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ECON 545 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com
ECO 545 Week 5 Quiz For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Suppose that the
reserve requirement is 5. What is the effect on
the total checkable deposits in the economy if
banks reserves increased by 60
billion?                          
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ECON 545 All Weeks Discussion (DEVRY) For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   DEVRY ECON
545 Week 1 DQ 1 Supply and Demand DEVRY ECON 545
Week 1 DQ 2 Elasticity and the Minimum Wage
DEVRY ECON 545 Week 2 DQ 1 Marginal Analysis
DEVRY ECON 545 Week 2 DQ 2 Controlling Costs
                       
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ECON 545 Entire Course Final Exam For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   ECON 545
Week 1 DQ 1 Supply and Demand ECON 545 Week 1 DQ
2 Elasticity and the Minimum Wage ECON 545 Week 2
DQ 1 Marginal Analysis ECON 545 Week 2 DQ 2
Controlling Costs ECON 545 Week 3 DQ 1 Mergers
Acquisitions                        
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ECON 545 Final Exam Set 2 For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   1.  (TCO A) Suppose
you are hired to manage a small manufacturing
facility that produces Widgets. (a.) (15
points) You know from data collected on the
Widget Market that market demand has recently
decreased and market supply has recently
increased. As manager of the facility, what
decisions should you make regarding production
levels and pricing for your Widget
facility?                       
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ECON 545 Week 1 DQ 1 Supply and Demand For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   What is the
difference between a change in demand versus a
change in quantity demanded? A change in supply
versus a change in quantity supplied? Why is it
so important to differentiate between these
similar-sounding terms?                        
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ECON 545 Week 1 DQ 2 Elasticity and the Minimum
Wage For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com
  What are your thoughts about minimum wage
legislation? What kind of a price-control policy
is this? Who gains? Who loses? Are there
alternatives to this legislation for achieving
the same policy objectives? What role do demand
and supply elasticities play in determining
outcomes?                      
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ECON 545 Week 2 DQ 1 Marginal Analysis For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Why is
marginal analysis important in economics? How do
the tutorials Basics of Marginal Analysis and
Understanding and Applying Marginal Analysis at
the end of this week's lecturereinforce the
concepts of marginal analysis? How can any firm
find the right production level which guarantees
maximum profit (or minimum loss)?
                       
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ECON 545 Week 2 DQ 1 Perfect Competition(NEW)
For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Rea
d the Making the Connection short case titled In
the Apple iPhone Apps Store, Easy Entry Makes the
Long Run Pretty Short in Chapter 12 of our
textbook, and also be sure to watch the video
right under the Making the Connection title
(maybe a few times). Then post your first posting
this week beginning to discuss what youve read
and watched in the video.                        
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ECON 545 Week 2 Quiz For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com      Consider the
market for ping golf clubs. Suppose the price of
memberships at local golf courses increases. Use
the line drawing tool to show how this affects
the demand for ping golf clubs by drawing a new
demand curve. Assume memberships at local golf
courses and ping golf clubs are complements.
Properly label this line.                        
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ECON 545 Week 3 Course Project 1 Microeconomic
Analysis (Situation A) For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   ECON545 Project
1Microeconomic Analysis   The Microeconomic
Paper tests your ability to apply economic
principles to a business decision. Select one
situation from the items outlined below A to
D.                       
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ECON 545 Week 3 Course Project 1 Microeconomic
Analysis (Situation B) For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   ECON545 Project
1Microeconomic Analysis   The Microeconomic
Paper tests your ability to apply economic
principles to a business decision. Select one
situation from the items outlined below A to D.
Complete the paper on the selected situation as
specified below. The completed paper is a
professional report and is due in Week 3 (230
points). See the grading rubric at the end of
this document. Be sure to use the DeVry library
for finding data avoid questionable sources,
such as Wikipedia.                        
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ECON 545 Week 3 Course Project 1 Microeconomic
Analysis (Situation C) For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   The Microeconomic
Paper tests your ability to apply economic
principles to a business decision. Select one
situation from the items outlined below A to D.
Complete the paper on the selected situation as
specified below. The completed paper is a
professional report and is due in Week 3 (230
points). See the grading rubric at the end of
this document. Be sure to use the DeVry library
for finding data avoid questionable sources,
such as Wikipedia.                        
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ECON 545 Week 3 Course Project 1 Microeconomic
Analysis (Situation D Uncle Dan) For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   ECON545
Project 1Microeconomic Analysis   The
Microeconomic Paper tests your ability to apply
economic principles to a business decision.
Select one situation from the items outlined
below A to D. Complete the paper on the selected
situation as specified below. The completed paper
is a professional report and is due in Week 3
(230 points). See the grading rubric at the end
of this document. Be sure to use the DeVry
library for finding data avoid questionable
sources, such as Wikipedia.                      
   
