Pareto efficiency says nothing about income distribution. Therefore competitive markets may leave some individuals with insufficient to live. Even if the competitive industry is efficient, the distribution which it gives to may be viewed as undesirable. Hence the government activity in this case is to alter the income distribution. To get more equity, some amount of efficiency must be sacrificed.
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What are the effects and the contribution of the excess tax burden to market failure?
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What are the effects and the contribution of the excess tax burden to market failure?
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Taxation leads to the excess tax burden. Briefly explain what the excess tax burden refers to.
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Taxation leads to the excess tax burden. Briefly explain what the excess tax burden refers to.
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How does tax system cause market failure?
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How does tax system cause market failure?
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What is meant by asymmetric information?
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What is meant by asymmetric information?
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In what cases do the positive and negative externalities occur?
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In what cases do the positive and negative externalities occur?
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What are the disadvantages of the paternalistic role of the government
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What are the disadvantages of the paternalistic role of the government
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Define the paternalistic role of the government and briefly define some of its advantages
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Define the paternalistic role of the government and briefly define some of its advantages
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Define any three sources of market failure
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Define any three sources of market failure
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Consider the following data Date Exchange rate January 2017 EURUSD 1.100 December 2017 EURUSD 1.144 Take USD as the home currency.
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a) Consider the following data
Date-----Exchange rate
January 2017----EURUSD 1.100
December 2017----EURUSD 1.144
Take USD as the home currency.
According to purchasing power parity which currency area should have had the higher rate of inflation by 2017 and by how much?
b) If inflation in the USD were 3% higher than the EURO area, calculate the change in the real value of the dollar .what is the implication of this change?
C) What is the implication of a change in real exchange rate of a currency?
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Explain why you would expect interest rates in the US to be higher than in the EURO area.
e) Explain why you would expect there to be no difference in the interest rates of a government bond of any two countries in the euro area and also explain why in practice there are differences.
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a) Calculate to 4 decimal place the new exchange rate after a 2% increase in the value of the dollar given an exchange rate of...
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a) Calculate to 4 decimal place the new exchange rate after a 2% increase in the value of the dollar given an exchange rate of EURUSD 1.1 .
b) Given the following exchange rate, calculate the GBPEUR rate to 4 decimal places.
EURUSD 1.1043
GBPUSD 1.2970
c) Explain the relationship between your answer above and triangular arbitrage.
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Discuss five different types of elasticity of supply.
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Different types of elasticity with examples.
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Give any three factors that limit the level of liquidity preference
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Give any three factors that limit the level of liquidity preference
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State and explain the branches of economics
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State and explain the branches of economics.
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Explain the ways in which the income elasticity of demand coefficient is interpreted
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Explain the ways in which the income elasticity of demand coefficient is interpreted
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What is income elasticity of demand?
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What is income elasticity of demand?
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Price elasticity of demand coefficient can be interpreted in several ways. Briefly explain them.
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Price elasticity of demand coefficient can be interpreted in several ways. Briefly explain them.
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Differentiate between point and arc elasticity of demand.
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Differentiate between point and arc elasticity of demand.
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What is the usefulness of the concept of elasticity in economics?
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What is the usefulness of the concept of elasticity in economics?
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Highlight and explain the determinants of elasticity of supply
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Highlight and explain the determinants of elasticity of supply
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Highlight the determinants of price elasticity of demand
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Highlight the determinants of price elasticity of demand
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