The government of Eastlandia uses measures of monetary aggregates similar to those used by the United States, and the central bank of Eastlandia imposes a required reserve ratio of 10%. Given the following information, answer the questions below. Bank deposits at the central bank = $200 million Currency held by public = $150 million Currency in bank vaults = $100 million Checkable bank deposits = $500 million Traveler's checks = $10 million Can the commercial banks increase checkable bank deposits? If yes, by how much can checkable bank deposits increase?

Commercial banks can increase deposits by an additional $3,000 million.

Commercial banks can increase deposits by an additional $2,500 million.

Since the commercial banks are not holding excess reserves, they cannot increase deposits.

Implementing a Public Health Program Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, research about the ten leading causes of death in the United States. List all the diseases and select one disease. Research further on your selected disease. Based on research, create a 5- to 7-page Microsoft Word document that includes:

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A proposal for a public health program to address that disease within your community.

An outline of the steps you will undertake to evaluate the program you have proposed.

An evaluation design for your program.

An identification and collection of data to evaluate your program.

An explanation of the method determined for collecting the data.

Conclusions from the data and justification of those conclusions.

Recommendations for improvements to your program and a plan to communicate those recommendations.

After several years of decline, the market for handmade acoustic guitars is making a comeback. These guitars are usually made in small workshops employing relatively few highly skilled luthiers. Assess the impact on the equilibrium price and quantity of handmade acoustic guitars as a result of each of the following events. In your answers indicate which curve(s) shift(s) and in which direction.

a. Environmentalists succeed in having the use of Brazilian rosewood banned in the United States, forcing luthiers to seek out alternative, more costly woods.

b. A foreign producer reengineers the guitar-making process and floods the market with identical guitars.

c. Music featuring handmade acoustic guitars makes a comeback as audiences tire of heavy metal and grunge music.

d. The country goes into a deep recession and the income of the average American falls sharply.

Please answer the following questions (true/false)

1. The form and substance of a company's response to international market opportunities depend greatly on management's assumptions or beliefs about the nature of the world.

2. A patent is a distinctive motto that a manufacturer affixes to a particular product or package to distinguish it from goods produced by other manufacturers

3. The ethnocentric company is decentralized in its marketing management whereas the polycentric company is centralized.

4. Gray color is associated with high quality and expensive in the United States, whereas it is considered inexpensive in China and Japan

5. If a foreign country decides to take over banking business from private banks to benefit public and pays adequate payment then it is referred to as nationalization.

6. The term 'polycentric' describes management's belief or assumption that each country in which a company does business is unique

a) A researcher claims that the mean age of CEOs (chief executive officers) of all corporations in the United States is 4646 years. A sample of 5050 corporations showed that the mean age of their CEOs is 48.348.3 years with a standard deviation of 5.55.5 years. Find the pp-value for the test that the mean age of CEOs of all corporations is different from 4646 years at αα = 0.0020.002.

b) The manager of a bank claims that the mean waiting time for all customers at that bank is not more than 1212 minutes. A sample of 2020 customers who visited this bank gave a mean waiting time of 14.7514.75 minutes and a standard deviation of 3.43.4 minutes. Test at the 2.5%2.5% significance level if the mean waiting time for all customers who visit this bank is greater than 1212 minutes. State the assumption(s) required for the test.

1. Last year LaCroix Optical had $145 million of sales, and it had $40 million of fixed assets that were used at 75% of capacity. Use this information to solve the next two problems.
   

1. (10 points) In millions, by how much could LaCroix Optical sales increase before it is required to increase its fixed assets?
   
   
   
2. (10 points) LaCroix Optical was approached by the Department of Defense (DoD)because of their ability to manufacture the lens required for night vision goggles. LaCroix Optical is the last remaining firm domiciled in the United States that can manufacture the night vision lens, and subsequently the DoD designated the company as essential critical infrastructure. The company’s sales are expected to approximately double after signing a DoD contract. How much additional financing will LaCroix Optical need?     

What are the four different types of market structures?

In two or more sentences provide at least 3 or more characteristics that separate a perfectly competitive market structure from a monopolistic market structure?

Which type of market structure has differentiated goods and services?

Identify at least one market structure that is predominant in the United States?

At what point do all four market structures maximize profits?

In one to two sentences explain, how a monopolistic market structure determines its optimal price and quantity?

Which type of market structure faces a perfectly elastic demand curve?

In two or more sentences, explain the difference between consumer surplus and producer surplus?

Given the graph below explain which triangle color represents consumer surplus and which triangle color represents

In a recent survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, a random sample of adults 18 years of age or older living in the continental united states was asked their reaction to the word socialism. In addition, the individuals were asked to disclose which political party they most associate with. Results of the survey are given in the table.

a) Explain why this data should be analyzed by the homogeneity of proportions.

b) Does the evidence suggest individuals within each political affiliation react differently to the word socialism? (Use the =0.05 level of significance.)

1. State the null and alternate hypothesis

2. Verify the requirements.

3. Calculate the test statistic.

4. Find the corresponding p-value.

5. State your conclusion.

1) How, if at all, is the geographic distance between countries related to the volume of trade between them? Is there a sense in which the world is becoming increasingly “flat,” as Thomas Friedman claims? Is there a sense in which it isn’t?

2) Why are some sectors more efficient when they operate on a large scale? In what sense might this phenomenon have made things for more difficult for sub-Saharan African countries that wish to reap the gains from trade?

3) Suppose workers within a country are identical. Is it possible that some will benefit from globalization while others are made worse off? Explain.

4) How, if at all, might technological catch-up in the emerging markets be a bad thing for the United States?Use the Ricardian model to argue your position.

Please answer the questions in as much detail as possible!

The article presents an analysis of the current outlook of the highest court in the United States. We often think of courts (and especially the Supreme Court) as dispassionate and thoroughly objective institutions. Yet as the text materials in Chapter One discuss, there are various schools of jurisprudence, some of whom try to examine the ways in which courts really operate. Robin Conrad and Ralph Nader have opposed views on the current court that appear prominently in the article.

Link to article: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/magazine/16supreme-t.html?_r=3&scp=2&sq=rosen+supreme+court+inc&st=nyt&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Describe their respective viewpoints. Does this article change your impression of the Supreme Court? Why or why not?