Professor Department of Economics Illinois State University PREFACE Introduction Welcome to the Student’s Guide to Freakonomics! The purpose of this guide is to help you better understand the analyses presented in Freakonomics by providing a sort of “bridge” between the material covered in a traditional course in economic principles and topics addressed in what we consider to be one of the most fascinating books we’ve encountered in economics literature. Many students view economics as a very difficult
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“This document is attributed to Donald N. Stengel” Attributed to Donald N. Stengal Saylor URL: http://www.saylor.org/books/ Saylor.org 1 Chapter 1 Introduction to Managerial Economics What Is Managerial Economics? One standard definition for economics is the study of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. A second definition
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individuals and 2 goods, who will exhaust the goods together. Naturally they will consume until (MRS x,y )A = (MRS x,y )B. But we don't know beforehand what will be the exact equilibrium. But if we know the initial distribution, we can define the boundary within which the equilibrium solution will lie. 2. Thus the initial distribution of goods and their relative bargaining strengths will determine the equilibrium position. This general equilibrium determines not only the final distribution of goods but also
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Chapter 1 Introduction Multiple-Choice Questions 1) Which of the following is an example of how the question of "what goods and services to produce?" is answered by the command process? A) government subsidies for affordable housing B) laws regarding equal opportunity in employment C) government allowance for the deduction of interest payments on private mortgages D) government regulations concerning the dumping of industrial waste Answer: A 2) Opportunity cost is
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IN THIS CHAPTER YOU WILL . . . 1 Learn that economics is about the allocation of scarce resources Examine some of the tradeof fs that people face Learn the meaning of oppor tunity cost See how to use marginal reasoning when making decisions TEN OF PRINCIPLES ECONOMICS Discuss how incentives af fect people’s behavior The word economy comes from the Greek word for “one who manages a household.” At first, this origin might seem peculiar. But, in fact, households and economies
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MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS Suggested Practice Problems • All multiple choice problems in Chapters 21, 22, and 23 • Individual problems: 21.2, 21.3, 22.5, 23.3, 23.5 • Answers (Click Here) Complete Final Exam. The exam must be completed by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. ET. Exam covers Weeks 5, 6, 7, and 8. Chapter 21 – Getting Employees to Work in the Firm’s Best Interests Chapter 22 – Getting Divisions to Work in the Firm’s Best Interests Chapter 23 – Managing Vertical Relationships
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Rapid increases in the demand for professionally trained managerial manpower. These developments have made it necessary that every manager aspiring for good leadership and achievement of organizational objectives be equipped with relevant economic principles and applications. Unfortunately, a gap has been observed in this respect among today’s managers. It is therefore the aim of this course to bridge such gap. THE COURSE OBJECTIVES On completion of the requirements of this course, students and managers
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Indiana-Purdue University-Fort Wayne June 1, 1993 Revisions: May 1994, December 1995, July 1996, November, 2000, May 2003, May 2006 PREFACE This Course Guide was developed in part because of the high cost of college textbooks, and in part, to help organize students’ studying by providing lecture notes together with the reading assignments. This Guide is provided to the student online at the Department of Economics website. Jayla Heller, the Department’s secretary has been kind enough to go
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economist’s. For example, knowledge of accounting and of statistical concepts and methods, which are not taught in economics, can help the analyses to apply more effectively the economic tools in a concrete situation. The problems of industrial management do not neatly fall into one academic discipline or another. Rather they tend to out across different disciplines. Managerial economics is pragmatic, it is concerned with analytical tools that are useful, that have proven themselves in practice, or
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‘Market Efficiency’ PowerPoints and Activities 2008/20144[2] ‘Market efficiency’ PowerPoints and activities 1 Content The documents in this section provide support material for the stage 2 units. Document 1. Covers A sample program for stage 2 which covers unit 2AECO in the contexts of options from Economics D304 Sample lesson outlines for Business firms and markets–Unit 2AECO Notes and PowerPoint slides on Market efficiency and equity—Unit 2AECO A range of teaching and learning
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