EXPERIMENTAL ESTIMATES OF EDUCATION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS* ALAN B. KRUEGER This paper analyzes data on 11‚600 students and their teachers who were randomly assigned to different size classes from kindergarten through third grade. Statistical methods are used to adjust for nonrandom attrition and transitions between classes. The main conclusions are (1) on average‚ performance on standardized tests increases by four percentile points the first year students attend small classes; (2) the test score
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of the Firm The firm’s goal is to maximize profits‚ !. In order to do this it must decide what quantity of a good to produce given costs‚ technology and demand. A competitive firm is assumed to be able to sell as much as it wants at the market price without affecting price. So it takes price as exogenous (beyond it’s control) and does not worry about demand. In addition‚ for our purpose we’ll assume the firm operates efficiently‚ that is‚ whatever the level of production that the firm chooses
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SC/SOC-SCI/3434/10-11 THE CHANGING STRUCTURE OF THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT 1970-2011 LECTURER:Prof Olowononi DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AHMADU BELLO ZARIA The structure of Nigerian economy can be broadly classified into four:The production‚Commerce‚Services and others. PRODUCTION: processes and methods employed to transform tangible inputs (raw materials‚ semifinished goods‚ or subassemblies) and intangible inputs (ideas‚ information‚ knowledge)
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restaurant currently pays $5 per hour for servers and $50 per hour to rent ovens and other kitchen machinery. The restaurant uses seven hours of server time per unit of machinery time. Determine whether the restaurant is minimizing its cost of production when the ratio of marginal products (capital to labor) is 12. If not‚ what adjustments are called for to improve the efficiency in resource use? The ratio of prices PK/PL= r/w= 50/5=10 and The capital to labor MPK/MPL= w/r=12 These
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Earning management is good or not? Introdcution This essay is to examine whether earning management is it good or bad. Though there is so many debate about whether it should be accepted to be good rather than bad‚ however‚ this essay will explain the both side of earnings management. Earnings management reduces the quality of financial reporting‚ it can interfere with the resource allocation in the economy and can bring adverse consequences to the financial market. This essay analyses both‚ causes
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Firms did not flourish until the early 20th century. They emerged as an authorized structure and were granted exclusive rights to trade and conduct business in certain markets and products. The fact that firms are a different way to organize economic activities cannot explain explicitly and adequately the reason of firm formation. Many socialists and economists have given their interpretations of the conditions under which firms emerged and developed in certain ways in a specialised exchange economy
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How Firms Avoid Losses: Evidence of Use of the Net Deferred Tax Asset Account David Burgstahler* University of Washington Gerhard G. Mueller Endowed Professor in Accounting W. Brooke Elliott University of Washington Michelle Hanlon University of Michigan Business School November 26‚ 2002 _________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT: This paper investigates whether firms use discretion in accounting for deferred taxes to increase earnings
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New Zealand 24-27 January 2010. How can BIM Technology assist in optimising the Life Cycle Cost of a Building? By Francis Pf Lai‚ Dulani Halvitigala‚ John Boon‚ Roger Birchmore Department of Construction‚ Unitec New Zealand Abstract The complexity of a modern construction project‚ especially in a fast track environment‚ necessities the use of Building Information Management (BIM) system to manage such a project to provide the necessary probable cost outcomes of alternative designs ahead
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CORPORATE ENVIROMENT PROJECT REPORT ON WHICH FIRMS ARE IMPORTANT TO A SOCIETY AND ITS ECONOMY? LARGE FIRMS OR SMALL FIRMS. WORD COUNT: 2602. BY STUDENT ID: 094005 STUDENT ID: 094011 STUDENT ID: 094057 STUDENT ID: 094031 INDEX 1. INTRODUCTION (3) 1.1. COMPARISON BETWEEN THE SMALL FIRMS AND THE LARGE FIRMS (3). 2. SMALL FIRMS OVER THE LARGE FIRMS (4). 2.1 ADVANTAGE OF THE SMALL FIRMS (5). 2.2 SMALL FIRMS ACT AS A BACKBONE EXAMPLE (6). 3. CONCLUSION (7)
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Stephanie was a troubled girl‚ when growing up she did not have any parental support and both of her parents abused her. Her after was a hardcore heroin addict that died. Her mother did not want much to do with her when she found out she was pregnant by her 19 year old boyfriend. Her boyfriend was very controlling he was her only friend and he was a terrible influence. He would fight her and drag her down with him. Stephanie did not attend school regularly‚ if at all‚ because she was too busy with
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