An economist equates the present value of payments on an asset with its current buy price. She then solves for the interest rate that makes this equality happen.The economist just solved for:A - price of a discount bondB - the coupon rateC - current yieldD - yield to maturity
22 Aug 2021Toshi buys a perpetuity that sells for $80 and pays a coupon of $5 each year. Calculate its yield to maturity, carefully following all numeric instructions and using the techniques employed in the lecture.
22 Aug 2021Suppose a firm has the following production function: q = (K^1/4)(L^1/4) and that the rental rate of capital is $1, the wage is $4, and the price they can sell their output at is $12.(a) What are the cost minimizing levels of K and L if the firm wants to produce 100 units of outp...
22 Aug 2021Suppose that the average purchase at a gas station is 40 liters (about 10 gallons). Suppose that the official price of gasoline at the gas station is 50 dinars per liter, so the average purchase is 2,000 dinars. (Again, this 50-dinar price is higher than the price reported in the...
22 Aug 2021REBRANDING. These 10 brands were popular many years ago with todayâs older generation. When you pick a brand predict some marketing activities the brand could execute to build a new foundation with younger consumers. Tuttle, B. (2015, July 11). 10 âOld Personâ Brands Gettin...
22 Aug 2021Apply Rights or duty ethics to our relation to the environment? Discuss how human-centered and nature-centered ethics differ?
22 Aug 2021Two firms compete in a market to sell a homogeneous product with inverse demand function P= 400-2Q. Each firm produces at a constant marginal cost of $50 and has no fixed costs. Use this information to compare the output levels and profits in settings characterized by Cournot, St...
22 Aug 2021Dave buys a coupon bond that pays a $40 coupon each year; he pays $480 for the bond, which will pay him $500 at maturity. Calculate the bonds current yield.B - You buy a bond for $1000 that pays a $80 annual coupon. After some market changes, the bond now sells for $1050. Calcul...
22 Aug 2021What is the maximum amount of good Y that can be purchased if X and Y are the only two goods available for purchase and Px = $5, Py = $10, X = 50, and M = 500?
22 Aug 2021Mangerial Economics Please explain how to work problem below:Suppose a consumer with an income of $100 who is faced with Px = 1 and Py = 1/4. What is the market rate of substitution between good X (horizontal axis) and good Y (vertical axis)?
22 Aug 2021what is the Target market for the Dr.pepper ?please provide references
22 Aug 2021Economists have tried to measure the GDPs of virtually all the worldâs nations. This problem asks you to think about some practical issues that arise in that effort. âBefore the fall of communism, the economies of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe were centrally planned. On...
22 Aug 2021What plans did the U.S. and the U.K propose at the Bretton Woods conference relating to the post-WWII international monetary system? Which plan did we ultimately get?2 where did eurodollars come from?
22 Aug 2021Does population growth âcauseâ slow or fast growth in GDP? What is the connection between population growth and the increase in income per person suggested by these two examples? (please give a brief explanation)
22 Aug 2021Botswanas population grew by 3.5 percent per year, 1970â 80, and by 3.4 percent, 1980â 93, while total GDP grew by 14.5 percent per year, 1970â 80, and by 9.6 percent per year, 1980â 93. What was happening to Botswanas GDP per person over each period? (please give a brief...
22 Aug 2021Over the period 1970â 80, Tanzanias total GDP grew 3.0 percent per year and by 3.6 percent from 1980 to 1993, while population expanded at 3.1 percent over the earlier period and by 3.2 percent, 1980â 93. What was the rate of growth of GDP per capita over both periods? (pleas...
22 Aug 2021Human Capital Accumulation ModelSuppose the government implements a policy that makes people to invest more time in human capital accumulation. Determine the effects on consumption over time. Is this policy always good for the population?If you can use the formula to illustrate p...
22 Aug 2021When having a log-level equation regression, do I need to transform the coefficients?I have taken the exponential of coefficients, but the professor asked me to justify it and he suggested keeping coefficients as they are but I dont understand why!Ln(Wage)= 6.997* 0.261 Male* 0...
