Questions from Microeconomics


Q: An American company wants to buy a television from a Chinese company

An American company wants to buy a television from a Chinese company. The Chinese company sells its TVs for 1,200 yuan each. The current exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Chinese yuan is $...

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Q: Assume that you borrow $5,000, and you pay

Assume that you borrow $5,000, and you pay back the $5,000 plus $250 in interest at the end of the year. Assuming no inflation, what is the real interest rate? What would the interest rate be if the $...

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Q: Does a progressive tax system by itself guarantee that resources will be

Does a progressive tax system by itself guarantee that resources will be redistributed from the rich to the poor? Explain. Is the tax system in the United States progressive, regressive, or proportion...

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Q: On what basis were the airlines found guilty of violating antitrust laws

On what basis were the airlines found guilty of violating antitrust laws in the Airline Tariff Publishing case? What was the remedy? By contrast, why might it be hard to prosecute algorithmic collusio...

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Q: Males under the age of 25 must pay far higher auto insurance

Males under the age of 25 must pay far higher auto insurance premiums than females in this age group. How does this fact relate to statistical discrimination? Statistical discrimination implies that d...

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Q: What are a. Preferred provider organizations and b.

What are a. Preferred provider organizations and b. Health maintenance organizations? In your answer, explain how each is designed to alleviate the overconsumption of health care.

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Q: What is offshoring of white-collar service jobs and how does

What is offshoring of white-collar service jobs and how does that practice relate to international trade? Why has offshoring increased over the past few decades? Give an example (other than that in th...

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Q: American apparel makers complain to Congress about competition from China. Congress

American apparel makers complain to Congress about competition from China. Congress decides to impose either a tariff or a quota on apparel imports from China. Which policy would Chinese apparel manuf...

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Q: Explain the differences among microcredit, conditional cash transfers, and unconditional

Explain the differences among microcredit, conditional cash transfers, and unconditional cash transfers. Then explain how effective each policy has been.

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Q: Can backward induction be readily applied when a sequential game is presented

Can backward induction be readily applied when a sequential game is presented as a payoff matrix?

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