1. Using game theory, illustrate why it is difficult to finance public goods. Discuss the players, the strategies, and the payoff matrix. How might one solve the problem of financing public goods? Provide examples.

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According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, the US slipped into a recession earlier this year.

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True

False

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Question 2 1 pts

Throughout history money

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None are correct

has always been "backed" by a commodity

has always been paper currency or precious metals

has always been farm animals

has been virtually anything that is accepted as a means of payment for stuff

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The US dollar derives its value

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due to its acceptability

all are correct

because the government says it's "legal tender" and due to its acceptability

from the amount of gold the government owns

because the government says it's "legal tender"

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The term dollar is derived from the German word

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thal; which in German means, valley

puppe; which in German means, doll

geld; which in German means, money

zill; which, in German means, horse's rear-end

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A $120 price tag on a pair of sneakers is an example of money functioning as a

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means of deferred payment

medium of exchange

store of value (or wealth)

unit of account

A commercial bank can increase its (total) loans by an amount equal to its

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holdings of government securities. (ie .e., the value of)

required reserves

excess reserves

checkable deposits

18

If the reserve ratio is 20%, the value of the money multiplier would be

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10

5

20

0.5

19

Assuming that the banking system is “all loaned up”. Based on your above answer, given an increase in checkable deposits of $10 billion, how much money could the banking system potentially create?

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$0—only the Fed can create money (by “printing it”)

$20 billion

12.5 billion

$50 billion

$40 billion

20

What assumption(s) must be made when you derived your answer for question 19?

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banks must be willing to loan out all their excess reserves

interest rates must be at fairly low levels

the economy must be at or near full employment

the demand for money must be constant

none are correct — only the Fed can create money

21

As part of the Federal Reserve System, how many “regional” federal reserve banks are there?

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1

12

50

24

22

To say that Federal Reserve Banks are "quasi-public" institutions means that

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they are privately owned, but publicly controlled

they deal only with commercial banks, not the public

they deal only with the public, not commercial banks

they are publicly owned, but privately managed

Question 11

The asset demand (D_a) for money

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includes coins, paper currency and government bonds

is typically high if interest rates are relatively high

is the demand for money as a medium of exchange

is the demand for money in case of an emergency

is the demand of money as a store of wealth

Question 12

The asset demand for money

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is unrelated to both the rate of interest and real income

varies inversely with nominal income

varies inversely with the rate of interest

varies inversely with real income

Question 13

If the quantity of money demanded exceeds the quantity supplied

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the money demand curve will shift to the right

the interest rate will rise

the money supply curve will shift to the left

the interest rate will fall

Question 14

“Bond markets hate good news" because if as a result, inflation becomes a major concern (note: the list below is in the imprecise language of most of the media) (HINT: Bond Prices = 1/R)

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the Fed might raise "interest rates" which will lower bond prices

the Fed might lower “interest rates" which will raise bond prices

none are correct; bond markets actually like good news, because robust economic growth results in an increase in the demand for bonds, driving up bond prices

the Fed might lower "interest rates" which will lower bond prices

the Fed might raise "interest rates" which will raise bond prices

Question 15

An increase in the money supply is likely to decrease

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prices

money demand

interest rates

nominal income

Question 16

Commercial banks create money by

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making loans

buying government securities

selling government securities

charging interest

getting bailed-out by the federal government

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Money eliminates the need for the double coincidence of wants through its use as a

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unit of account

store of value

medium of exchange

standard of value

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In the United States, the basic money supply (M1) is primarily comprised of

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coins, "paper" currency, checkable deposits, & short-term government debt

coins, "paper" currency & checkable deposits

a commodity

worthless pieces of "paper", thanks to the Federal Reserve System

"near-monies"

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Keynes' important contribution to the concept of money demand was (hint: see question #10)

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he really didn't make any important contribution

the development of the various definitions of money (M1, M2, etc.)

an emphasis on the possibility that the public might wish to hold money as a "store of wealth" or an asset

the "transactions demand" for money

that there is an inverse relationship between the value of money and the price level

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The demand for money function put together in class is formally known as

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the classical demand for real cash balances

what demand for money function?

the liquidity preference demand for money function

the alcohol preference for money function

the transactions demand for money function

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The transactions demand (D_t) for money is most closely related to money functioning as a

