Appalachian Coal Mining believes that it can increase labor productivity and‚ there- fore‚ net revenue by reducing air pollution in its mines. It estimates that the marginal cost function for reducing pollution by installing additional capital equipment is MC = 40P where P represents a reduction of one unit of pollution in the mines. It also feels that for every unit of pollution reduction the marginal increase in revenue (MR) is MR =1‚000 =10P. How much pollution reduction should Appalachian Coal
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Through my whole life‚ I had dreamt of helping people especially those who deserve justice. For this reason‚ my goal is to graduate from university and become a lawyer. Therefore‚ I need to find resources that could help me to achieve my goals. There are many ways in which this scholarship will facilitates me. First of all‚ this scholarship will make it easier for me to function well in my education goals. It gives me an opportunity to further my education at University of Malaya in the field of
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Chapter 1 (2 & 6 p. 27) 2. What is the maximum amount you would pay for an asset that generates an income of $150‚000 at the end of each of five years if the opportunity cost of using funds is 9 percent? To find the maximum amount‚ we must determine the Present Value (PV) of the $150‚000 over the 5 years. PV=(150000/1.09^1)+(150000/1.09^2)+(150000/1.09^3)+(150000/1.09^4)+ (150000/1.09^5) = $583‚447.69 So‚ if costs exceeded $583‚447.69‚ then the asset would not be worth the price
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connections between trade and economic growth[1] . General evaluation of trade during Industrial Revolution 1760-1850 During the classical years of industrial revolution‚we can distinguish two different periods of changes in the trend of trade growth. 1760-1781 This period follows a recovery period for the growth of exports that it was attributed to the end of the Seven Years War and its special circumstances. Thus
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Netherlands National Economy: 2008-2012 Compulsory Assignment April 24 2012 Spur: MM 2nd Sem. Subject: Descriptive Economics Table of contents _ Introduction…………………………………….………………………………………………..……………………………………………………2 GDP………………………………………………………………………………………………….…….……………………………………………….3 Unemployment Rate.....................
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT‚ 1st definition - it is the sum of growth and change Growth vs. change: Growth - the increase in the kinds and quantities of the available resources Change - the rising standard of living Questions to ponder What is the difference between economic development and development? Which comes first‚ growth or change? Can an economy experience growth without change? TWO CONTEXT OF DEVELOPMENT National - development is a combined effort of both the national and
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the cause the economical gap of during the war and the postwar period. As for the Japanese economy of the 20s‚ a protracted economic slump will continue starting with this depression. The global supply shortage of 1920 previous World War I (1914 to 18 years) made Japan ’s export expand‚ and it led it to prosperity. Expansion of demand changed Japan from the agricultural country of prewar days to the industrialized country. Moreover‚ the labor shortage by expanding demand moved the farmer to
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Direct Investment on Agricultural Productivity and Poverty Reduction in Tanzania Msuya‚ Elibariki Kyoto University 2007 Online at http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/3671/ MPRA Paper No. 3671‚ posted 07. November 2007 / 03:23 The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Agricultural Productivity and Poverty Reduction in Tanzania Elibariki Msuya‚ mzeeba@hotmail.com Kyoto University‚ Japan Abstract In this paper‚ the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on agricultural productivity and poverty
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ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION 1. Introduction: From the end of World War II into 1960s‚ the formative period of what we now call “Development Economics” intense debate centered on why some countries grew rich while others languished. Because scars from the great depression were still fresh‚ the traditional nineteenth-century liberal approach based on free trade in domestic and foreign markets was somewhat discredited. Instead‚ influential economists tended to emphasize problems of market failure and
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