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Midmacroeconomic Environment Midterm Essay

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MIDTERM EXAM

1) Economics uses the concept of opportunity costs. Apply the concept to decisions to hire a few super high rank executives against hiring a group of young professionals, but less costly. What are things at stake in your considering the two options? What will you lose by taking one decision or the other?

“An opportunity cost is the evaluation placed on the most highly valued of the rejected alternatives or opportunities or the loss of other alternatives when one alternative is chosen.” (P. 595)

When we have to choose between hiring a group of young professionals over a few high rank executives (or viceversa), examining opportunity cost is a crucial strategy to knowledgeably decide what you are getting …show more content…

Source: (1) “Economic Evaluation of Public Policies Aiming the Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Brazil” by Joaquim Bento de Souza Ferreira Filho and Marcelo Theoto Rocha. Journal of Economic Integration. September 2008, Vol. 23, Issue 3. Pages 709 – 733.
Source: (2) “Acid Rain: The Southern Company (A)” Harvard Busines Review April 28, 1993. Case Code: 9-792-060

3) On question #2, if gas emission reductions are costly, would they change your variable costs, fixed costs, both? What would be the impact on your supply of goods/services?

For another class, we read an article case (referenced below) in which a Coal Power Plant located in Georgia, U.S.A. was planning a future strategy regarding imminent regulatory change regarding Gas Emissions. I’ve already talked about this case a little bit in the previous question but I will “revisit” it to examine the cost impact.

Exceeding reductions create a surplus in bonds or credits. These bonds or credits, generally referred to as allowances, can be bought or sold by other firms looking to comply even if the reduction rate couldn’t be reached in reality.

This can have a direct impact on costs, particularly if you’re in this specific situation and you have to buy more allowances than the ones you

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