Question: You are 20 years old, and you would like to have $1,000,000 in your retirement savings account when you are 60 years old. You need to start saving for retirement right away because of the time value of money. H ...
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Question: Suppose the capital gains tax rate were cut from 20% to 15%, which boosted the stock market by 5%. Assuming that 20% of the additional gains were realized, calculate the change in capital gains tax receipts und ...
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Question: Why is or is not addiction, or the war on drugs more broadly, an appropriate topic for health economists to study? What insights or perspectives could economists add? The response must be typed, single spaced, ...
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Question: Describe the difference between frictional and structural unemployment. Explain the reasons why each type of unemployment may arise. The response must be typed, single spaced, must be in times new roman font (s ...
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The number has jumped 60% since last year. When prices were falling, the number fell from 2,000 in 2015 to only 480 in 2016. For the week of March 10, 2017 the number was at 762. The elasticity of the supply is around 0. ...
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Question: Suppose Ford Motor Company issues a five year bond with a face value of $5,000 that pays an annual coupon payment of $150. a. What is the interest rate Ford is paying on the borrowed funds? b. Suppose the marke ...
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Question: Assume that a 1% change in the inflation rate causes a 1% increase in nominal interest rates, which in turn causes a 1% drop in real growth the following year. During the latter half of the 1990s, real growth a ...
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Question: Assume that your probability of surviving an accident is greater in a car equipped with certain safety features. If so, what will be the likely effect on the number of accidents? Give a numerical example showin ...
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Question: The interest rate is 10 percent and you purchase the newly issued bond in equation 16.3 for $10,000. After you hold it for 16 years the market interest rate rises to 15 percent. Calculate the change in its pric ...
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Question: Assume real GDP is $9,000 billion, and disposable income is $6,000 billion. The government cuts personal income taxes by 1% of DI (i.e., $60 billion). As a result, interest rates rise by 2/3%. Assume transfer p ...
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