which only three goods are produced and traded: fish‚ fruit‚ and meat. Suppose that on January 1‚ 2007‚ fish sold for $2.50 per pound‚ meat was $3.00 per pound‚ and fruit was $1.50 per pound. At the end of the year‚ you discover that the catch was low and that fish prices had increased to $5.00 per pound‚ but fruit prices stayed at $1.50 and meat prices had actually fallen to $2.00. Can you say what happened to the overall “price level”? How might you construct a measure of the “change in the price
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Literature Review Demand and supply have been generalized to explain macroeconomic variables in a market economy. The Aggregate Demand-Aggregate Supply model is the most direct application of supply and demand to macroeconomics. Compared to microeconomic uses of demand and supply‚ different theoretical considerations apply to such macroeconomic counterparts as aggregate demand and aggregate supply. The AD-AS or Aggregate Demand-Aggregate Supply model is a macroeconomic model that explains price
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Response paper - Discrimination in a Low-Wage Labor Market: A field experiment Devah Pager‚ Bart Bonikowski‚ and Bruce Western conducted a field experiment in the low-wage labor marker revealing the shocking truth about contemporary racism. Black applicants were half likely as equally qualified whites to receive a call back or job offer. Moreover black and Latino applicants with clean backgrounds did no better than white applicants just released from prison. The issue was addressed with
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oil price rises sharply. * U.S. businesses expect future profits to fall. a. Explain for each event whether it changes short-run aggregate supply‚ long-run aggregate supply‚ aggregate demand‚ or some combination of them. A deep recession in the world economy decreases aggregate demand. A sharp rise in oil prices decreases short-run aggregate supply. The expectation of lower future profits decreases investment and decreases aggregate demand. b. Explain the separate effects of each event on U
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(external) forces are equal in magnitude‚ while supply–demand curves are unitary elastic. Given a certain event/scenario‚ (a) analyze the curve/s affected‚ shifts or movements and the direction‚ and (b) effect to equilibrium price (P*) and equilibrium quantity (Q*) Scenario 1 a. Prices of optical drives suddenly increase The production cost has increased so the supply decreases and eventually the price go up. The supply curve shifts to the left. b. A new market-standard
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the other side when it comes to employment and wages hardly anyone wants to talk on the subject‚ actually all you can hear is regrets. And when it comes to wages‚ our neighborhood countries are way much better ranked. But here‚ in Macedonia everyone uses the well-known sentence "we are working for no money". Standards in Macedonia are lower in contrast to other major countries. But that is enough reason for the low level of employment and low wages. By now we are well aware that is a time of crisis
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QDL C ∑ LD‚ W (the elasticity of labour demand with respect to wage = % change LD (demand for labour) % change in wage (w) WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SUPPLY OF LABOUR = LS = g(w‚ # of earners‚ level of education) Note: the increasing level of education increases the hour of work (LS) Sidenote: explained about wealth – which is the accumulation of income which is not consumed vs income which is meant to consume. Labour Supply Equilibrium Ls=Ld Labour Demand Tool and Die makers for example
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Competition) what type of demand curve does a perfectly competitive firm face? Why? A horizontal or a perfectly elastic‚ demand curve. A perfectly competitive firm is called a price taker because that firm must “take‚” or accept‚ the market price- as in “take it or leave it.” 2. Explain the different options a firm has to minimize losses in the short run. A firm in perfect competition has no control over the market place. Sometimes that price may be so low that a firm loses money no matter
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Causes of shifts in labor demand curve The labor demand curve shows the value of the marginal product of labor as a function of quantity of labor hired. Using this fact‚ it can be seen that the following changes shift the labor demand curve: The output price. When output price rises‚ the labor demand curve shifts to the right { more labor is demanded at each wage. When output price falls‚ less labor is demanded at each wage. Technological change causes the MPL function to change‚ generally
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LOW WAGE WORK What most Americans don’t know is that many of the workers keeping our nation pulsating are paid low wages‚ earning barely enough to afford essentials like food‚ health care‚ utilities and rent. Most of these low-wage contract workers are clustered in sectors and industries like apparel manufacturing‚ retail trade‚ basic construction‚ facilities support‚ security services‚ and education. There are over forty million jobs in the United States and one out of three pays their employees
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