The size of the labor force in a community is 800, and 720 of these folks are gainfully employed. In this community, 200 people over the age of 16 do not have a job and are not looking for work. In addition, 100 people in the community are under t..
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A bulldozer can be purchased for $380,000 and used for 6 years, when its salvage value is 15% of the first cost. Alternatively, it can be leased for $60,000 a year. Remember that lease payments occur at the start of the year.
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A competitive refining industry produces one unit of waste for each unit of refined product. The industry disposes of the waste by releasing it into the atmosphere. The inverse demand curve for the refined product (which is also the marginal benef..
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A sum of $16,000 per year will be recieved uniformly over a five year period beginning two years from today. What is the present value of this deferred-funds flow if interest is compounded continuously at a nominal rate of 9%
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Supply Function: A review of industry-wide data for the jelly and jam manufacturing industry suggests the following industry supply function: Q = 59,000,000 + 500,000P - 125,000PL - 500,000Pk + 2,000,000W Where Q is cases supplied per year, P is the..
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Factory workers at each plant have the same characteristics (e.g., skills, alternative employment opportunities, level of income, risk aversion, etc.). The quality of a toothbrush produced is easy to supervise but the effort exerted by a worker is..
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Design a simple econometric research project
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Fixed Assets Property, plant, and equipment $2,200 $1,870 $1,814 $1,422 $1,400 Less: Accumulated depreciation $400 $200 $180 $80 $75 Net property, plant, and equipment $1,800 $1,670 $1,634 $1,342 $1,325 Intangible assets $300 $240 $220 $210 $205
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When the price of insulin was $10 consumers demanded 100 units, when the price was $15 consumers demanded 100 units, and when the price was $20 consumers demanded 100 units. Based on this information, insulin must have a(n) demand curve.
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You are about to purchase your first home for personal use. The price of the house is $400K. The property taxes and casualty insurance are estimated at $200 and $100 per month respectively; these two costs are placed each month into your escrow. Y..
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An economy has 2,000 people. 1,000 of them have utility functions U(x, y) = x + y and 1,000 of them have utility functions U(x, y) = min{ 2x, y}. Everybody has an initial allocation of 1 unit of x and 1 unit of y. Find the competitive equilibrium ..
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Suppose short-run output over the next four years is +1%, 0%, -1%, and -2%. According to Okun's law, what unemployment rates would we expect to see in this economy b. Consider another economy in which the unemployment rate over the next three year..
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