Discuss and debate how the historical development of the country affected contemporary French politics and the development of the French government.
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If the price elasticity of demand is 1.5 we:
A. know it is a normal good.
B. know it is a luxury good.
C. know it is an inferior good.
D. do not know if the good is inferior or normal.
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You have to choose one of these industries
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Critically Examine Immanuel Wallenstein’s World Systems Theory. (To what extent it contributed to understand and analyse contemporary global issues?)1500-2000words.
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In at least 200+ respond to the following (please include any references used)
Take a look at the following information and answer the question below:
If long-run average costs are constant with respect to output, then you have constant returns to scale.
If long-run average costs rise with output, you have decreasing returns to scale or diseconomies of scale.
If long-run average costs fall with output, you have increasing returns to scale or economies of scale. Every company is trying to reach economies of scale. However, it is not always possible. What are some of the things that could keep a company from reaching economies of scale? Why?
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What is rent-seeking? What are some of the effects of rent-seeking on an economy? Is rent- seeking thought to be efficiency increasing or reducing?
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What is the effect on the public sector during a boom period? (surpluses increase/decrease? Deficits increase/decrease?)
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1. An oil refinery has decided to purchase some new drilling equipment for $550,000. The equipment will be kept for 10 years before being sold. The estimated salvage value (SV) for depreciation purposes is to be $25,000. Use this information to solve the following questions:
a) Using the straight-line (SL) method, the annual depreciation on the equipment is _________________.
b) Using the double declining balance (DDB) method, the depreciation charge in year 3 is ______________.
c) Using the SL method, the book value (BV) at the end of the depreciable life is ____________________.
d) If SL depreciation is used and the equipment is sold for $35,000 at the end of the 10 years, the taxable gain (capital gain) on the disposal of the equipment is _________________.
e) If a MACRS depreciation schedule is used (based on a 5-year property class*) and the equipment is sold for $35,000 at the end of the 10 years, the taxable gain (capital gain) on the disposal of the equipment likely to be _________________. (Percentages: 20.00, 32.00, 19.20, 11.52, 11.52, 5.76)
Please answer without using excel or a graphic calculator. Thanks!
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Your consulting company is now working with another company that would like to expand its business into other countries. You have been asked to provide a comparison of the different economic systems and how the company would need to operate in each country.
Select two countries and write a 525- to 700-word paper in which you:
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Write a problem. In this exercise, I would like you to think of a statistical analysis you would like to do ( preferably at your work). That is, you will like to compare population means or do a hypothesis testing. Please write carefully the problem. Make sure you justify all your assumptions. Propose a method of solving the problem. Be as precise as possible.
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Starting from a position of trade-balance deficit, satisfaction of the Marshall-Lerner condition is sufficient to improve the trade balance measured in foreign exchange but not to improve the real trade balance. Explain why. In your answer explain the intuition behind the Marshall-Lerner condition.
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explain why profits are largest when mc=mr and describe how that works in monopolistic competition when the firm can choose the point on market demand where it wishes to operate
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what are the activities under a fiscal policies.
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Consider the “real” version of the ultimatum game, where Player 1 proposes a division of a sum of money x, then Player 2 decides whether or accept or reject it. If they accept, the division stands - if they reject, both players get nothing. Suppose both players treat money as utility.
(a) Draw this game using a game tree, being careful to list the payoffs and all elements of the tree.
(b) Solve the game for the unique SPNE.
(c) We assume that if Player 1 choose to keep all of x for themselves that Player 2 was awarded ∈ > 0. Does this matter? Explain how it changes the results (or not)?
(d) What are all of the strategies for Player 1? Player 2?
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If the price of computers (manufactures) was to fall, would landowners or capital owners be better off? Explain. How would the decrease in the price of computers affect labor? Explain. (using specific factor model to explain)
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