = 2y − x = 0 ⇒ x = 2‚ y = 1 ⇒ (x‚ y) = (2‚ 1) • (a) n = 2 w1 x1 and x = . Then‚ w2 x2 wT x + b = w1 x1 + w2 x2 + b = 0 ⇒ −x1b + Let w = w1 x2 − wb =1 2 (b) n = 3 w1 x1 Let w = w2 and x = x2 . Then‚ w3 x3 T w x + b = w1 x1 + w2 x2 + w3 x3 + b = 0 ⇒ −x1b + −x2b
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PROBLEM SET 4 1) Consider the following utility functions‚ where W is wealth: (a) U (W ) = W 2 1 (b) U (W ) = W (c) U (W ) = −W (d) U (W ) = W (e) U (W ) = ln(W ) (f) U (W ) = W 1−γ ‚ with γ = 2 1−γ How likely are each of these functions to represent actual investor preferences? Why? 2) Suppose investors have preference described by the following utility function with A > 0: U = E(r) − 1 Aσ 2 2 Each investor has to choose between three portfolios with the following characteristics:
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Problem Set 1 Complete all questions listed below. Clearly label your answers. 1. The receipts and year of release of the five movies with the largest nominal box office revenues‚ along with the CPI data of each year are presented below. Assuming that the receipts for each of the movies were derived during their year of release‚ convert the receipts for each to real dollars for the year 2010 (2010 CPI 230.1). Put the movies in order from largest to smallest real box office receipts and show
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Problem Set 1 Problem 1 Which project should the firm select? Why? Project B: Managers should try to maximize their stock’s intrinsic value while also bringing in revenue. The P/E ratio shows the dollar amount investors will pay for $1 of current earnings. Problem 2 If most investors expect the same cash flows from Companies A and B but are more confident that A’s cash flows will be closer to their expected value‚ which company should have the higher stock price? Explain. The primary
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University of Hong Kong 1st semester 2014-15 ECON0301/ECON2252 Theory of International Trade Problem Set 1 Due time: 5pm September 26‚ 2014 (Friday) Answer all of the following questions. While I encourage you to discuss with your classmates‚ you have to write up your own script. Please hand it in to your TA (Miss Jiuqi Zhao) by the due time via her pageon box on the 9th ‡oor of K.K. Leung Building. 1. Suppose that Home and Foreign have the marginal product of labor shown below. Home Foreign Baseball
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Econ 122B Problem Set 3 Name(Print)______________________ Due in class on March 3 UCI ID____________________________ 1. In class‚ we have talked about the following simple wage equation wage female u ‚ where female is a dummy that is equal to 1 if female‚ and 0 otherwise. Given the OLS estimates ˆ and ˆ for the above model‚ what are the OLS estimates for a model with a
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