22 Aug 2021The new San Francisco 49ers football stadium is located in Santa Clara, CA, right next to Californiaâs Great America amusement park. This was actually one of the attractive aspects of the location; the football stadium could share the amusement parkâs parking on game days. De...
22 Aug 2021Briefly explain the major purpose of each of the follow acts----a.National Banking Act of 1863 b.McFadden Act of 1927 c.Glass-Steagal Act of 1933 d.Riegle-Neal Act of 1994 e.Gramm-Leach -Bliley Act of 1999
22 Aug 2021Asymmetric information makes it hard for investors to sell securities. banks specialize in reducing asymmetric information. What methods do they have for reducing information asymmetries? Be sure to specify if the methods are designed to reduce the problems of adverse selection o...
22 Aug 2021Suppose there is a new subsidy offered for healthy foods. How might this lead to better health in the one-period Grossman model? Use the âspider webâ.Wagstaff, A. (1986). The demand for health: A simplified Grossman Model. Bulletin of Economic Research, 38, 93â95. doi:10.11...
22 Aug 2021Macroeconomics question:If a UAE citizen buys a tractor made in Japan,A) UAE net exports decrease and UAE GDP decreasesB) UAE net exports are unaffected, and UAE GDP decreasesC) UAE net exports are unaffected, and UAE GDP is unaffectedd) UAE net exports decrease but UAE GDP is un...
22 Aug 2021Suppose you bought a home in 1999 for $69,500. Use the cpi table to calculate the 2015 value adjusted for inflation. The annual cpi for 2015 is 237.017
22 Aug 2021For ratification to be effective:Select one:a. The principal cannot be disclosed to the third personb. The agent or purported agent must have acted on behalf of the principalc. It must occur within 60 days after cancellation by a third partyd. It is not necessary that the princip...
22 Aug 2021Electra Bikes is an American brand with a global presence. Which of the following trade agreements allowed Electra Bikes to expand its business by opening a new market in Canada?a.NAFTAb.The EUc.MERCOSURd.ASEANe.CAFTA2.As a global company, Electra Bikes sells its products to othe...
22 Aug 2021Gustavo graduated from college and his income increases by 35,00 nothing else changes. Gustavo decreases the quantity of donuts and pretzels that he buys and increases the quantity of gourmet ice cream that he buysfor Gustavoa. donuts and pretzels have become complementsb. donuts...
22 Aug 2021The formula of the real exchange rate and nominal exchange rate between the U.S. and china is as follows e= E x Pus/PchinaIn the formula e is real exchange rateE is nominal exchange rate, and E=Chinese Yuan/ 1 US dolar thus if E=2, it means US dollar can be exchanged for 2 Chines...
22 Aug 2021Suppose that shipping companies in the U.S. increase the rates that they charge to ship goods and services. Sellers of goods and servicesChoose one answer.a. share the burden of shipping costs with buyers.b. bear the entire burden of shipping costs.c. pass off the entire burden o...
22 Aug 2021Suppose that shipping companies in the U.S. increase the rates that they charge to ship goods and services. Sellers of goods and servicesChoose one answer.a. share the burden of shipping costs with buyers.b. bear the entire burden of shipping costs.c. pass off the entire burden o...
22 Aug 2021Suppose that shipping companies in the U.S. increase the rates that they charge to ship goods and services. Sellers of goods and servicesChoose one answer.a. share the burden of shipping costs with buyers.b. bear the entire burden of shipping costs.c. pass off the entire burden o...
22 Aug 2021In the future medical care spending is likely to rise, in part, due to the number of elderly rising from _______ percent of the population today to _______ percent by 2030.12, over 208, over 1315, over 2510, over 16
22 Aug 2021During the early 1800s, the construction of canals caused the price that buyers paid for goods toChoose one answer.a. decrease, and total surplus in these markets to decrease.b. increase, and total surplus in these markets to not change.c. decrease, and total surplus in these mar...
