Christopher Ragan Leacock 321-C Economics 295B Introduction to Macroeconomic Policy Tuesdays and Thursdays‚ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm‚ Leacock 132 ***** I. Housekeeping Details 1. Office Hours. My office hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 am - 11:00 am. If you are unable to see me then‚ please speak to me to arrange an appointment. 2. Required Textbook and MyEconLab. The textbook for this class is the macroeconomics half of Economics‚ by C. Ragan and R. Lipsey (13th Canadian Edition
Premium Economics Macroeconomics Keynesian economics
Macro-Economics What is Macroeconomics? Macroeconomics studies the behaviour of the entire economy‚ and how resources are allocated. It examines economy – wide phenomena such as changes in unemployment‚ national income‚ rate of growth‚ gross domestic product‚ inflation and price levels. Macroeconomics deals with 5 variables: Variable Macroeconomic objective Economic growth A steady rate of increase of national output Employment A low level of unemployment Price stability A low and stable
Premium Inflation Economics Gross domestic product
Business Impаct Anаlysis Mohammad Islam Strayer Universtiy (CIS 462) Lecturer: Professor Mark O’Connell Date: November 29th 2012 Business Impаct Anаlysis Methods for Estаblishing Component Priorities Business Functions аnd Processes A business impаct аnаlysis is done to determine which tаsks аnd functions аre criticаl for the foundаtion to stаy in business (Johri‚ 2010). This is done by аsking а series of questions
Premium Government
Types of Variables Binary variable Obsevations (i.e.‚ dependent variables) that occur in one of two possible states‚ often labelled zero and one. E.g.‚ “improved/not improved” and “completed task/failed to complete task.” Categorical Variable Usually an independent or predictor variable that contains values indicating membership in one of several possible categories. E.g.‚ gender (male or female)‚ marital status (married‚ single‚ divorced‚ widowed). The categories are often assigned numerical
Premium Marriage Measurement Gender
Automotives AUGUST 2012 For updated information‚ please visit www.ibef.org 1 Automotives AUGUST 2012 Contents Advantage India Market overview and trends Growth drivers Success stories: Maruti‚ Tata Motors Opportunities Useful information For updated information‚ please visit www.ibef.org 2 Automotives Advantage India AUGUST 2012 Growing demand • Innovation opportunities • FY16E Market size: USD145 billion Strong demand growth
Premium Automobile Vehicle Truck
Hydrocarbons (HC) Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) 2005 Air Toxic Emissions from On-road Mobile Sources (Tox-weighted) Affects of Automobile Pollution 1. In India about 15-20 million people are asthmatic because of emission of automobile pollution. 2. N02 is a highly toxic gas and attacks the lungs causing lung cancer and emphysema. 3. Automobile pollutants interferes the development and functioning of the nervous system. 4. Some diseases such as bronchitis‚ plurosis occur by long-term
Premium Internal combustion engine Air pollution Automobile
QuickTime™ and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. Bangkok Automotive (A) Contributed by: Edward Rubesch‚ PhD Thammasat Business School‚ Thammasat University‚ Thailand. Created Feb 2008 © NEN Page 1 of 18 Introduction Ruby Edwards paused and sat back in her chair. She had been running a number of scenarios on her spreadsheet as she tried to predict future opportunities for her company in the face of a challenging economic and marketing environment
Premium Automotive industry Thailand Bangkok
U.S. Productivity and Economic Growth during 1980s – 2000s This class is macroeconomics‚ which is a part of economics that is the field of economics that studies the behavior of the aggregate economy. Macroeconomics examines economy-wide phenomena such as changes in unemployment‚ national income‚ rate of growth‚ gross domestic product‚ periods of inflation and price levels. Many changes have occurred in the U.S. productivity and economic growth since the 1980s. There have been periods of
Premium George W. Bush President of the United States Inflation
Premier Automobiles is an Indian automaker which monopolized period from the 1950s till the early 1990s when India was closed to the world and imports. In 1949‚ parts were being made in India‚ starting with simpler components and gradually building up to more complex pieces. Two companies made parts: Premier and Hindustan Motors of Calcutta. The early years of Premier and Hindustan were marked by very low sales‚ due to the size of the market; only about 20‚000 vehicles per year were made in India
Premium Maruti Suzuki Fiat Suzuki
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to show how technology has been used to enhance automobile development. The paper’s overall claim is that without technology‚ many of the advances made in this field would not have been possible. The paper will discuss three advancements in the automobile field that have been enhanced by technology. These advancements are: safety enhancements‚ speed enhancements‚ and alternative fuels. Research was done using data from various sources. Sources of the used articles
Premium Internal combustion engine Automobile