1 Managerial Economics 2010 Answers to All Tutorial Questions Topic 1 : What is managerial economics Questions from Chapter 1 of the Text (McTaggart‚ Findlay & Parkin) Review Question 1 (pp. 4) List some examples of scarcity in Australia today. An example of scarcity at the economy-wide level would be people with lower incomes being forced to choose between food and petrol due to high prices for both. An example of scarcity at an individual level would be a person unable to afford both
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finds that it can sell 50 t-shirts per week. What is the price elasticity of demand for the logo t-shirts? Is the demand elastic or inelastic? Answer Ed = -1.675 (elastic) 2. Check out the following video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncZkrO06le8). Do the early shoppers appear to have elastic or inelastic demand on Black Friday? Answer Elastic. Very responsive to price changes. 3. In the accompanying table‚ assume that the price of ice skates increases from $10 to $20
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Tutorial 1 BME1014 Trimester 1 2013/2014 Q1 Briefly discuss each of the following economic ideas: People are rational. People respond to incentive. Optimal decisions are made at the margin. Q2 Indicate whether each of the following statements applies to microeconomics or macroeconomics issue. a) Proton plans to spend RM800 million on a new automobile plant. b) The nation’s economy grew at an annual rate of 3.7 percent in the final quarter of the year. c) The trade
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Economics Chapter One: Ten Principles of Economics Scarcity – the limited nature of society’s resources Economics – the study of how society manages its scarce resources Principle #1: People Face Tradeoffs Making decisions requires trading off one goal against another A dollar/unit of time spent on one thing is one less dollar/unit of time less spent on another Common trade offs include: “butter for guns”‚ a clean environment or a high level of income & Efficiency – the property of society
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Principles of Economics (Common for Private Registration to BA History‚ Political Science‚ Sociology‚ & Islamic History Programmes) 1. a) b) c) d) e) In Economics the central problem is: money production consumption allocation scarcity 2. a) b) c) d) Macroeconomics deals with: the behaviour of firms. the activities of individual units. economic aggregates. the behaviour of the electronics industry 3. a) b) c) d) Microeconomics is not concerned with the behaviour of: firms. aggregate demand.
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explanations‚ and statistical section. Answer: True 2. The three major sections of a CAFR are the Introductory‚ Financial‚ and statistical sections. Answer: True 3. The introductory and statistical sections of a CAFR are not audited. Answer: True 4. State and local governments are required to prepare a CAFR. Answer: False 5. Combining statements are required whenever a non-major column is used in one of the fund financial statements. Answer: True 6. A complete CAFR includes
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macro business environment - To explain the terms SWOT‚ PEST‚ BPPEST‚ TOWS and SWOC in environmental analysis. - To describe the various business environmental forces - To state the strategic role of the environment on business performance Section 1: An Overview of Business Economics 1.1. Introduction Business economics is concerned with a total approach to organisational existence and activities. According to G.J de Cronje‚ in his popular book‚ “Introduction to Business Management”
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School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE) Internal Assignment for December 2014 Examination Course : Business Economics SEM : I Program : DSM / DBM / PGDBM /DHRM /PGDHRM /DMM/ PGDMM /DFM /PGDFM /DITM /PGDITM /DBFM / PGDBFM /DSCM /PGDSCM //DFPWM /DRM /PGDRM Assignment Marks: 30 Instructions: All Questions carry equal marks. All Questions are compulsory. Answer to each assignment question should not exceed 1500 words. Use relevant examples‚ illustrations as far as
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8.1 (a) Using a diagram to show the income flow of the circular flow model‚ identify the four factors of production and their respective payments. [10 marks] Circular flow of income model represents a closed economy(income flow is the inner circle) Assumption that decision makers are either the households or the firms. They are linked together through the resource market and the product market Households own four factors of production: land: rent labour: wages capital: interest entrepreneurship: profit
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The economic downturn and competition from rival Costa Coffee deepened the UK losses of coffee chain Starbucks to £9.9m in the year to September 2009‚ compared with a pre-tax loss of £1.9m in the previous year. The tough trading climate in Western Europe was predicted last year by Starbucks chief executive Howard Schultz‚ who said: "Unemployment‚ the sub-prime mortgage crisis‚ and I think consumer confidence‚ particularly in the UK‚ is very‚ very poor." (Guardian.co.uk‚ 2010) However‚ a spokesperson
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