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store of value (or wealth)

unit of account

medium of exchange

measure of value

12. If demand is elastic

A. A two percent increase in price will result in less than a two percent decrease in the quantity demanded

B. A two percent increase in price will result in a two percent decrease in the quantity demanded

C. A two percent increase in price will result in more than a two percent increase in the quantity demanded

D. A two percent increase in price will result in less than a two percent increase in the quantity demanded

E. None of the above is correct

You are in charge of a manufacturing firm that is contracted to manufacture molds for producing jewelry for a leading retail store. Your firm did a market assessment last year for 200k to determine what is involved in producing the molds, and have received a total of 100k over the past two years in contract work similar to this. This new contract that you just signed pays you to produce 50 simple jewelry designs, and 5 complex jewelry designs. Your internal costs to do designs are: 518.2 in material for each mold (simple or complex) 198.48 in labor costs for each simple mold $523.1 in labor costs for each complex mold A fixed overhead cost of $200 per mold for the simple designs and $500 per mold for the complex designs In addition, the complex molds require an artist who you have to hire for $113.52 per hour to process the molds. You can assume that the average complex part requires 10 hours of labor per mold. If the contract pays you 100k for this, what is the net profit of the contract? Type this answer in the box below. If you repeat this operation each year and your costs stay the same (i.e. as above) for 5 years, but the contract price increases by 10k per year, what is the present worth of this situation over the 5 years if your cost of capital is 5%?

You are the lead designer for a firm that produces casting patterns for investment casting. There has been a recent increase in requests for castings that require an artist to sculpt molds. The artists asks for the following:

• For each simple mold made, he wants $1000 in material costs and wants $4,272 in labor for his skills.
• For each complex mold made, he asks for a labor cost of $6200 + $133/hour of his time required in finishing. For complex mold material costs, he wants $1200 +8.63% of the total labor per mold

He’s either willing to charge you per part, or willing to charge you a flat rate of 100k to do all the parts you want. If you produce an equal number of simple and complex parts, and each complex part requires an average of 4 hours of finishing time, how many parts of each type would you need to make to make it more worthwhile to pay him the flat rate?

**Hint: this is a break-even problem

1.If a firm expects a blockage of funds implemented by a host government to be temporary, which of the following can be considered as a forced reinvestment?

Select one:

a. a lumber cutting company decides to invest in a paper mill with blocked funds

b. None

c. An automobile company reinvests its funds by buying businesses who supply it with parts and showrooms.

d. Investing in local short-term debt instruments and short-term loans

2.There are various determinants of the foreign exchange rate. Which of the approaches postulates that the FX rate is determined by demand and supply of different types of financial assets?

Select one:

a. balance of payments

b. asset market

c. law of one price

d. monetary

1. If a firm moves from one point on a production isoquant to another point on the same isoquant, which of the following will certainly not happen?

options:

1-) A change in the level of output

2-) A change in the marginal products of the inputs

3-) A change in the rate of technical substitution

4-) A change in profitability

5-) All of these.

2. When Farmer Bob applies N pounds of fertilizer per acre, the marginal product of fertilizer is 1 − [1/N] bushels of corn. If the price of corn is $1 per bushel and the price of fertilizer is $0.75 per pound, then how many pounds of fertilizer per acre should Farmer Bob use in order to maximize his profits?

1-) 12

2-) 25

3-) 50

4-) 75

5-) None of these are correct.

3.A profit maximizing monopolist sets:

1-) average cost equal to price

2-) marginal cost equal to price

3-) price equal to marginal revenue

4-) marginal cost equal to marginal revenue

4. If the production function is f(L, K) = aL +2aK where a > 0 is a constant, L is for Labor and K is for Kapital, then the ratio of Marginal Product of Labor to Marginal Product of Capital is:

1-) 1/2

2-) 1

3-) 5

4-) 2

None of these are correct.

Comparative and absolute advantage

Dmitri and Frances are farmers. Each one owns a 12-acre plot of land. The following table shows the amount of rye and corn each farmer can produce per year on a given acre. Each farmer chooses whether to devote all acres to producing rye or corn or to produce rye on some of the land and corn on the rest.

Q3. Has Saudi Arabia changed in terms of type of economy in the last 10 years? How?

100 words each answer but please do not answer in professional way.

3.Consider the market for gasoline in the U.S. Suppose that the price elasticity of demand has been estimated to be 0.3,while the priceelasticity of supply is estimated to be 0.6. Answer the following questions.

a)Construct a supply-and-demand diagram that illustrates the free-market equilibrium. How much do buyers pay? How much do sellers receive? Is there a difference between the price paid by buyers and the price received by sellers?

b)Suppose the federal government imposes a gasoline tax of $0.50 per gallon. Construct a supply-and-demand diagram that illustrates the effect of the tax on the market for gasoline. How does the tax impactthe price buyers pay? How about the effective price received by sellers? Is there a difference between the price paid by buyers and the price received by sellers? What happens to the number of transactions between buyers and sellers?

c)How is the gasoline tax distributed between buyers and sellers? That is, do buyers pay more or less of the $0.50 per-unit tax than sellers? Prove your answer with the pre-tax and post-tax equilibrium prices paid by buyers and received by sellers from (b) part.

d)Identify the areas of the graph that represent tax revenue and deadweight loss? Describe the intuition behind the concept of deadweight loss.

e)If the government repealed the gasoline tax, how would this change affect the price paid by buyers and the price received by sellers? What would happen to the deadweight loss?