Current account and financial/capital account balances are supposed to net out as per theory. How did China manage to consistently maintain a positive current and financial/capital account surplus through the years?(the answer is expected to be around 200 words.)

Explain why government economic policies should not seek to push unemployment levels below the natural rate of unemployment.(the answer is expected to be around 200 words. )

The US Boskin Commission Report of 1996 advocated downward adjustment of the Consumer Price Index. Explain the rationale underpinning this advocacy using examples from Australia.(the answer is expected to be around 200 words.)

Satellite night-lights data might measure economic activity better than GDP. Comment.(the answer is expected to be round 200 words)

Identify and discuss the factors determining the rate of productivity growth in Australia.

1. Calculate the minimum special price per unit that would be charged by each of the three divisions for a special order of 100 units of their products.

2. Calculate the minimum special price per unit that would be charged by each of the three divisions for a special order of 1,000 units of their products.

3. What would be the maximum price per unit that David Inc would pay to outsource (buy) 3,000 units of Division 1 products from an outside supplier? Assume fixed costs remain unchanged and that the products would be sold to its current customers.

Respond to the following in a minimum of 100 words:

Discuss the market model, oilgopoly and provide an example of a real-world market that matches the market model you chose. What does economic theory teach you about the industry you chose?

4. How did John Maynard Keynes criticize the free market economy? What does he claim is necessary to maximize the social utility of the economic system? Why does stagflation present an obstacle to his theory?

5. Assess the argument that because fat, ugly, or strange-looking people have it tougher throughout their lives than do attractive people, we should give them preferential treatment whenever we can—for example, in job situations—to make up for the disadvantages they’ve suffered and to help level the playing field.
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Cluster analysis has a number of optional metrics. Identify the Euclidean, Manhattan, and Farthest First distances for each of the following cases to the two clusters given the following data (which has been transformed to a 0-1 scale).

Determining the payments to capital and land by using suitable example

How can warranty at the seller expense signal that a product is of high quality

Identify the differences between the Classical and Physiocratic schools of thought.

The Omega’s Positioning Strategy Priced in excess of $2,000, the luxury watch industry is dependent on promotions and product features to attract the consumer. Omega SA (Omega), the third largest luxury watch maker in the world, is the pioneer of celebrity endorsement in the luxury watch industry. The company, which introduced celebrity endorsement in 1995, has featured many charming young men and women confirming Omega as the watch of their choice. The chosen brand ambassadors have been leaders in the field of fashion, sports and the performing arts. Apart from celebrity endorsements, Omega associates itself with, and ensures its product placement with landmark events. The case also traces the evolution of Omega’s advertising strategy. With luxury watches growing in popularity as a status and lifestyle statement, Omega is looking beyond the mature markets of Europe and America, to the new developing markets in the Middle East, India and China. It has unveiled a strategy tailored to drive growth in these promising markets. Q. 5. Luxury watch brands like Rolex are already well established in the Middle Eastern, Indian and Chinese markets. What shall be the competitive strategy by Omega to make this brand a success in the new markets? Q. 6. Keeping in mind the cultural changes of Western and Eastern countries, what challenges for the Demographic, Social and Psychographic Factors Omega has to face in the target markets? Q. 7. With reference to advertising, do you suggest that Omega should continue the same advertising strategy in the new markets?