Chapter 4 Economic Efficiency‚ Government Price Setting‚ and Taxes Prepared by: Fernando & Yvonn Quijano © 2009 Prentice Hall Business Publishing Economics Hubbard/O’Brien UPDATE EDITION. Should the Government Control Apartment Rents? Learning Objectives 4.1 Distinguishing between the concepts of consumer surplus and producer surplus. 4.2 Understand the concept of economic efficiency. 4.3 Explain the economic effect of government imposed price ceilings and price floors
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International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues Vol. 3‚ No. 3‚ 2013‚ pp.743-751 ISSN: 2146-4138 www.econjournals.com Foreign Aid and Economic Growth in Egypt: A Cointegration Analysis Hoda Abd El Hamid Ali Department of Economics and Foreign Trade‚ Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration‚ Helwan University‚ Cairo‚ Egypt. Tel: 00201003452575. Email: hoda_hawary@yahoo.com ABSTRACT: There is a current and growing debate on the effectiveness of foreign aid‚ especially in
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Which of the following is the best definition of economics? the study of how individuals and societies choose to use the scarce resources that nature and previous generations have provided Opportunity cost is that which we forgo‚ or give up‚ when we make a choice or a decision. The reason that opportunity costs arise is that resources are scarce. If your tuition is $5‚000 this semester‚ your books cost $600‚ you can only work 20 rather than 40 hours per week during the 15
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Economics Definition: Economics is a social Science dealing with the Economic Problem. • Social: Science that deals with human beings. • Dealing: Means facing and not solving. • Economic Problem: The problem of Scarcity (The inability to satisfy all the needs & wants) Economics is giving us the rules of rationality; the ability of taking rational decisions. Economics studies the behavior of the government at the macro level. Micro Economics: It studies the individual choices regarding
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ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT In contemporary times‚ certain economic registers are used frequently. Arguably two of these most used terms in economics‚ ‘economic growth’ and ‘economic development’ are terms that just about everyone is at least remotely familiar with‚ even if they have not studied economics at all. Sometimes it seems everyone knows what economic growth and economic development is. Politicians use these terms all the time‚ and so do teachers‚ managers and even preachers
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Introduction Governments the world over have long been investing in infrastructure in the hope of boosting economic development of their country. To study the relationship between infrastructure and economic development‚ we compared two journals; Infrastructure and Local Economic Development by Rives‚ J & Heaney‚ M. (1995) and Infrastructure and Economic Growth: The Nigeria Experience 1980-2006 by Enimola‚ S (2010). We chose these journals as the journal by Rives‚ J looked at the approach
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CHAPTER 1 Nature and Scope of Economics Nowadays‚ understanding of economic issues has become quite indispensable for all sections in the society. Everyone wants to get rich; wants to increase their wealth holding; wants to have hold over productive resources; wants to expand their business activities. People want to earn more and more profits‚ and exercise control over the market and other economic system; people want to raise their living standard and enjoy more and more consumption;
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Incentive Matter More stories‚ this time about incentives. Why they matter and why it is hard to fix markets that have bad outcomes because of bad incentive structures. He repeats Steven Levitt’s story about real estate brokers. On p. 33 (bottom) "Economics teaches us how to get incentive right." but the whole chapter is stories about how attempts to change incentives have failed. 3: Government and the Economy Discussion of externalities and how governments can compensate for them. Also the role
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The term ‘economic disparity’ would literally translate to the differences in incomes and wealth between different economic strata in society. In any economy‚ therefore‚ disparities are bound to exist‚ since levels of skills‚ contribution‚ ownership and wealth do vary. This is as true of fully developed economies as it is of developing and underdeveloped ones. In India‚ however‚ we use the term very specifically‚ to point to the yawning gap that exists between the rich and the poor. We acknowledge
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Wheelan writes‚ "Life is about trade-offs‚ and so is economics." Indeed‚ so is Naked Economics. This book promises to be a good introduction to economics for the layman. Throughout the book‚ the author uses easy-to-understand language and vivid examples to illustrate his points in strategic places maintaining a sense of lightness with the readers in reading the material. Here is a summary of each of the 12 Chapters of the book Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science by Charles Wheelan.
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