Econ 214 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 financial assest is included in the M1 money supply when it can be quickly converted into the physical form of money‚ such as dollars and coins. Interested-earning checkable deposits are included because it can be quickly accessible without limitations
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ECONOMICS 110/112 Assignment #5/#2 2013/2014 Due Dates and Notes: • DUE: By Friday February 28‚ 2:00 PM. Completed assignments should be placed in the slot marked for your section in the white assignment collection box on the 2nd floor of Dunning Hall. Late assignments will not be accepted. • Use the Cover Page when submitting assignments. Place diagrams for particular questions with your answers to those questions. • Group Work: Maximum four per group‚ all students must be
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Project Description You have been working as an economic consultant‚ and you have seen a significant number of firms needing outside help to assist in business policy and formulation. Because of your strong reputation‚ you have just been hired as a consultant for one of the following organizations: Apple Toyota McDonald’s Starbucks United Parcel Service (UPS) For this particular project‚ you will be reporting to the executive officers in the organization (CFO‚ CTO‚ CIO‚ and CEO). Your task will
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Econs 101 In this current era of globalization that is rapidly changing the way mankind live on a daily basis‚ ‘survival of the fittest’ is expeditiously becoming the mindset in each working man or woman. ‘Survival of the fittest’ in this context means that every working person is enduring the corporate world‚ doing anything to feed their rice bowls. This may be due to the current economic slowdown that is currently happening in different parts of the world that runs on various economic systems
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clarity. End-of-chapter questions 7 and 9 and Internet questions are new. INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES After completing this chapter‚ students should be able to: 1. Identify the Employment Act of 1946 and the roles of the CEA and JEC. 2. Distinguish between discretionary and nondiscretionary fiscal policy. 3. Differentiate between expansionary and contractionary fiscal policy. 4. Recognize the conditions for recommending an expansionary or contractionary fiscal policy.
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Required Text: Bodie‚ Kane and Marcus‚ 2011‚ “Investments”‚ 9th edition‚ McGraw-Hill‚ ISBN13: 978-0-07-353070-3. Recommended Readings: 1. Campbell‚ John Y.‚ and Tuomo Vuolteenaho‚ 2004‚ Bad beta‚ good beta‚ American Economic Review 94‚ 1249-1275. 2. Fama‚ Eugene F.‚ and Kenneth R. French‚ 1996‚ Multifactor explanations of asset pricing anomalies‚ Journal of Finance 51‚ 55-84. 3. Fama‚ Eugene F.‚ and Kenneth R. French‚ 2008‚ Dissecting anomalies‚ Journal of Finance 63‚ 1653-1678. 4. Jegadeesh
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The article discusses China’s growth in these recent years. It forecasts that China’s growth is not sustainable; thus growth rate will cease next year because the country is operating at full potential‚ facing the risk of overcapacity. In addition‚ China now has to face the severest national debt in its history‚ which puts its economy in extremely vulnerable state. The author also argues that China should stop relying on strong fiscal policy‚ but to initiate an economic reform if it wants to keep
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ECON 442 Assignment 3 (due Nov 4) Please write your answers in the space provided below. Use Figures where necessary to explain your answers. (50 Points) (8) A balance sheet for a central bank of is shown below Central Bank Balance Sheet Assets Liabilities Foreign assets 2‚000 Deposits held by private banks 1500 Domestic assets 3‚500 Currency in circulation 4‚000 The central bank of a country with a fixed exchange rate buys 500 worth of foreign bonds. What kind of external balance would be
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Microeconomics Homework Problem 1: C(Q) = 100 + 20Q + 15Q^2 + 10Q^3 a) Fixed Cost (doesn’t change depending on output produced) = 100 b) Variable Cost of producing Q = 10 units: 20*10 + 15*10^2 + 10*10^3 = 200 + 1‚500 + 10‚000 = 11‚700 c) Total Cost of producing Q = 10 units: C(10) = 100 + 20*10 + 15*10^2 + 10*10^3 = 11‚800 Alternatively‚ we have Total Costs of Producing Q=10 units = Fixed Costs + Variable Costs of producing Q = 10 units = 100 + 11‚700 = 11‚800 d)
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Seminar 2 Topics Covered: Heckscher-Ohlin Model Part I and II 1. This exercise uses the Heckscher-Ohlin model to predict the direction of trade. Consider the production of hand-made rugs and assembly line robots in Canada and India. Problem 1 Answer a) Which country would you expect to be relatively labor-abundant? Capital-abundant? Why? Labor-abundant: India. Capital-abundant: Canada b) Which industry would you expect to be relatively labor-intensive? Capital-intensive? Why? Handmade
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