Choose a human-made, renewable resource which is subject to the Tragedy of the Commons.  Has the problem been solved?  If so, how?  If not, why not?  

With the Phase 1 deal being signed, will the U.S. and China continue to work in a positive direction? Why or why not?

Question 7

In Santa Monica, California, it was reported that a “finder’s fee”—an up-front payment of up to $5,000—was being required of prospective tenants seeking to rent special apartments. What is this an example of?

the black market

a price floor

price gouging

a government price ceiling

Question 8

Mesa Petroleum Company built a small park in front of its corporate office. This is an example of __________.

imposing external costs on its shareholders

providing a pure public good

providing external benefits to the community

assuming city responsibilities

Question 9

What is the most frequently cited example of an externality?

service charges

public protest

pollution

sales taxes

Question 10

A negative externality exists when __________.

all costs are taken into account in the demand curve

all costs are taken into account in the supply curve

the market demand curve is not the true demand curve

the marginal social costs are not taken into account in the supply cur

Consider the following data on real GDP per capita in:

a) Calculate the percentage growth rates in real GDP per capita in each of the years 2011 through 2014, from the previous year.

b) Now, instead of calculating the annual percentage growth rates in the years 2011 through 2014 directly, use as an approximation

100×logyt-logyt-1

where yt is real per capita GDP in year t. How close does this approximation come to the actual growth rates you calculated in part (a)?

Explain what ‘consumer surplus” and “producer surplus” are , and why they are important concepts

Let us assume a 2x2x2 model (country H & F, good A & B, factors L & K).

The two countries are identical except L < L* and K > K*

More over good A is labor intensive and good B is capital intensive

(a) Now suppose the relative demand for good A (Rd) is NOT identical in H and F. Rather at each relative world price of good A, the H country’s relative demand for good A (Rd) is way smaller than that of country F. In this case show the autarky prices using a graph with world relative supply and relative demands and show the direction of trade.

how context is important in project management?

3. If the government were to reduce income taxes, how would the reduction affect output and the price level in the short run? In the long run? Describe how the aggregate supply and aggregate demand curves would be affected?

Comment on the government’s budget. How did it change after the increase in government purchase?

TRUE OR FALSE
a. When potential real GDP is equal to actual real GDP, there is no unemployment.
b. A significant increase in wages will shift aggregate supply curve to the right in the short run.
c. When the government decided to reduce their spending, then the aggregate supply curve will decrease or shift to the left in the short run.
d. If the central Bank wants to expand aggregate demand, it can increase the money supply, which would increase the interest rate.
e. To find spending multiplier, we have to calculate one divided by marginal propensity to consume.

Explain why true and why false!

How did “free market fundamentalism” contribute to the US/global financial crisis of 2008? How do the makers of the film The Inside Job criticise public and private actors in this crisis? What role did the US state play (or refused to play) in this crisis? Why? Can you draw parallels between this crisis and the 1997-98 East Asian crisis?

In the movie Forest Gump, Consider the barriers to entry facing potential competitors in Forrest’s monopoly market ( his shrimp boat). The more contestable a market, the closer it will be to a perfectly competitive market, whereas the less contestable a market, the closer it will be to a monopoly.