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Prepare a vertical analysis of the 2009 income statement data for Douglas Company and Maulder Company in columnar form.
Calculate the opportunity cost for providing health care in terms of how much of "all other goods" needs to be given up for each of combinations given above for both Country X and Country Y.
President Obama is considering implementing trade tariffs and quotas against US trading partners. As head of the President's Economic Advisory Team:
Suppose a perfectly competitive firm's marginal revenue is $10 while its marginal cost is $11. Under these circumstances the firm:
Question: What is the theory behind international trade? Has globalization been good for the United States?
Question 1. Other than economies of scale, what would you consider to be barriers to entry into a market? Are these barriers the same for all market structures? Explain your response. Question 2. Ho
If the U.S. government had previously banned the import of kiwi fruit but then imposed a tariff of $5 per case and allowed kiwi imports, what would happen to the equilibrium price and quantity of ki
Who benefits from a tariff or quota? Who loses? What are the positives and negatives of protectionist trade policies on the federal government's part? Which policy is best right now?
Suppose that you test the Linder hypothesis by comparing Germany's absolute difference in per capita income from each of its trading partners with the size of Germany's total trade with each respect
Q1. Calculate Canada's opportunity cost of one tonne of wheat. Q2. Calculate Chile's opportunity cost of one tonne of copper ingots.
Using some or all of the following, compare some of the most popular online auction sites: - Pricing strategies - Oligopoly - Porter's 5 forces framework
What is the most important determinant of price elasticity of demand? Why is this so? Give an example of a firm that price discriminates for its product or service.
Problem 1. Why do you think it will be interesting to focus in the economic ideas of Walmart? Problem 2. How you think macro-economics applies to Walmart? What would it contribute to your understand
Many households supplements their food budget by cultivating small vegetable gardens. Explain how each of the following migth influence this kind of household production:
1) What is Michelle's opportunity cost of producing potatoes? 2) What is Michelle's opportunity cost of producing chickens? 3) What is James' opportunity cost of producing potatoes? 4) What is James'
Explain the difference between comparative advantage and absolute advantage. Explain how economies benefit with specialization and trade.
Question 1. Why do many economists believe that the market system is the most efficient economic system for allocating resources? Question 2. What are the four main categories of resources? Explain
What is factor-proportions theory, and how is this theory useful in determining production advantages?
Refer to the above data. What would be feasible terms of trade between Landia and Scandia? Show the calculation part.
In a day production, firms in Israel can produce 77 microprocessors or 24 ballistic missiles. Firms in the United States can produce 88 microprocessors or 14 ballistic missiles. Which country has th
Question 1. Why does the media attacks world trade? Question 2. Assume that corn production requires only land and can production requires only labor. The United States can produce either 70 kilogra
In the Ricardian model, everyone seems to benefit from trade. However, the Heckscher-Ohlin model seems to show that some lose from trade as well. Who are the losers in the HO model, and how do they
If the government imposes a tariff on an imported good, what will happen to government revenue?
Describe the difference between average revenue and marginal revenue. Why are both of these revenue measures important to a profit-maximizing firm?
Fairness in Foreign trade is essential for the benefit of all the countries engaged in importing or exporting to and from each other. But to derive maximum benefit out of the trade must observe reci