22 Aug 2021We established that marginal cost equals the change in total cost over the change in output (MC = ), or over marginal product (MC = ). Can someone then argue that marginal cost also equals the change in total variable cost over the change in output (MC=ÎTVC/ÎQ)?
22 Aug 2021Which of the following is not a practice of Japanese physicians.Performing an unusually large number of surgeries.Seeing a large number of patients daily.Dispensing medicine to their patients.Accepting gifts of appreciation from their patients for special service.Discharging pati...
22 Aug 2021The marginal product of a variable input isa. Zero at the point of diminishing returnsb. The change in the average product that occurs when the variable input is increased one unitc. The change in the total product that occurs in response to a unit change in the variable inputd. ...
22 Aug 2021The purpose of punitive damages in medical malpractice cases is toensure that successful plaintiffs receive full compensation for their losses.punish egregious behavior, much like fines in civil cases.redistribute income from defendants to successful plaintiffs.ensure that the co...
22 Aug 2021Consider a demand side âshockâ to a long-run equilibrium. In particular, say the demand curve for cumquats is Q(p)=900â100âp and production function is Q=K^1/6 L^1/3In the short- run the number of firms and the amount of capital employed by each firm are fixed. Derive the...
22 Aug 2021The English rule of costsa.applies only in England.b. is the standard practice worldwide, except in the United States.c. is a practice where the loser of a lawsuit pays all attorneys fees and court costs.d. results in more lawsuits filed.e. both b and c are true.
22 Aug 2021Briefly explain cross wage and own wage elasticity of labor demand.2. Briefly explain why it is that labor unions may prefer to organize workers with an inelastic labor demand. Be sure to reference whether or not these appears to be some incongruity in this reasoning and if so, w...
22 Aug 2021Consider a perfectly competitive firm in the short run. If the market price of the good it produces falls below the minimum of its average total cost curve but is greater than the minimum of its average variable cost curve, the firm:A. should increase the price of its product in ...
22 Aug 2021What were the terms of the Missouri compromise?
22 Aug 2021The economic argument for legalizing drugsis morally bankrupt.is based on the assumption that demand is relatively price inelastic.shows that economists are all libertarians at heart.takes into consideration all the externalities associated with drug use.is really politically mot...
22 Aug 2021Google Self-Driving Car Unit Accuses Uber of Using Stolen Technology By DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI and MIKE ISAAC FEB. 23, 2017 SAN FRANCISCO âhttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/23/technology/google-self-driving-waymo-uber-otto-lawsuit.html1-The first paragraph would be a summary of th...
22 Aug 2021Consider a perfectly competitive market described by the supply function P = 20 0.1Q and demand function P = 80 - 0.3Q. If the market is in equilibrium, then an individual firms total revenue (TR), average revenue (AR) and marginal revenue (MR) functions are:A) TR = 26Q, AR = 26...
22 Aug 2021If a competitive firm or a monopoly wants to determine how much its total cost would decline by if it were to cut its per-period production by one unit, then it will evaluate its:A) short run production functionB) average product function marginal product functionC) total fixed c...
22 Aug 2021In some country, the rate of inflation is expected to increase from 2 percent to 5 percent and people fear that the increase will be permanent if the central bank does not take action. Currently, the nominal interest rate under control of the central bank is 4 percent and does no...
22 Aug 2021Discuss the concepts of engineering projects and their investment profile. How would you assess the economic feasibility of engineering projects in your organization?Give examples from any organization you think of to support your answer. 300-400 words minimum
22 Aug 2021If you were a corporation and had to incorporate in either the United States or Ireland, which would you chooseâ¦and why?4. T/F: Free capital flows are much more financially stable than Foreign Direct Investments.5. LIST and EXPLAIN one of the advantages of Foreign Direct Inves...
22 Aug 2021The significance of Shayss rebellion is that ita.forced the banks to foreclose on delinquent merchants.b.established the principle of "no taxation without representation."c.convinced the colonists that the Articles of Confederation were too weak.d.prevented Massachusetts from joi...
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