Reference no: EM1346388
1- ) Using demand and supply analysis, briefly discuss the effect of each of the following on the market for cigarettes:
a) A cure for lung cancer is found.
b) The price of cigars increases.
c) Wages increase substantially in states that grow tobacco.
d) A fertilizer that increases the yield per acre of tobacco is discovered.
2- ) How do you think each of the following affected the world price of oil?
a) A major war began in the oil-rich Middle East.
b) The Alaskan oil pipeline was completed.
c) The ceiling on the price of oil was removed.
d) Oil was discovered in the North Sea.
3- ) Suppose that there are freezing temperatures in Florida. At the same time the press reports that drinking orange juice significantly reduces the risk of stomach cancer. Predict the effect on equilibrium price and quantity.
4- ) (Economic Fluctuations) Describe the various components of fluctuations in economy activity over time. Because economic activity fluctuates, how is long-term growth possible?
5- ) (Aggregate Demand and Supply) Determine whether each of the following would cause a shift of the aggregate demand curve, a shift of the aggregate supply curve, neither, or both. Which curve shifts, and in which direction? What happens to aggregate output and the price level in each case?
a. The price level changes
b. Consumer confidence declines
c. The supply of resources increases
d. The wage rate increases
6-) How are economic fluctuations linked among national economies? Could a recession in the United States trigger a recession abroad?
7. How does the income approach to measuring GDP differ from the expenditure approach? Explain the meaning of value added and its importance in the income approach. Consider the following data for the selling price at each stage in the production of a five-pound bag of flour sold by your local grocer. Calculate the final market value of the flour.
Stage of Production Sale Price
Farmer $0.30
Miller $0.50
Wholesaler $1.00
Grocer $1.50
8. Given the following annual information about a hypothetical country:
Billions of Dollars
Personal consumption expenditures: $200
Exports: $30
Government purchases: $50
Gross private domestic investment: $40
Imports: $40
Government transfer payments: $20
Given this info, what is the value of GDP? What is the value of net exports?
9. What are the leakages from and injections into the circular flow? How are leakages and injections related in the circular flow?
10. Identify the component of aggregate expenditure to which each of the following belongs:
a. A US resident's purchase a new car manufactured in Japan.
b. Construction of a new house
c. A city government's acquisition of 10 new police cars
d. An increase in semiconductor inventories over last year's level