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ECON 545 Week 3 DQ 1 Oligopoly and Game
Theory(NEW) For more classes visit www.snaptutor
ial.com   Read the Making the Connection short
case titled With Price Collusion, More is Not
Merrier in Chapter 14 of our textbook, and also
be sure to watch the video right under the Making
the Connection title (maybe a few times). Then
post your first posting this week beginning to
discuss what youve read and watched in the
video.                        
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ECON 545 Week 3 DQ 2 Antitrust and Market Power
(NEW) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.co
m   Review and chose a firm of your choice or one
provided by your instructor. Is this firm a
monopoly? In what ways could it be considered a
monopoly? What markets are involved? What
antitrust legislation would apply? Is antitrust
legislation fair to your chosen firm? Why or why
not?                        
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ECON 545 Week 3 DQ 2 Antitrust Policy For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Review and
chose a firm of your choice provided by your
instructor. Is this firm a monopoly? In what ways
could it be considered a monopoly? What markets
are involved? What anti-trust legislation would
apply? Is anti-trust legislation "fair" to your
chosen firm? Why or why not?                    
 
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ECON 545 Week 4 DQ 1 Unemployment and Inflation
(NEW) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.co
m   Read the Making the Connection short case
titled Whats So Bad about Falling Prices? in
Chapter 20 of our textbook, and also be sure to
watch the video right under the Making the
Connection title (maybe a few times). Then post
your first posting this week beginning to discuss
what youve read and watched in the
video.                      
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ECON 545 Week 4 DQ 2 Business Cycles (NEW) For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Read
the Making the Connection short case titled Can a
Recession Be a Good Time for a Business to
Expand?in Chapter 21 of our textbook, and also be
sure to watch the video right under the Making
the Connection title (maybe a few times). Then
post your posting this week beginning to discuss
what youve read and watched in the
video.                        
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ECON 545 Week 5 DQ 1 Fiscal Policy (NEW) For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Read
the Making the Connection short case titled Did
Fiscal Policy Fail during the Great Depression?in
Chapter 27 of our textbook, and also be sure to
watch the video right under the Making the
Connection title (maybe a few times). Then post
your first posting this week beginning to discuss
what youve read and watched in the
video.                        
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ECON 545 Week 5 DQ 2 Monetary Policy (NEW) For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Read
the Making the Connection short case
titled Trying to Hit a Moving Target Making
Policy with Real-Time Data in Chapter 26 of our
textbook, and also be sure to watch the video
right under the Making the Connection title
(maybe a few times). Then post your first posting
this week beginning to discuss what youve read
and watched in the video                       
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ECON 545 Week 6 Course Project 2 Macroeconomic
Analysis (Situation A) For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   ECON545 Project
2Macroeconomic Analysis   The Macroeconomic
Paper tests your ability to apply economic
principles to a business decision considering the
impact of macroeconomic variables. Select one
situation from the items outlined below A to D.
Complete the paper on the selected situation as
specified below. The completed paper is a
professional report and is due in Week 6 (260
Points). See the grading rubric at the end of
this document. Be sure to use the DeVry library
to find data, and avoid questionable sources,
such as Wikipedia.                        
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ECON 545 Competitive Success/snaptutorial.com
ECON 545 Week 6 Course Project 2 Macroeconomic
Analysis (Situation B) For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   ECON545 Project
2Macroeconomic Analysis   The Macroeconomic
Paper tests your ability to apply economic
