Econ 136: Financial Economics Problem Set #1 Due Date: September 11‚ 2014 1. The return profile and risk of the S&P 500. In this exercise you will reproduce the graphs presented in class. The goal of this exercise is (i) to expand your datahandling skills‚ (ii) test your understanding of basic probability concepts using real data and (iii) develop an appreciation for the use of replicating a result to ensure that you understand it. Go to Yahoo Finance (finance.yahoo.com) and search for the ticker
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total implicit costs of running the variety store. b. What is the accounting profit of the variety store? c. What is the economic profit? d. In what way is economic profit superior to accounting profit as an indicator of the overall performance of this business? Given the advantages of economic profit as a performance indictor‚ explain why the concept of economic profit is not often used in accounting. e. Should Rodriguez consider closing down this business? Why? Answers A)
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Instructions Use the table below each of your assigned problems to write out each step needed to solve the problem along with the calculations necessary to find the answer to your assigned problem. * The “Calculations” column needs to show each step that you would need to write out if you were showing your work when doing this problem by hand or trying to teach the concept to a friend. * For each step‚ you will also have to provide a thorough a description of your thought processes
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1. Solution of ‘what to produce’: What to produce means what commodities and what quantity of each chosen commodities will be produced and in what quantity is decided by what buyers prefer to buy. The preference of the buyers affects equilibrium prices of goods. The equilibrium prices serve as guide to firms to decide which commodities and what quantity of different goods is produced. In a free market economy firms want to maximize profits. Those commodities will be produced more whose demand is
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getting low-C average grades in school. He struggles with multiplication tables and has trouble remembering things when he goes back to school because of the 3 month summer break. Long summer breaks in traditional schools is a problem. It can be solved by introducing year-round schools. The traditional 3 month long summer break is a problem for today’s youth. Year-Round school is a system where students will go to school 180 days just like the traditional school system but instead it is throughout
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ABUSE AS A SOCIAL PROBLEM AMONG YOUTH Drug abuse is now surprisingly a major social problem that has sprouted out and is greatly harming our economy. Drug abuse in my own opinion is when drugs are not taken at the right time or in correct proportions. However‚ one can only limit drug abuse to taking hard drugs such as cocaine‚ nicotine‚ marijuana‚ etc. This is the kind of drug abuse that has a huge influence on the youth of today.
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which Owen and Frost present youth in ‘disabled’ and ‘Out‚ out-’ When comparing the poems “Out‚Out-” and Disabled many themes appear‚ the most prominent being youth. Youth is the period between childhood and adulthood in which one grows and develops; it is also a time of hope and optimistic idealism. Not only is youth a physical state of being but a mental state of mind too . Youth is a formative period in a person’s life that is only a short part of one’s existence. Youth as well as life is established
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Question- 01: What was the historical background of the school? Answer: The Keynesian school‚ proponents of the branch of economics now termed as Keynesian economics had come into existence towards the beginning of the twentieth century. This school was arguably the first viable alternative to the Classical school of thought. The school argues that private sector decisions sometimes lead to inefficient macroeconomic outcomes and therefore advocates active policy responses by the public sector
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accessibility of junk food in schools‚ most requiring vending equipment to be turned off during certain hours‚ off until the students lunch break‚ or increasing the coast of unhealthy foods to discourage students from purchasing it (Parents Advocating School Responsibilities) . In today’s society teenagers are 3 times likely to be overweight than the generation of our parents. According to the 2001 Surgeon General Report establishes that 14 percent of American youth are overweight (Surgeon General
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Student Name: Grade: Problem Set 1-A For National Income Accounting and the Balance of Payments Multiple Choice Questions (Please read all the choices) (Each question is 3 points) Mark the correct answer 1) Which one of the following statements is the most accurate? A) GNP plus depreciation is called net national product (NNP). B) GNP less depreciation is called net national product (NNP). C) GNP less depreciation is called net factor product (NFP). D)
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