1. How can the adverse selection problem explain why you are more likely to make a loan to a family member than to a stranger? Because you know your family member better than a stranger‚ you know more about the borrower’s honesty‚ propensity for risk taking‚ and other traits. There is less asymmetric information than with a stranger and less likelihood of an adverse selection problem‚ with the result that you are more likely to lend to the family member. 2. If mortgage rates rise from 5%
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Introduction Financial market is a significant factor in economy development. Through financial market‚ people are able to transfer their surplus funds to those who have shortage which enhance efficiency. China’s financial market started relatively late compared with developed countries. After the economy reform in 1978‚ China’s step by step build up its own financial system. With the continuous improvement of the financial markets‚ people are started to question about whether China’s financial market can
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Part 2. Total 50 marks ( 10 marks each). 1. Explain why you would be more or less willing to buy gold under the following circumstances: a. Gold again becomes acceptable as a medium of exchange. (2 marks) b. Prices in the gold market become more volatile. (2 marks) c. You expect inflation to rise‚ and gold prices tend to move with the aggregate price level. (3 marks) d. You expect interest rates to rise. (3 marks) Outline of solutions: (a) More‚ because it has become more liquid;
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analyse raw data more efficiently. It allows the performance of analytical decisions‚ understand problems‚ make decisions and implement solutions. The spreadsheet can be used to analyse all the information and construct a profit analysis table to analyse how healthy the business is. It also allows the user to view the information in a more organized‚ formatted and structured way. The spreadsheet allows us to give more informed and accurate information‚ and from there we can better guide the owners of “Montego
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Tutorial 1 1. Ice breaking session 2. General overview of financial markets and institutions module 3. Group project briefing 4. Mid semester and final examination 5. Other relevant matters Tutorial 2 : Financial Intermediation 1. Why is financial intermediation important in the economy? Because they channel funds from those who do not have a productive use for them (surplus sector) to those who do (deficit sector)‚ thereby resulting in higher economic efficiency
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How is risk priced in the financial markets? What are the shortcomings of the explanations that finance theory offers for this? Introduction The valuation of assets in the financial market is no doubt a challenging task as it is closely correlated with risks and uncertainties embodied in the assets which provide the possibility that the investment outcomes would differ from the expected value (Grundy and Malkiel‚ 1995). In other words‚ the valuation of assets is actually linked to the qualification
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the following from the specification: • The range of market structures • How costs and revenues vary in different market structures • Changes in costs and revenues in different market structures The range of market structures |Type |Perfect competition |Imperfect competition |Oligopoly |Monopoly | |Example |Financial markets and |Small service sectors‚ |Supermarket chains
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Essay: Discuss the terms moral hazard and adverse selection. In your discussion you should consider the following: a) When does it arise? b) What are its consequences? And c) What can be done about it? WORD COUNT: 2502 Today we live in the information age‚ characterized by the internet‚ social networking and twenty four hour news with a constant stream of information flowing between users. This has lead to an economy where buyers can get immediate access to information about rival products
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An Analysis of Market Structures and Their Related Pricing Strategies Christa Jones American Public University Systems Abstract Market structures influence a firm’s behavior and profit opportunity and are therefore critical to understanding how a market functions. The conditions that distinguish each market structure define the level of competition observed within the market which in turn determines the profit level that can be made. Because pricing strategies are intended to maximize a firm’s
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Market structures and pricing Revenues Consumers * Inverse demand curve gives willingness-to-pay * Benefit consumer(s) derive(s) from additional good; * Area under inverse demand curve measures total willingness-to-pay‚ total benefit or total surplus. * Maximum price I can charge as producer determined by inverse demand function * Marginal revenues; revenue of next unit I sell Strategies * Profit maximization * Marginal profits equal to 0 (MR=MC) *
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