principles to a business decision considering the
impact of macroeconomic variables. Select one
situation from the items outlined below A to D.
Complete the paper on the selected situation as
specified below. The completed paper is a
professional report and is due in Week 6 (260
Points). See the grading rubric at the end of
this document. Be sure to use the DeVry library
to find data, and avoid questionable sources,
such as Wikipedia.                          
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  ECON 545 Week 6 Course Project 2 Macroeconomic
Analysis (Situation C) For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   The Macroeconomic
Paper tests your ability to apply economic
principles to a business decision considering the
impact of macroeconomic variables. Select one
situation from the items outlined below A to D.
Complete the paper on the selected situation as
specified below. The completed paper is a
professional report and is due in Week 6 (260
Points). See the grading rubric at the end of
this document. Be sure to use the DeVry library
to find data, and avoid questionable sources,
such as Wikipedia.                      
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ECON 545 Week 6 Course Project 2 Macroeconomic
Analysis (Situation D, Uncle Dan) For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   ECON545
Project 2Macroeconomic Analysis   The
Macroeconomic Paper tests your ability to apply
economic principles to a business decision
considering the impact of macroeconomic
variables. Select one situation from the items
outlined below A to D. Complete the paper on the
selected situation as specified below. The
completed paper is a professional report and is
due in Week 6 (260 Points). See the grading
rubric at the end of this document. Be sure to
use the DeVry library to find data, and avoid
questionable sources, such as Wikipedia.        
               
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ECON 545 Week 6 DQ 1 Federal Reserve Policy
(NEW) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.co
m   Read the Making the Connection short case
titled The Debate over Quantitative Easing?in
Chapter 28 of our textbook, and also be sure to
watch the video right under the Making the
Connection title (maybe a few times). ?Then post
your first posting this week beginning to discuss
what youve read and watched in the
video.                        
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ECON 545 Week 6 DQ 2 Macro in an Open Economy
(NEW) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.co
m   Read the Making the Connection short case
titled Japanese Firms Ride the Yen Roller
Coaster in Chapter 29 of our textbook, and also
be sure to watch the video right under the Making
the Connection title (maybe a few times). ?Then
post your first posting this week beginning to
discuss what youve read and watched in the
video.                        
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ECON 545 Week 7 DQ 1 Comparative Advantage (NEW)
For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Rea
d the Making the Connection short case
titled Comparative Advantage, Opportunity Cost,
and Housework in Chapter 2 of our textbook, and
also be sure to watch the video right under the
Making the Connection title (maybe a few times).
Then post your first posting this week beginning
to discuss what youve read and watched in the
video.                        
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ECON 545 Week 7 DQ 2 Fixed and Floating Exchange
Rates (NEW) For more classes visit www.snaptutor
ial.com   Read the Making the Connection short
case titled Why Did Iceland Recover So Quickly
from the Financial Crisis?in Chapter 30 of our
textbook, and also be sure to watch the video
right under the Making the Connection title
(maybe a few times). Then post your posting this
week beginning to discuss what youve read and
watched in the video.                        
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ECON 545 Week 8 Final Exam For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   1. Question (TCO
A) Suppose you are hired to manage a small
manufacturing facility that produces Widgets.
(a.) (15 points) You know from data collected on
the Widget Market that market demand and market
supply have both increased recently. As manager
of the facility, what decisions should you make
regarding production levels and pricing for your
Widget facility?                        
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