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Explain the process of a financial crisis - how does it usually start, and how do events then lead to the crisis spreading from Wall St to Main St?
The 10-year US Treasury notes yields 3%. If inflationary expectations for the next ten years are 2 %, what is the real rate of interest?
Explain how the two organizations differ in their ability to deal with a financial crisis like the ones in Europe in 2009-2012 or the US crisis in 2008.
What is the depreciation for year 3 if the sum of years' digits depreciation method was used?
The price elasticity of demand for a textbook sold in the United States is estimated to be -2.0. Calculate the profit-maximizing price in each market.
A 5-year MACRS class equipment that costs $50,000 sold for $15,000 after depreciating it for 3 years using MACRS. What is the amount of depreciation recapture?
Suppose the utility function for a consumer is given by U = min{X, 3Y}. Sketch 3 indifference curves for this consumer.
Compute the marginal rate of substitution. Sketch two indifference curves based on the utility function above.
Suppose two bonds (Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co., Lid) are traded in the bond. Which bond has the highest expected return? Which bond is Jess risky?
Calculate the wage elasticity of labor demand when W = 5, R = 5 and Q = 4. Is labor demand inelastic or elastic with respect to the wage at this starting point.
Algebraically solve for the union's optimal wage-employment choice. Intuitively, explain why this outcome might not be pairwise efficient.
Suppose you are considering investing $1,000 in one of the following bank CDs (certificate of deposit). Which CD does yield the higher interest?
How should the grant money be allocated to maximize this function? (here, you can crunch some numbers, or use calculus if you like).
Write a discussion of litigation strategy and the advantages and disadvantages of litigation.
How old is the person whose social security account will break even? How does your answer change if interest rate is 3%?
What reasons would you have for joining a union? Describe your hopes and aspiration for yourself and your family. You must specifically use Thomas Bell's novel.
How much will you save it interest payments over the 4 years by taking out the loan from the US government? Show all of your calculations.
How your organization's marginal product is related to its demand for labor. Examples of events that could shift the demand or supply of labor and why they do s
What does least squares estimates mean? What is being estimated? What is being squared? In what sense are the squares least?
In this auction, is it a dominant strategy to bid one's valuation? If yes, provide a sketch of the proof. If not, provide an example.
Solve for the efficient level of emissions. Derive the optimal emissions for each firm. Determine the emissions tax that would support this outcome.
You are thinking of investing $100,000 today at an interest rate of 7% per year over 8 years. What is the future value of that investment in 8 years?
Develop a concise-but-thorough PowerPoint presentation on The World Bank that does not exceed five slides.
How is the value of a nation's currency determined? Is there such a thing as its true value? Should a government try to influence the value of its currency?