Category Archives: Economics

How could Amazon decide to raise its minimum wage to $15 per hour, despite the federal minimum wage being fixed at $7.25 per hour?

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Chapter 12 in your textbook and Jared Bernstein’s article Amazon’s Raise: Unequivocally Good News (Links to an external site.). Based on the article’s information and Chapter 12 in your textbook, respond to the following: Why is the demand for labor called a derived demand? In the labor […]

Which alternative measures does the government have to boost the economy-Which one do you believe is the more direct way to do it?  

Principles of Economics : Countries and Systems Answer the following questions using the readings and lecture slides attached as well as the essay guidelines and sample essays. 1) (200 words max., 20 points) Imagine a simple economy that consists only of 3 sectors: iron sector, steel sector and automobile sector. Iron is produced with no […]

Explain the price elasticity of demand in your company’s market structure and its effect on your company’s pricing decision.

Market Structures Prior to the Week 4 assignment, read Chapters 9, 10, and 11 in your textbook. Select one real-world company to use for the Week 4 assignment. use 3 scholarly sources plus your book. In your paper, Distinguish among four market structures: perfect competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, and monopoly in this order. Identify your […]

Discuss which trade models/theories are the most and the least successful in explaining your data.

International trade Assessment Instructions TITLE: Country case study ON TRADE THEORIES and PATTERNS Find trade data for a country of your choice (can be any country of the world, except the UK or the USA), and apply different trade theories to explain these data.  Your answer should include a focus on important trading partners and […]

What is your opinion about the article-What are the strengths and weaknesses of the article?

Article must have some type of Economic concept Summary should be at least 1 page, double spaced, Times New Roman 12 pt font Possible questions to answer in your summary Where did the article come from? What is the article claiming? Do you agree/disagree with the article’s claim​? What is your opinion about the article? […]

Explain how the number of bidders in a common value auction affects the outcome of the auction.

Economics 1.Explain how the number of bidders in a common value auction affects the outcome of the auction. 2. Relate this to the effect on price in different market structures based on the number of producers. 3. Adhere to APA Style when writing your essay, including citations and references for sources used.    

What conditions did the Fed say needed to prevail in order to bring the program to a conclusion?

ECON WK 1 Discuss the quantitative easing program that the Federal Reserve operated from 2009 to 2014. What conditions did the Fed say needed to prevail in order to bring the program to a conclusion? See this link for some useful background: Investopedia: What is Quantitative Easing?

Explain the Data Correlation using the code and formulas relevant with Engle Granger Test

Topics In Macroeconomics With Time Series Econometrics Main Topic (Global food prices, the average price of food commodities across countries, play an important role worldwide, strongly influencing food affordability and diet. They also affect the incomes of farmers and producers, particularly in lowincome countries where a large fraction of the population is employed in the […]

Discuss alternative forms of public transportation systems for urban areas and the political-economic issues in promoting those systems.

Answer one question from Part A and one question from Part B. Read each question carefully and answer all parts of the questions you select. Try to keep the length of each easy about the same, i.e. 2 to 2 ½ pages per essay. Part A: 1. Discuss alternative forms of public transportation systems for […]