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Econ 103 Principles of Microeconomics - Fraser International College
Conduct a critical analysis of the information presented in the news article, with a specific focus on the calculated elasticities. Your final paper should be 500 - 600 words and written in APA style
Paper - Newspaper Article Analysis and Commentary
In this pair of assignments, you will critically analyze a newspaper article and then submit an APA style paper reporting your findings.
The article you will be analyzing is "Produce Prices Down in California, Report Says" by Tom Burfield. You will be comparing your calculated elasticities with those found in literature.
Instructions
Answer questions about the economic content in the article. Submit your answers in order
on 8.5"x11" college rule paper, handwritten, single sided, with your name and student number in the top right corner of the first page. Scan your work and submit as a single pdf document.
Presentation counts. Messy work that is difficult to read will not be graded. Graphs must be drawn with a ruler.
Conduct a critical analysis of the information presented in the news article, with a specific focus on the calculated elasticities. Your final paper should be 500 - 600 words and written in APA style (7th edition). The word count does not include the title page, references, and table.
Your paper will include a title page, main body, and reference list. Do not include any section headings other than the title and references.
Include a word count at the end of your paper. This should be at the bottom of the final page of the main body.
Sources
Use the calculated values, the Price and Mittelhammer article, and one other academic source that report elasticities for the fruits that were used in the Assignment. You will get one point for listing in the table the correct elasticities from Price and Mittelhammer. You will get one point for finding a high quality article as your other source of elasticity values.
Article - A Matrix of Demand Elasticities forFresh Fruit by David W. Price and Ronald C. Mittel hammer
Attachment:- Principles of Microeconomics.rar