Economics Over the last couple of weeks‚ there has been a lot of valuable information about what economics is and how it works through the presentations and the guest speakers.. Economics is basically the understanding of how different economies function. Economics is the study of how to best allocate scarce resources among competing uses. Scarcity in the economy is the main problem. There are not enough resources to keep up with the demand for them. Within the discipline of economics‚ there
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Name Professor Subject Date Global Managerial Economics The small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) form a crucial part of the U.S. economy. The SMEs create the most jobs in the country; they target the ordinary Americans for employment thus making them a very important component of the economy. Without the SMEs‚ the economy will bleed millions of jobs‚ adversely affecting the economy. This is the reasoning behind the drive by President Obama to give this sector newly acquired impetus and promote
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CHAPTER 9 Three conditions for a market to be perfectly competitive? Many buyers and sellers‚ with all firms selling identical products‚ and no barriers to new firms entering the market. In perfectly competitive markets‚ prices are determined by The interaction of market demand and supply because firms and consumers are price takers. Price taker Buyer or seller that is unable to affect the market price. A buyer or seller that takes the market price as given When are firms likely to be
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and exit Short Run Firm has some market power and faces downward sloping demand curve Price exceeds marginal cost When P>AC firms earn positive economic profits Long Run Positive economic profits in short run attracts new firms Firm’s market share falls and demand curve shifts down P=AC firms earn 0 economic profit P>MC and 0 economic profits deadweight loss Market in which only a few firms compete with one another‚ and entry by new firms is impeded Oligopoly Environment Few
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$10‚000 Utilities $1‚000 Interest on bank loan $10‚000 ________________________________________ Calculate (a)the explicit costs‚ (b) the implicit costs (c) the business profit (d) the economic profit and (e) the normal return on investment in the business. a) Explicit Costs = $45‚000 + $15‚000 + $10‚000 + $1‚000 + $10‚000 = $81‚000 b) Implicit Costs = Opportunity Cost – which is her salary foregone = $25‚000 c)
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1) Discuss the owner-manager conflict within the firm. Provide two real world manifestations of the conflict. Owner-manager conflicts finds it basis on the self-interested behaviors of managers‚ owners and shareholders. Firm managers may have personal goals that conflict with the owner’s goals of maximizing shareholder wealth. Potential conflicts occur when managers seek to maximize their own utility at the expense of the firm’s shareholders. Conflict between owners and managers typically arise
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transaction cost economics. Some organizations struggle whether or not to outsource the IT division. The company has two choices for any economic activity: going outside to market or perform the activities in-house. In any case‚ the cost of the activity is divided into production costs‚ and transaction costs. Production costs in the case of the in-house division‚ includes hardware and software‚ whereas the transaction cost‚ which are the activities related to implementing the economic activity includes
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10% (amounts to $95‚000) cause the seller to adjust the price to $1‚005‚000 and $1‚045‚000. This is above the value placed by the buyer. As such‚ the transaction does not go through. | | | | | * Question 3 1 out of 1 points | | | Economic profits are: Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | b. [Total Sales Revenue] - [Market Value of all the Resources Employed in the Production Process] | Correct Answer: | b. [Total Sales Revenue] - [Market Value of all the Resources Employed
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(Prof. Alfred Marshall) We can define Nat ional Income as t he collective achievement of a nat ion. In t his way‚ t he Nat ional Income is t he aggregat e of t he individual incomes. (Prof. Gardner Ackley) Nat ional Income is t he basic concept of economic‚ which refers t o t he market value of t he goods and services produced during a part icular year. (Prof. Richard Lipsy) CONCEPTS OF NATIONAL INCOme ----1.GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUct Total value of output (goods and services) produced by the factors
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All Rights Reserved 2– 2 CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS AND SERVICES Free goods are goods that have no production cost. Public goods are goods that are for common use and will benefit everyone. Economic goods are goods of value that can be seen and touched. Economic services are intangible things (with value) that cannot been seen or touched. All Rights Reserved 2– 3 LAW OF DEMAND Law of demand states that the higher the price of a good‚ the lower is the quantity
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