Question: 1.Demonstrate the following knowledge and understanding: ·Demonstrate strong understanding of airline finance, including airline costs and revenues, and how airline revenue management may be utilised to drive revenue within the context of demand 2.Demonstrate the following skills and abilities ·Decisively articulate the economics that underpin airlines, the factors that drive airline performance, and how airline perf...
Learning OutcomesLearning Outcomes After the completion of this assignment, learners will be able to: 1. Explain the concepts of demand and supply pertaining to a case based on local telecommunication industry. 2. Apply the concepts of production factors and cost to evaluate the production issues for a telecommunication company. 3. Analyse the market competition among the telecommunication players using the concepts of market structures. R...
1. Consider an economy that produces and consumes bread and automobiles. In the table below are data for two different years. Year 2000 Year 2010 Price of an automobile $50,000 $60,000 Price of a loaf of bread $10 $20 Number of automobiles produced 100 120 Number of loaves of bread produced 500,000 400,000 ...
Hedging against Price Fluctuations with Futures Contracts1. Consider the following futures contracts: (1) silver, (2) corn, (3) oil, (4) Mexican peso. Explain what kinds of individuals or firms would be interested in using these contracts as a hedging vehicle. For each contract, you should identify one party who’d be interested in hedging against an upward move in the price and one party interested in hedging against a downward move in the...
USA Initial Conditions1.We assume that the world consists of two large open economies, USA and China. USA Initial Conditions Cd = 300 + 0.4(Y-T) – 200rw Id = 200 – 200rw Y = 1000 T = 200 G =275 China Initial Conditions CdF = 450 + .4(YF – TF) – 300rw IdF = 250 – 300rw YF = 1500 TF = 300 GF = 300 a.What is the equilibrium interest rate that clears the international goods market? Show all work&nbs...
The Goals of Government Regulation in the Cable TV IndustryThis assignment is based on the Cable Wars case study, which is available on Blackboard. This case covers the regulatory policy discussion surrounding the provision of cable television in the mid-1980s, with a focus on issues of natural monopoly, potential abuses of the resulting market power, and changes over time in the features of this market that might cause policymakers to reconsi...
Problem 1: Lorenz Curves and Gini CoefficientsUsing a simulated version of the KwaZulu-Natal Income Dynamics Study (KIDS) survey, we will examine the evolution of inequality in South Africa between 1993 and 2004. (Use the data provided in the “SSI2020_PS2_template” Excel file under the worksheet titled “Q1_Lorenz and Gini_n” in the folder for problem set 2. All the numbers are reported in real values of 2000. Thus, th...
Political/Legal AspectsHow to Write a Country Analysis Term Papers How to write a country analysis term paper illustrates all the aspects that should be in a good country analysis research paper. The following illustrates all the aspects that Paper Masters' believes should be in a good country analysis research paper. I. Political/legal aspects: - Government involvement in business regulation and ownership/planning as well as prices (Freedom fro...
Policy recommendations for high unemployment and deficits1. We are advisors to the president. The nation is experiencing the following: a.It has a high unemployment which stems from an insufficient use of resources. b.It faces a current account deficit. c.It has a capital account surplus. d.The technology level is low     e.The infrastructure level is low. What policy recom...
Price Elasticity of Demand and its impact on demand1.Given that the price elasticity of demand (?) is 0.5, a.How does demand change if the price is increased 1% b.How does demand change if the price is decreased 5% c.How does demand change if the price is decreased 50% 2.The Linear Price-Response Function. The total potential market for mini-jumbo-shrimp is D=150,000. We know that the demand decreases 5000 for every dollar increase in pric...
XCO's Intent with the Customer Service and Service Technician Policies1.Customers who rent copier machines for their office from Company X (“XCO”) are given a customer service number at XCO to call if they have problems with the machine. A customer service employee at XCO may be able to explain how to fix the problem by talking on the phone. Automation and troubleshooting of the process is accomplished by a computer program t...
Does that make sense? Your paper statement does not have to be ambitious, but it should be clear: give the reader what to expect and should show that you know how to pick out a few key points from scholarship that have to do with power and space, and to hone in on them. Structure: so: have an essay structure (intro, body, conclusion), with fully cited references at the end of the paper (remember you must have a minimum of 3 sch...
Problem 1Problem 1 Suppose you have 8 used Varian’s Intermediate Micro textbooks, which you want to get rid of. There are 8 potential buyers who are willing to buy your used textbooks. You know how much each potential buyer is willing to pay for a single book. Let’s call this amount the reservation price. Reservation prices of potential buyers are in the table. Buyer A B C D E F G H...
Question: Please answer the questions of PART A in the table provided in the answer section. Any answers you indicate or give here in the question section will be disregarded and you will not receive marks for them. 1. When marginal cost curve is below an average cost curve, average cost is: Select one: a. Decreasing with output. b. Not varying with output. c. Increasing with output. d. None of the statements associated with this questio...
Calculating Equilibrium Price and Quantity of Grasslands in Animal Kingdom1.To encourage increased growth of grasslands in the Animal Kingdom, their leader, Simba, is considering a subsidy for production of grasslands. Suppose that the market for grasslands can be represented by the following equations: Demand: P = 200 – 1.5Q Supply: P = 50 + Q where P is ...