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ASHFORD ECO 204 Entire Course For more course
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DQ 1 Circular Flow Diagram ECO 204 Week 1 DQ 2
Supply and Demand ECO 204 Week 2 DQ 1
Elasticity ECO 204 Week 2 DQ 2 Externalities ECO
204 Week 2 Raise or Lower Tuition ECO 204 Week 3
DQ 1 Short and Long Run ECO 204 Week 3 DQ 2 Fixed
and Variable Costs
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ASHFORD ECO 204 Week 1 DQ 1 Elasticity of
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Times, Rating B Elasticity of Demand. Taxicab
fares in most cities are regulated. Several years
ago taxicab drivers in Boston obtained permission
to raise their fares 10 percent, and they
anticipated that revenues would increase by about
10 percent as a result. However, when the
commissioner granted the 10 percent increase,
revenues increased by only about 5 percent. What
can you infer about the elasticity of demand for
taxicab rides? What were taxicab drivers assuming
about the elasticity of demand? Respond to at
least two of your fellow students postings.
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ASHFORD ECO 204 Week 1 DQ 2 Marginal Utility For
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Marginal Utility. Suppose that you observe that
total utility rises as more of an item is
consumed. What can you say for certain about
marginal utility? Can you say for sure that it is
rising or falling or that it is positive or
negative? When does the law of diminishing
marginal utility set in and what does this
illustrate about where you should stop consuming
if you were eating at an all you can eat buffet?
Respond to at least two of your fellow students
postings
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ASHFORD ECO 204 Week 2 DQ 1 Tax Credits and the
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Market. Many states provide firms with an
investment tax credit that effectively reduces
the price of capital. In theory, these credits
are designed to stimulate new investment and thus
create jobs. Critics have argued that if there
are strong factor substitution effects, these
subsidies could reduce employment in the state.
Explain their argument. How does this affect the
labor market? Respond to at least two of your
fellow students postings
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ASHFORD ECO 204 Week 2 DQ 2 Reduction of
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Times, Rating A Reduction of Costs. In an
effort to reduce their total costs, many
companies are now replacing paychecks with
payroll cards, which are stored-value cards onto
which the companies can download employees wages
and salaries electronically. If the only factor
of production that a company varies in the short
run is the number of hours worked by people on
its payroll, would shifting from paychecks to
payroll cards reduce the firms total fixed costs
or its total variable costs? Explain your answer
and respond to at least two of your fellow
students postings.
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ASHFORD ECO 204 Week 3 Assignment Manufacturing
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Evaluation. Economists sometimes use
concentration ratios to evaluate whether
industries are oligopolies. In this assignment,
you will make your own determination using the
most recent data available. You will also discuss
the merits and disadvantages of oligopolies in
light of your research. Go to the Concentration
Ratios in Manufacturing page at the website of
the U.S. Census Bureau, click on the PDF of the
most recent Economic Census for Manufacturing
(NAICS 31-33), and answer the following questions
in a two to three page paper formatted according
to APA style.
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ASHFORD ECO 204 Week 3 DQ 1 Perfect
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Times, Rating No Rating Perfect Competition. A
perfectly competitive industry is initially in a
short-run equilibrium in which all firms are
earning zero economic profits but are operating
below their minimum efficient scale. Explain the
long-run adjustments that will create equilibrium
with firms operating at their minimum efficient
scale. Why is a perfect competitive firm
associated with efficiency for both consumers and
businesses? Respond to at least two of your
fellow students postings.
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ASHFORD ECO 204 Week 3 DQ 2 Oligopoly
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Oligopoly/Monopolistic Competition. Which of the
following industries would you classify as an
oligopoly? Which would you classify as
monopolistically competitive? Make sure in your
answer to relate it to the characteristics of the
market structures. Explain your answer. If you
are not sure, what information do you need to
know to decide? Respond to at least two of your
fellow students postings. a. Athletic shoes b.
Restaurants
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ASHFORD ECO 204 Week 4 DQ 1 Externalities For
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Externalities. It has been proposed that toll
collection on the Massachusetts Turnpike, a key
commuter route into Boston from the west, be
discontinued. Proponents argue that tolls have
long ago paid for the cost of building the road
now they just provide cash for tax bureaucracy. A
number of economists are opposing the repeal of
tolls on the grounds that they serve to
internalize externalities. Explain this argument
and discuss why the government often gets
involved when finding solutions for
externalities. Respond to at least two of your
fellow students postings.
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ASHFORD ECO 204 Week 4 DQ 2 Tax Base For more
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Suppose a special tax was introduced that used
the value of ones automobile as the tax base.
Each person would pay taxes equal to 10 percent
of the value of his or her car. Would the tax be
proportional, progressive, or regressive? What
assumptions do you make in answering this
question? Do you think the tax that was imposed
either efficient or equitable? Respond to at
least two of your fellow students postings.
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ASHFORD ECO 204 Week 5 DQ 1 Comparative and
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Absolute Advantage. If you were President of the
US and you were making decisions on trading,
would you rather have a comparative or absolute
advantage in trading? Can you have both a
comparative and absolute advantage in trading? If
so, what if at all would be the benefit for your
country to trade with any other country? Respond
to at least two of your fellow students postings
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ASHFORD ECO 204 Week 5 DQ 2 Equity versus
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developing country to grow, it needs capital. The
major source of capital in most countries is
domestic saving, but the goal of stimulating
domestic saving usually is in conflict with
government policies aimed at reducing inequality
in the distribution of income. Comment on this
trade-off between equity and growth. How would
you go about resolving the issue if you were the
president of a small, poor country? Respond to at
least two of your fellow students postings.
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ASHFORD ECO 204 Week 5 Final Paper (potato chip
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Times, Rating A Review the following
information pertaining to the potato chip
industry and answer the questions below in a five
to six double spaced page paper (not including
title and reference pages). In 2007, the potato
chip industry in the Northwest was competitively
structured and in long-run competitive
equilibrium firms were earning a normal rate of
return and were competing in a monopolistically
competitive market structure. In 2008, two smart
lawyers quietly bought up all the firms and began
operations as a monopoly called Wonks. To
operate efficiently, Wonks hired a management
consulting firm, which estimated a different
long-run competitive equilibrium.
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