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1. Assess how different economic environments, such as boom and bustcycles, affect markets both individually and collectively. In other words, consider how economic growth or scarcity affects individual markets and how the economic environment for one market affects others. Support your answer with examples from different markets and economic periods.
2. Explain how social and political climates can affect market performance, risks, and returns. Use real world examples from different markets to support your answer.
3. Analyze how interest rates and inflation affect market performance, using real-world examples from different economic periods to support your answer. For example, how do interest rates affect business borrowing, personal investment, and lending?
4. Compare and contrast how different types of financial instruments, such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and commodities, respond to different macroeconomic environments, analyzing how that might affect a company’s IPO success. For example, are investors more likely to purchase shares of a newly listed company in certain contexts more than others? Will the cost of key commodities or services be higher in certain contexts?
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Which country has a comparative advantage in what and why
: Suppose that in England 5 man-hours are required to produce each cask of wine and 5 man-hours are required to produce each bolt of cloth, whereas in Portugal 1 man-hour is required for a cask of wine and 4 man hours for a bolt of cloth. Each country ..
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Substitute flying for driving to their vacation destinations
: A study found that lower airfares led some people to substitute flying for driving to their vacation destinations. This reduced the demand for car travel and led to reduced traffic fatalities, since air travel is safer per passenger mile than car tra..
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Pairs of goods are likely to be classified as substitutes
: Which of the following pairs of goods are likely to be classified as substitutes? Complements? Defend your answer. Peanut butter and jelly Eggs and ham Nike brand and Reebok brand sneakers IBM and Apple Macintosh brand computers Dress shirts and ties..
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What would his contract be worth at the time he signs? it
: A local newspaper headline? blared, "Bo Smith Signed for? $30 Million." A reading of the article revealed that on April? 1, 2014, Bo? Smith, the former? record-breaking running back from Football? University, signed a? $30 million package with the Da..
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Assess how different economic environments
: Assess how different economic environments, such as boom and bustcycles, affect markets both individually and collectively. In other words, consider how economic growth or scarcity affects individual markets and how the economic environment for one m..
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Best any other goods are worth less than dollar
: Janice really likes potatoes. At best any other goods are worth less than a dollar to her, potatoes cost $1.00 per pound, and she has $5.00 that she could possibly spend on potatoes or other items. Suppose she feels that the first pound of potatoes i..
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The own price elasticity of demand for product
: You are the manager of a firm that receives revenues of $40,000 per year from product X and $90,000 per year from product Y. The own price elasticity of demand for product X is -1.5, and the cross-price elasticity of demand between product Y and X is..
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The coconut oil demand function
: The coconut oil demand function is Q=1,200-9.5PC+16.2Pp+0.2M where Q is the quantity of coconut oil demanded in thousands of metric tons per year, PC is the price of coconut oil in cents per pound, Pp is the price of palm oil in cents per pound, and ..
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What would be the full economic price of this legislation
: From California to New York, legislative bodies across the United States are considering eliminating or reducing the surcharges that banks impose on noncustomers, who make $14 million in withdrawals from other banks’ ATM machines. What would be the f..
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