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    HND Accounting Economics FINAL REPORT: The Economics of Business DUE DATE: 20 May 2015 Catherine Macintosh 11006620 For the attention of Sarah Sutherland Word count: 1,243 (Excluding Acknowledgements, Abstract/Executive Summary, Terms of Reference, References & Appendices TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1.0 Costs 3 1.1 Total costs 3 1.2 Average costs

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    1. What is the ‘economic problem’? The fundamental economic problem is related to the issue of scarcity. Scarcity means that resources are limited and short in supply in the world (e.g. diamond). Because of limited resources and unlimited demands, society needs to decide how much to produce and distribute these relatively scarce resources. The basic economic problem can be define as what to produce, how much to produce and for whom to produce. Some countries are lucky to have great natural resources

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    monopolist to reduce his price. 2. Economist Harvey Leibenstein argued that the loss of economic efficiency in industries that are not perfectly competitive has been understated. He argued that when competition is weak, firms are under less pressure to adopt the best techniques or to hold down their costs. He referred to this effect as "x-inefficiency."

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    resource is inefficient it means the resources are not used in the best distribution by firms or organizations. An ETS is executed when the environment has been polluted and the government intervenes in order to control the pollution by providing economic encouragements towards the firms and organizations to reduce the amount of pollution emitted in the environment (Brown* 2001). When ETS is implemented it reduces the pollution of the environment caused by different firms thus making it its main goal

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    Economics - Assessment Task 1 1. Total cost is the figure that describes the total cost of production for an organisation. It is made up of both fixed costs, which are costs that are fixed in relation to output, and variable costs, which are costs that vary depending on the level of output. Before production commences, the total costs of the organisation will be the same as the fixed costs, as no raw materials or labour have been utilised. Although when production increases, variable costs

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    Assume a consumption function that takes on the following algebraic form: C = $100 + .8Y. Assume that Y = $1000 what is the level of consumption at this income level. C = $100 + .8($1000) = $100 + $800 = $900. 1. Using the above figure calculate the marginal propensity to consume between the aggregate income levels of $80 and $100. Also explain why this consumption function is linear. The marginal propensity to consume is equal to $15/$20 = .75. The consumption

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    MF 7701 Managerial Economics Quiz #1 Fall 2014 Instructions: 1. You may work on this quiz alone or with as many other students as you wish. If you work with other students, please submit only one (common) answer. 2. You may not talk about this exam with anyone outside of the two managerial economics sections. 3. You may work with people from the other section if they are taking this course. In all cases, please submit only one, common answer. 4. You must e-mail your final

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    I. Introduction The essay explains about law and economic. Before we begin our outline about law and economic, it is useful to know what is the definition of law and economics or economic analysis of law. David Friedman an American economist and legal scholar wrote that the definition of law and economics is an application of economic theory (specially microeconomic theory) to the analysis of law. Economic ideas are used to describe the effects of laws, to measure which legal rules are economically

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    Economic growth refers to an increase in the capacity for an economy to produce goods and services as compared from one period of time to another. It can be measured either in nominal terms which include inflation, or in real terms that are adjusted for inflation. It is mainly influenced by unemployment, inflation, technology levels, rate of investment, population growth rate, among other factors. These factors are used further to explain the differences in the varying level of output per capita

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