Question: M&Ms are "colorful button shaped chocolates." Suppose that from our point of view as a consumer, each M&Ms: M&Ms is equally likely to have one of c different colors. We randomly sample 3 M&Ms: the two have the ...
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Question: In France it takes one worker to produce one sweater, and one worker to produce one bottle of wine. In Tunisia it takes two workers to produce one sweater, and three workers to produce one bottle of wine. Who h ...
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Question: Suppose that there are only three types of fruit sold in the United States. Annual sales are 1,200,000 tons of blueberries, 5,400,000 tons of strawberries, and 11,000,000 tons of bananas. Suppose that of those ...
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Question: Use the spreadsheet on Ricardian equivalence with three periods and assume that - the government spendings are 100, 150 and 150; - households' salary is 300 in each period. Also assume that households preper sm ...
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Question: Suppose there is a pure exchange economy with two goods, A and B. The utility function for consumer i is U(A,B) = A 1 0.5 B 1 0.5 . The utility function for consumer 2 is U(A,B) = A 2 0.25 B 2 0.75 . Consumer 1 ...
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Question: In August 2002, preliminary data showed that payroll employment rose 39,000, household employment rose 429,000, and the unemployment rate fell from 5.9% to 5.7%. (A) Based on these data, what conclusion would y ...
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Question: Suppose you were assigned the task of choosing a price that maximizes economic surplus in a market. What price would you choose? Why? The response must be typed, single spaced, must be in times new roman font ( ...
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Question: A) Suppose Jean Splicer, an investor, buys $500,000 of shares of stock in a diversified bundle of Bio-tech firms and exactly one year later sells those shares for $530,000. Assume the value of the CPI at the da ...
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Question: Imagine that you have decided to open a small ice cream stand on campus called "Ice-Campusades." You are very excited because you love ice cream (delicious!) and this is a fun way for you to apply your business ...
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Question: Suppose you are CEO of a manufacturing company, and oil prices suddenly double, which boosts the inflation rate by 5%. While your principal job is to keep quarterly earnings rising, you are concerned that a rec ...
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