Explain briefly the following:
(i) Fallacies of International Trade
(ii) David Hume’s price-specie-flow mechanism
(iii) Product life cycle theory of trade
Explain the three stages in the international product life cycle
theory by providing an illustrative example (please provide the
name of the company and the name of the product) to explain each
stage of this theory.
Explain the following briefly:
i) Potential ordinary share ii) Ordinary share iii) Financial
instrument iv) Equity instrument v) Options, warrant and their
equivalents
State the double entry for the following:
i) Pre-acquisition dividend ii) Post-acquisition dividend iii)
Impairment in associate iv) Provision for unrealized profit v)
Depreciation of plant
What is the nominal tariff and the effective rate of protection
if there is a 30% tariff on a file cabinet and a 40% tariff on the
imported steel? The file cabinet costs $200, half of the price is
due to manufacturing costs and half to imported steel.
Provide a comparison of production subsidy, a tariff, and a
quota using a graph of each in your explanation.
Explain a Customs Union
- Why does creating a Customs Union create trade...
Draw the Product Life Cycle figure of Samsonite, in which stage
of the Product Life Cycle is Samsonite currently standing? How can
the company extend its life cycle?
Give one example each , as to how(i) product constituents, (ii) branding, (iii) packaging, (iv)
product appearance, and (v) product quality are adopted in global
marketing efforts in an effort to meet the demands of any of the
many stakeholders such as customer, government, and others. - list
in bullet points format - List one point each for the five items
listed above.
The Austrian Trade-Cycle Theory of
the Business Cycle assumes:
a.) the recurrence of the business cycle is a monetary
phenomenon.
b.) the non-neutrality of money. Money has a driving force of its
own.
c.) mal-investments are introduced in the boom of the business
cycle and not in
the bust of the cycle. Capital consumption is the characteristic
feature of the
bust of
a non-financial crisis business cycle.
d.) all of the above.