Appendix and References 1. Consumer Price Indices 2. Income and Assets Test 3. http://www.hkdailynews.com.hk/news.php?id=277873 4. http://www.censtatd.gov.hk/hkstat/sub/so30.jsp 5. http://www.censtatd.gov.hk/hkstat/sub/so60.jsp 6. http://www.swd.gov.hk/en/index/site_pubsvc/page_socsecu/sub_comprehens/ 7. http://www.poverty.org.hk/povertydata?tid=26 8. http://www.hkcss.org.hk/policy/ gfijgioerjgeignjierogioehjdjngjdfngfkdg dfgdfgfdgfdgdfgfdgfdgdfgfdgfd
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Oluwatobi Onibatedo Eco 301 08/24.2013 WEEK 1 HOMEWORK Problem 1 1.a. Suppose the real GDP is currently $97 billion per year and natural real GDP is currently $100 billion. Measured as a percentage‚ what is the real GDP gap? Solutions Actual real GDP- Natural Real GDP =GDP gap over 100 = $97- $100= -3/100 = -3% GDP GAP is -3% The negative answer means the economy as a whole is in a recession. 1(b) Suppose natural real GDP is growing by $4 billion per year. By how much must
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Yajaira Marcano Professor Badi Sabet ECO 2023 April 15‚ 2011 There is a significant debate between proponents and opponents of environmental issues at the moment in our nation. 1) Please give your opinion concerning this issue. 2) Please explain what the Cap-and-Trade Bill is. The environment is essential in any modern economy‚ healthy and prosperity. It is therefore necessary for governments to recognize that environmental economics play an important role in the design of environmental
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Is it necessarily a good thing‚ in terms of the welfare of society as a whole‚ for the government to step in to break up a monopoly in order to create a competitive industry? A monopoly exists when one single firm is the only producer of a commodity in the market‚ allowing them to set prices as they wish and maximise profits due to the high barriers to entry. In this case‚ the firm is given the ability to exploit their consumers in terms of price discrimination based on price elasticity. In this
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|ECON E-1010 | |Microeconomic Theory Spring‚ 2013 | Course Web Site: http://isites.harvard.edu/course/ext-23285/2013/spring Professor: Bruce Watson econe1010@dce.harvard.edu Lectures: Mondays 7:40 – 9:40 Science Center A Teaching Assistants: Teo Nicolais (For
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Microeconomics Samuelson and Nordhaus Chapter 1‚2‚3‚4‚5 Some Questions for Discussion Chapter 1 1. Question 1 .- Explain how the cool head might provide the essential positive economic analysis to implement the normative value judgments of the warm heart. Do you agree with Marshall’s view of the role of the teacher? Do you accept his challenge? In order to achieve the ultimate goal of economic science which is to “improve the living conditions of people in their everyday lives” (*) a
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3rd Edition‚ June 2005 Eric Doviak Principles of Microeconomics on the Lecture Notes Preface Microeconomics is the study of the behavior of individual households‚ firms and industries as well as the supply and demand relationships between producers and consumers. You might think of a household as a consumer‚ but households are also producers. For example‚ take a look at your kitchen: you take raw materials (meat‚ cheese‚ vegetables‚ eggs‚ salt and pepper) as well as capital
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Session 2010 Tak_meng82@hotmail.com Everyone’s Gasoline Problem Gasoline prices in Hennepin County have risen from $ 2.283 to $2.69 over the last 12 months with a series of price fluctuations in between. Prices fluctuate for a number of economic reasons. One such reason is supply and demand. We have seen gas prices raise after 9/11 and more importantly after the start of the war with Iraq. So‚ why does supply and demand lead to fluctuation of gasoline prices? It is quite simple if we understand the
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THE IMPORTANCE OF MICROECONOMICS 1. New Businesses o Entrepreneurs create businesses by purchasing and utilizing factors of production. In order to estimate the potential return on investment (ROI) of those factors of production‚ entrepreneurs must have a basic grasp of microeconomic concepts: supply‚ demand‚ cost‚ profit. Without such a grasp‚ it is impossible to know how much a particular good can be sold for in a particular area. Furthermore‚ without a grasp of costs and earnings
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Sheethal Mathew Professor Moton English 1 A 7 May 2012 Gasoline Impact on Environment The quote “while the United States consumes nearly 25 percent of the world’s petroleum‚ as a country it maintains only 2 percent of the world’s petroleum reserves” itself should describes this country’s over consumption of petroleum (energy.ca.gov). Gasoline is refined crude oil which is formed inside the earth from fossils that died thousands of years back. There is only so little of the material left that
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