The federal government of the United States is composed of three distinct branches: legislative‚ executive and judicial. The powers of these branches are vested by the U.S. constitution in the Congress‚ the president and the federal courts. The legislative branch of the U.S. government is the United States Congress. It is a bicameral system‚ meaning it has both an upper and a lower house: The Senate and the House of Representatives respectively. Both senators and representatives are chosen through
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Economics 247 Assignment 1 Version A This assignment has a maximum total of 100 marks and is worth 10% of your total grade for this course. You should complete it after completing your course work for Units 1 through 5. Answer each question clearly and concisely. 1. a. 3/3Define opportunity cost‚ and explain its importance in economics. (3 marks) -The opportunity cost of something is what you must give up of one thing‚ in order to get it. Opportunity cost is a key concept of
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6. Advance with the customers: Product quality and counterfeit products are the major concern of buyers on Taobao. As a result‚ buyers were willing to pay a premium for quality assurance and better service‚ pushing the market towards the B2C end. Alibaba formed good relationship with most of the brand and established a solid consumer base. It soon became aware of the trend and leveraged its strength by launching a B2C platform‚ TMall. Currently‚ it’s the largest B2C website in China. Moreover‚ a
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Stock Market and Economic Growth: An Empirical Analysis for Germany Adamopoulos Antonios Department of Applied Informatics‚ University of Macedonia‚ Thessaloniki‚ Macedonia‚ Greece Correspondence to: Adamopoulos Antonios‚ adamant@uom.gr Published online: April 15‚ 2010 Abstract This paper investigates the causal relationship between stock market development and economic growth for Germany for the period 1965-2007 using a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM). The purpose of this paper was to
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3. A carpetbagger was a political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections. 4. The most significant impact of the Transcontinental Railroad was that allowed people to travel to places much easier and faster. 5. What brought upon the rapid urbanization of America in the late 1800’s was the industrial revolution. 6. The job of a muckraker was to spread real or alleged scandal about another. 7. The temperance movement was a social movement against the use of alcoholic
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English occupies an important position in global education at the moment. It seems to be seen as a high status language with an inherent connection to capitalism and globalism. The example websites given‚ one from a university in the Netherlands and the other from Brazil. Both websites are presented in English as well as their national language‚ despite the fact that English is a secondary language in both nations. This status‚ rivalling even the official language of the country‚ seems to have sprung
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What Factors Affect the Labor Market? Adrienne Rudy ECON 210 Professor Kenneth Tirpack February 14‚ 2015 As a professional recruiter‚ I would prefer a candidate with a college degree. Even if the degree obtained does not exactly align with the position I am looking to fill‚ a college degree can give me a lot of information about an applicant. One of the most important thing that a college degree tells me is that the person is a hard worker. It takes drive‚ hard work‚ and dedication to obtain
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STUDY Recent literatures on economic growth asserted that ex-ante development of the financial system facilitate ex-post economic growth (e.g. Rajan and Zingales). In recent time‚ the link between financial market development and economic growth has received much attention in the literatures (King and Levine 1993‚ Rajan and Zingales 1998‚ Calderon and Liu 2002‚ Sunday E. Ewah and Judey Bassey 2004‚ T.S. Osinubi 2000). This is not unexpected as the financial market provides the needed finance which
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trade----------------------------3 The importance of international trade---------------------3 Economic integration and global markets to UK business organizations-----------------------------------------4 The impact of two policies of the European Union on UK business organizations------------------------------------5 The impact of fiscal policies on the UK business------------5 The impact of monetary policy on the UK business---------6 The economic implications for the UK of entry into EMU--------------------------------------------------------------------6
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The Gospels can collectively be described as an account of the life of Jesus while He lived here on earth. It records His miraculous conception and birth‚ His ministry‚ His death‚ and His resurrection. Each of the Gospels are speculated to have been written in between A.D. 55 to A.D. 65‚ except for the Book of John‚ which was written around A.D. 90. Despite sharing the same person as their subject‚ each of the Gospels present different purposes and key themes due to their varying intended audiences
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