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Question 1
Issue 4 - Re-Wilding
a. Explain what re-wilding is and how it became an issue.
b. Outline and discuss three main areas of disagreement between Josh Donlan and Rubenstein et al.
c. Which side do you agree with? Explain your answer.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
Question 2
Issue 5 - Military Training and the Environment
a. Explain the history of military training and the environment.
b. Outline and discuss three main areas of disagreement between Benedict Cohen and Jamie Clark.
c. Which side do you agree with? Explain your answer.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
Question 3
Issue 6 - Carbon Emission Restrictions
a. Explain the history of carbon emissions and why the debate over carbon emissions exists.
b. Outline and discuss three main areas of disagreement between Paul Cicio and Eileen Claussen.
c. Which side do you agree with? Explain your answer.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
Question 4
Do you believe that the Department of Defense should play in a role in the protection of the environment? Why or why not? Do you agree that the military should scale back its military exercises to appease environmentalists? Why or why not?
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
Question 5
Explain carbon trading, carbon offsets, and cap and trade. How are each similar? How are each different?
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Suppose the profit-maximizing output level
: A firm can produce any quantity of good X with the following cost structure: TC = 450,000 + 20Q, where Q measures units of output. Suppose the profit-maximizing output level you calculated to answer part A is split evenly between two firms, each with..
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Describe the appeal of the food rewards
: a) Conduct a Chi-Square Test for Goodness of Fit. (Use a .05 significance level and make sure you show all 5 steps of the hypothesis test) b) Use the results of the Chi-Square test to describe the appeal of the food rewards.
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Optimal bundle on his utility maximizing indifference curve
: Freshman Jim Student only consumes two goods: paper (P) and cups of coffee (C). Suppose that currently Jim has $300 of spending money for the semester. The price of coffee is $3.00 per cup and the price of paper is $5 per 100 sheets. On your budget l..
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Discuss the economic rationale underlying each view point
: Some have argued that concentration in the health insurance industry has led to lower provider prices. Others have argued that hospital and physician consolidation in the last decade has led to higher insurance premiums. Discuss the economic rat..
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Explain carbon trading carbon offsets and cap and trade
: Outline and discuss three main areas of disagreement between Benedict Cohen and Jamie Clark.
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What evidence do you have for this effect
: Information on the quality of health plans is valuable in its own right. However, knowledge of health plan quality is argued to increase employee price sensitivity with respect to health plans as well. How is this so? What evidence do you have ..
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What kind of a demand-management policy
: After the aggregate demand decreases in part “a” above, what kind of a demand-management policy would a typical liberal economist propose, an active policy or do nothing? How about a conservative economist? What justifications would they provide for ..
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What accounting treatment if any is warranted
: Suppose the analysis of a loss contingency indicates that an obligation is not probable. What accounting treatment if any is warranted?
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Non-linear relationships between two variables
: Pearson Correlation cannot be used to identify non-linear relationships between two variables.
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