In order to fight malaria, what type of policy do you think is most efficient? Distribute bed nets for free or charging a price for them? Why?
Poverty, Growth and Economic Policies: Discuss the relevance of Randomized Control Trials (RCTs) to the proposal of policies to alleviate poverty and underdevelopment in light of Ted talk:Esther Duflo: Social experiments to fight poverty.
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How youth, ethnic and racial minorities, and/or women
articulated an increasingly radical challenge to the liberal ideals
of American society by the late 1960s. Cite at least three examples
from primary source documents (i.e. music lyrics, speeches,
etc.).300 words.
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Is white noise predictable? Briefly explain.
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How am I missing calculation of part A? Part B is correct.
You are the manager of a local sporting goods store and recently purchased a shipment of 60 sets of skis and ski bindings at a total cost of $25,000 (your wholesale supplier would not let you purchase the skis and bindings separately, nor would it let you purchase fewer than 60 sets). The community in which your store is located consists of many different types of skiers, ranging from advanced to beginners. From experience, you know that different skiers value skis and bindings differently. However, you cannot profitably price discriminate because you cannot prevent resale. You are the manager of a local sporting goods store and recently purchased a shipment of 60 sets of skis and ski bindings at a total cost of $25,000 (your wholesale supplier would not let you purchase the skis and bindings separately, nor would it let you purchase fewer than 60 sets). The community in which your store is located consists of many different types of skiers, ranging from advanced to beginners. From experience, you know that different skiers value skis and bindings differently. However, you cannot profitably price discriminate because you cannot prevent resale.
There are about 20 advanced skiers who value skis at $400 and ski bindings at $275; 20 intermediate skiers who value skis at $300 and ski bindings at $400; and 20 beginning skiers who value skis at $200 and ski bindings at $350.
A: What is your maximum revenue if you charge a separate price for skis and bindings? $ ?????????
B: What is your maximum revenue if you sell skis and bindings as a bundle? $ 33000
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Week 3 Homework
For this assignment, you will research information related to the GDP (Gross Domestic Product). This will help you practice using the Internet as a research tool for finding financial information and you will gain insights about how the United States participates in the global economy by providing goods and services to other countries.
Use the Week 3 GDP Homework Word Document template provided below to complete your assignment before uploading it to the assignment submission area.
Instructions:
Use a search engine such as Google to do the following:
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Due to COVID-19 a recession is inevitable at US and global level. Discuss the current Fiscal Policy in place to combat the impact of the virus on the US economy. Also, explain how the recent Fiscal Policy is expected to fix the changes in GDP, Inflation and unemployment. Discuss the current Monetary Policy in place to combat the impact of the virus on the US economy. Also, explain how the recent Monetary Policy is expected to fix the changes in GDP, Inflation and unemployment.
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6 slides (6 pagaes ) of PowerPoint about the benefits of motivating employees?
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People Face Trade-offs
You have one semester left to graduate and you have the finances
to do a maximum of four courses. Three of the courses are required
courses. The last course slot belongs to an elective. You have
narrowed down your choices to three electives, all of which are
very popular and very useful courses that you are very interested
in. Decide on the course you want to take. Then using at least two
economic decision-making principles, explain why you are making
this choice.
Develop a response that includes examples and evidence to support
your ideas, and which clearly communicates the required message to
your audience. Organize your response in a clear and logical manner
as appropriate for the genre of writing. Use well-structured
sentences, audience-appropriate language, and correct conventions
of standard American English.
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Explain GDP cycles from a Keynesian perspective?
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What is the difference between debt for nature swap and conservation bond, what was its actual outcome (effect)?
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2. If marginal benefit from a particular activity is greater than its marginal cost, a rational choice involves
a. More of the activity
b. Less of the activity
c. No more of the activity
d. More or less, depending on the benefits of other activities
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3. Which of the following is an example of an implicit cost
a. Dividends paid out to stockholders
b. The uncompensated services of the spouse of a firm's owner
c. Payments made to audit companies
d. Payments made to workers who are unproductive
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4. Suppose, a measure of total output of an American economy takes into account the production of any American or American-owned entity, regardless of where in the world the actual production process is taking place. Then this estimate of total output is
a. Gross Domestic Product
b. Gross National product
c. Net Domestic Product
d. None of a, b and c
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5. Economic profit is calculated as deviation between
a. Total revenue - total explicit & implicit costs
b. Total revenue - total explicit costs
c. Total revenue - total implicit costs
d. All a, b, and c will give same measure
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Question 3: The Bank of Canada once again reduced its key rate by 0.5 percentage point on March 24, aligning with the United States. What are the elements of aggregate demand that the Bank of Canada hopes to stimulate through this monetary policy?
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Question 1: At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadian (and global) economy suffered quickly from a decline in the volume of trade to China. For example, Air Canada quickly discontinued all direct flights to China following the federal government's advice to avoid non-essential travel.
Using the aggregate supply and demand model (OA-DA), rigorously describe the impact of the shock described above on the initial equilibrium of the Canadian economy.
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