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Many people find the current unemployment figures for Australia at 5.5% unbelievable. Why is this? Why might the official statistics be inaccurate?
The U.S. economy has fallen into a recession.You are the new senior economic advisor and he has asked for your recommendation on how to proceed
Provide an example of a monopoly, an oligopoly, and a cartel. Discuss the welfare effects of monopolies and oligopolies.
Explain the following concepts using the concept of consumer and producer surplus:Efficiency of markets Costs of taxation
An interesting example of strategic behavior comes from a 1997 article about Microsoft's investment in Apple (New Straits Times, 1997).
What is the equilibrium price and quantity?
Explain elasticity of supply and demand and how this relates to your pricing decision.Defend the pricing decision including all supporting documentation
Calculate IRRs for A and B. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) Project IRR A % B %
Most shippers have track and trace systems to track their product loads in the supply chain.
Identify which economic and political policies affect your firm and explain how they impact business decisions.
State the difference between: -economic contraction and economic expansion. -between appreciation and depreciation
Your task is to take this advice and produce your own recommendation to the President. Do not simply choose one person's advice
Explain the difference between a monopoly and an oligopoly, and a cartel. 2. Provide an example of a monopoly, an oligopoly, and a cartel.
Discuss the firm's activities outside the U.S. Identify which economic concepts, such as comparative advantage, apply to your firm.
Computing and interpreting at least one elasticity measure. Place the details of your computation in an appendix.
Which country is relatively capital-abundant? Explain.Which country will export textiles? Explain.
Which primary energy source does your electric company generate electricity (coal, nuclear, etc.)? How did you find out?
Redraw the diagram toshow consumer and producer surplus. c) What is consumer surplus? d) What is producer surplus?
What is the equilibrium price and quantity? Assume that changes in fashion cause the demand for tshirts to rise by 4 million at each price.
Which of the governance indicators have deteriorated over 2002-2011?What are the possible reasons behind this deterioration?
What is your monthly loan payment? What is your yearly loan payment?
Discuss the possibility of a Coasean solution between the parties.
Why do companies acquire other companies? Describe some of the possible economic justifications for acquiring another company.
Consider a market with a monopolist and a firm that is considering entry. The new firm knows that if the monopolist "fights
What is the long-run equilibrium market price and quantity?What is the long-run number of firms in the industry?