Why are agricultural prices highly variable? Does elasticity matter? Does a long term view differ from the short term? Describe elasticity and the typical assumptions made about the elasticity of agricultural production and food demand.
Why are agricultural prices highly variable? Does elasticity matter? Does a long term view differ from...
Why would long term predictions be highly variable and less precise. Discuss in the context of the decision tree.
A weakness of the neoclassical economic view is that it: can overlook the long-term causes of economic growth like the existing natural rate of unemployment even when the economy is at potential GDP. focuses on the long-term factors for economic growth and not the short-term causes of economic growth such as why unemployment fluctuates up and down over a few years. can overlook the efficiency of the market economy in self-correcting in the long-run. Keynes' Law says that demand creates...
Describe how information flows from sensory memory to short-term memory to long-term memory. AND Describe why students should engage in elaborative rehearsal when studying for their classes.
1. a) Assume the long run elasticity of demand for gasoline is -0.2 and start with the current California price of gasoline of $4.05 per gallon. How much would we need to increase the price in order to cut gasoline use in half in the long run? b) Explain in a few sentences why you would expect the short run effect of the tax to be much less. c) Suppose the income elasticity of demand for gasoline is 0.95. How...
How does her view differ from other popular views about feminism? Do you find feminism, as she presents it, to be an attractive approach to ethics? Why or why not?
Hello, I am not sure how to find the fair value of fixed-rate and variable-rate debt. Please help, thank you! h. Refer to Note 20, Financial Instruments. i. What is the fair-value of Rite Aid's fixed-rate debt at February 28, 2004? Why does it differ from the carrying amount? What is the fair-value of the variable-rate debt at February 28, 2004? Why does it not differ from its carrying amount? Why would financial statement users want to know the fair-value...
Which model is known to do a good job explaining long-term economic growth? Keynesian supply-side A key distinction between the Keynesian and neoclassical economists is that Keynesians believe the economy exhibits a ________ aggregate supply curve and neoclassicals believe it is ________. upward-sloping; downward-sloping flat; vertical vertical; flat In the Keynesian zone of the aggregate supply curve, how is Keynes’ law, where demand creates its own supply, illustrated? Prices change relatively little with an increasing aggregate demand, but that changing...
QUESTION 1 Suppose the short-run elasticity of demand for gasoline in the US retail market is -0.5, and the long-run elasticity of demand in the same market is -0.8. What is the impact of an increase in the US federal gasoline tax? A. Increase tax revenue in the short run and decrease tax revenue in the long run B. Decrease tax revenue in both short run and long run C. Increase tax revenue in both short run and long run...
1.) Why does a long-run average cost curve with a clear minimum point allow fewer firms to compete? Select the correct answer below: a. any firm producing at a different quantity from a clear minimum point will have higher costs. b. any firm that produces the same quantity from a clear minimum point will have higher costs. c. any firm producing at a different quantity from a clear minimum point will have lower costs. d. any firm that produces the...
Several Democratic Presidential candidates have promised to ban oil drilling on federal lands and waters. (1) Using supply-and-demand graphs, graph and explain what would happen to the price of oil if the US stops drilling on federal lands. (2) Using what you know about oil production, explain why the immediate impact of a drilling ban would not be the same as long term impacts. (3) The US produces about 12 million barrels of oil per day and consumes about 22...