Problem Set 2 Name: __________________________________________ Problem Set 2 is to be completed by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module/Week 4. 1. The following table presents data for wages in the market for internet security professionals. (HINT: in the labor market the roles are reversed. Those who want to hire labor are the demanders. The workers enter the work force providing labor to the market place so they are the suppliers.) Wage Quantity Demanded Quantity Supplied $50‚000
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supply) and into leisure. Problem Set 2: Suggested Solutions 2 Taxes in the Real Intertemporal Model (40 Raw Points) Taxes in the Real Intertemporal Model This problem studies the effects of a permanent (lump sum) tax decrease on macroeconomic variables such as This problem studies the effects of a permanent (lump sum) tax decrease on macroeconomic variables such as employemployment‚ output‚ consumption‚ investment‚ interest rates‚ and real wages. This problem is particularly ment‚ output
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Text Problem Sets A1. (Bond valuation) A $1‚000 face value bond has a remaining maturity of 10 years and a required return of 9%. The bond’s coupon rate is 7.4%. What is the fair value of this bond? Number of years (N) = 10‚ future value (FV) = 1000‚ interest rate (I/YR) = 9 0.074 * 1000 = 74 = PMT or annual payment‚ I then pressed CPT on my financial calculator to compute the price of the bond and then pressed PV or present value. The fair value of the bond is $897.32. Using Cash Flow of
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Lab PROBLEM SET 1 1. The data below were obtained after performance of Ex. 2 as stated in your MCB 150 lab manual. a. Estimate the number of total bacteria‚ actinomycetes‚ fungi and algae per gram (dry weight) of soil collected from the IBS garden pH: 6.0 ODW: 8.6 grams Colony Counts: PDA 10-1: 210‚ 190 AMA 10-4: 125‚ 119 SCA 10-4: 80‚ 62 10-2: 20‚ 34 10-5: 17‚ 29 10-5: 18‚ 2 Algal Medium (no. of + tubes/ no. of inoculated tubes): 10-1: 5/ 5 10-2: 5/ 5 10-3: 3/ 5 10-4: 1/ 5
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ECP 6705 – First Problem Set Fall‚ 2014 Name or Names: (if a group of two) 1. Write a memo to UWF COB Dean Tim O’Keefe explaining why you believe offering a tuition increase for the next semester MBA students will increase total revenue (assume that he has heard of elasticity‚ but is no expert on the subject). 2. Mentone Cabins recently reduced price by 20 percent and saw volume increase by 10 percent. Should the owners reduce price further
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ZPH 123 Problem set Forces 1. Two 25.0-N weights are suspended at opposite ends of a rope that passes over a light‚ frictionless pulley. The pulley is attached to a chain that goes to the ceiling. a. What is the tension in the rope? b. What is the tension in the chain? 2. A stockroom worker pushes a box with mass 11.2 kg on a horizontal surface with constant speed of 3.50 m/s. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the box and the surface is 0.20. a. What horizontal force must be applied by
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EC3314 – Financial Economics Fall 2013 Vinay P NUNDLALL Problem Set 1 Question 1 Explain what is meant by the following: a. A broker holding securities in street name A brokerage account where the customer’s securities and assets are held under the name of the brokerage firm‚ rather than the name of the individual who purchased the security or asset. Although the name on the certificate is not that of the individual‚ they are still listed as the real and beneficial owner and have the rights
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Problem Set 4 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? a. Any financial asset that can be easily changed into physical money is included in the M1 money supply. b. Because checkable deposits are easily changed into physical money‚ they are included in M1; however‚ savings accounts and Treasury bills cannot be‚ due to the fact that
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One: (10 points) Tom leases a farmer’s field and grows pineapples. Tom hires students to pick and pack the pineapples. The following table sets out Tom’s total product schedule. Labor (students) Total Products (pineapples/per day) 0 0 1 100 2 220 3 300 4 360 5 400 6 420 7 430 1. Calculate the marginal product of the third student; 2. Calculate the average product of three students; 3. Over what numbers of students does marginal product increase? 4. When marginal
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Econ 214 Problem Set 5 1. What impact will an unanticipated increase in the money supply have on the real interest rate‚ real output‚ and employment in the short run? How will expansionary monetary policy affect these factors in the long run? Explain. The money supply in an economy is the benchmark by which interest rates are determined. The supply of money is directly tied into the amount of money that can be loaned and borrowed in various capacities. The more money there is to loan
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