Question: Answer TWO of the following questions: 1. "The question that needs to be asked is whether human rights law trumps environmental law, or whether environmental rights trump the right of states to pursue economic development". Alan Boyle, Human Rights or Environmental Rights? A Reassessment. Fordham Environmental Law Review, (2007) Vol XVIII, pp.471-511. Critically discuss the above statement. 2. Critically discuss the effectiveness...
TaskTask: This is your course project, and it is based on what we covered in Chapters 2 and 3. You will do well to review those chapters and lecture notes. Your assignment is to create a product (a real or an imaginary product, a new or a product competing with an existing one) for your business and construct a demand equation for this product. This demand function is supposed to help you arrive at a pricing strategy that benefits your busines...
Suggested Statistics1. Compare the Canadian economy to that of another country’s economy. The statistics listed below are merely a sample of what you can use. For data, include at least ten different statistics from the categories provided below. Make sure you use the same statistics for both countries. Present your data in a Word document, in table format. You may not be able to find all the statistics listed below bu...
Question 11. A corporation decides whether to undertake a project that requires an investment of $100 million now (in 2019), $80 million in 2020, and $20 million in 2021. The project will bring $50 million in 2022, $90 million in 2023, and $100 million in 2024. Find the NPV (i.e., the net present value) of the project and recommend whether the company should or should not pursue the project if the relevant interest rate is: (a) 5% (b) 6% 2....
Innovative Entrepreneurs - Walker and FordIn Assignment 2, we ask you to choose one of two topic choices listed below on the subject of economic change and innovation in the period of the late 1800s and early 1900s, then use the Writing Guide provided in Blackboard to write a paper on the subject. One topic is on the individual level of pioneering entrepreneurs of the period, who developed distinctive strategies for the production and marketin...
Basic Hedging MethodsYour company president is concerned about the effect of interest-rate changes on rate sensitive assets and liabilities. You have presented an analysis of both the income and the duration gap of the firm and how this would result in changes in the market value of the bank’s net worth. This presentation made it clear that the bank needs to hedge against an adverse change in the market value of net worth. Based on economi...
Coefficient Estimates and Individual Significance Test She is analysing the effect of bus fares, income, population and density on demand for urban transportation by bus, so she regresses BUSTRAVL on FARE, INCOME, POP and DENSITY. The EViews output of that estimated model is given in Table 1. Notes: 1) Use 5% significance level for all tests. 2) State the null and alternative hypotheses, the test statistic to compute and its distribution, ...
Submission of AssignmentsAll assignments must be submitted online in the module area of the VLE. The assignment submission link opens 21 days before the due date. Please refer to the information provided in the ‘Coursework preparation’ week for submission guidance. Demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of the economic principles relating to property demand, supply and price; property and building cycles; urban and &nb...
History of the CompanyTask: Begin your paper with the introduction. The active voice, rather than passive voice, should be used in your writing. This template is formatted according to APA Style guidelines, with one inch top, bottom, left, and right margins; Times New Roman font in 12 point; double-spaced; aligned flush left; and paragraphs indented 5-7 spaces. The page number appears one inch from the right edge on the ...
Introduction to the macroeconomic variables that will be used and worked with throughout the semesterTask: In this homework assignment, we are getting our ‘hands dirty’ to get familiar with some of the major macroeconomic variables that we will be using and working with throughout the semester. Our first chapter with ‘something to sink our teeth into’ will be chapter 3 and it is all about the factors of production,...
History of the CompanyTask: Begin your paper with the introduction. The active voice, rather than passive voice, should be used in your writing. This template is formatted according to APA Style guidelines, with one inch top, bottom, left, and right margins; Times New Roman font in 12 point; double-spaced; aligned flush left; and paragraphs indented 5-7 spaces. The page number appears one inch from the right edge on the first line of each...
Two-Country, Two-Goods ModelQuestion 1 Consider a two-country, two-goods world. Trade is based on comparative advantage. You are given the following information (which applies to the whole question, unless otherwise stated): ? One labour can produce 20 toasters (T) or produce 40 ovens (O) in Home (H); while one unitof foreign labour can produce 25 units and 50 units of toasters and ovens respectively. ? The labour endowment in Home is 500...
Factors that Have Caused a Shift in the Demand CurveIndividual Paper (20%) - Supply and Demand Assignment The paper should consist the following sections: the title page, main body, and references. Select a market that is of interest. Use what you know about this industry and knowledge from this course to answer the questions below. Markets that might be of interest (or select your own market of interest): Housing market (or housing rental marke...
Types of UnemploymentDiscuss the different types of unemployment that exist in the economy. Explain what is participation rate in the labor force? How much does the labor force participation rate affect the unemployment rate? Do you think one type of unemployment is worse than others and why? What can governments do to assist in reducing this type of unemployment? Table 1.0 below provides nominal GDP, real GDP and GDP deflator data. (b) What is ...
Question 1: Labor Markets 1.Suppose there are two labor markets in a perfectly competitive industry; one regulated by the minimum wage and one not (not all firms have to follow a federally mandated minimum wage). Draw two graphs in equilibrium without regulation. If a binding minimum wage in placed in one market, show what happens to the quantity traded in that market and the wage and quantity in the unregulated market? 2.Discuss the relevance ...