Tag: Economics

1.  Read the attached piece titled, ‘6 Key Takeaways Every Student Should Receive from Econ 101″. After reading this, choose 1 of the 6 key takeaways to research further.    

2. Locate two JOURNAL articles which discuss this topic further. You need to focus on the Abstract, Introduction, Results, and Conclusion. For our purposes, you are not expected to fully understand the Data and Methodology.  

3. Summarize these journal articles. Please use your own words. No copy-and-paste. Cite your sources.

context:

For this week’s discussion, the focus will be on examining Porter’s Five Forces as a tool for looking at the pressure on profits. Specifically, how does Porter’s analysis examine the stress on profits from all directions and all dimensions of a firm’s environment? You will be applying this tool by specifically looking at the market structure in which a firm completes. You will need to be able to distinguish an oligopoly from a monopolistic competitive market structure.

Instructions:

There are two groups of firms below.

• Group 1: firms in the retail sector (e.g. Amazon; Wal-Mart; Target; Kohl’s; Sears; Macy’s)
• Group 2: firms in the wireless services industry (e.g. Verizon; AT & T; Sprint/T-Mobile) (this about telecommunication services, not about the sale of phones)

For each group determine and explain if the group is monopolistic competitive or an oligopoly. You need to specific for both in which market structure the firms operate.

Then choose one of the firms from one group. Using a Porter’s analysis what are the threat to profitability? This would be a great time to expand your research skills by checking out the firm’s investor relations page. Use the Research Hub. Go to the ECO550 Library landing page and if you need help, Ask the Librarian to help you find the investor relations page.

Note: In your discussion posts for ECO550, do not rely on Wikipedia, Investopedia, or any similar website as a reference.

Please respond to the following prompts in a post with a minimum of 150 words, then comment on other post(s). Comment on other post is optional.

• Thinking back to the business cycle discussion, how would Keynesian economists explain the performance of the economy during the last few years? What has happened to aggregate demand? What evidence can you present to support this position?
• Next, how would neoclassical economists explain the performance of the economy during the last few years? What has happened to aggregate supply? What evidence can you present to support this position?
• Evaluate the evidence and decide which interpretation makes the most sense to you. Explain your reasoning.

Hi, I was wondering if a tariff increases the price of an imported good above the equilibrium price what would I diagram of this look? Would it also imply the quantity of this imported good to be 0? How could I fix the diagram I have attached below.

Some background: The diagram illustrates the Chinese tariff on Australian wine. It is a 210% tariff and increases the price to be higher than the average price of wine in China.

Instruction

Students have to answer task 1, and two out of three other tasks, and provide the procedure of workings.

• Each student is assigned a listed company on London Stock Exchange (Please check the Canvas)

• Word limit of this assignment is (1400 – 1500) words excluding references and tables.

Task 1: Project Appraisal

Magnolia-hardware company is considering expanding its highly successful online game franchise to the ”Board Game” or ”Trading Cards” environment. The company has decided that it will invest in one project but not both. Consider the following cash flows of the two mutually exclusive projects. Assume the discount rate for Magnolia-hardware is 8 per cent.

1.Calculate the payback period and discounted payback period of these two projects. [10 marks]

2.Calculate the NPV of these two projects. [10 marks]

3.Draw the NPV profile of these two projects in the same graph. [10 marks]

4.Considering the above results, explain critically which project do you choose? [10 marks]

Task 2: Investment Opportunities

Mr Adam is 25-year old. He recently received £25,000 from his parents and wants to invest this fund for at least 20 years. He has a job with saving of£500 per month. He comes to you as his financial advisor seeking for investment advice.

1.Provide a list of potential investments opportunities for Mr. Adam. [15 marks]

2.Considering his age and financial condition, what is your financial advice? [15 marks]

Hint: consider different investment options in money and capital market.

Task 3: Cost of Capital

The activities of Tesco are financed by both debt and equity.

You are required to collect the following information and calculate the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) of Tesco.

• Market Cap of Tesco. [5 marks]
• What is the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) of Tesco? (Hint: according to IG market, the average of recent yearly returns of FTSE100 as proxy of UK market is 7.5%; UK corporate tax rate is 19%). [10 marks]

2.Long-term Debt of Tesco. (From the recent released balance sheet of company) [5 marks]

3.Beta of Tesco as measure of systematic risk. [5 marks]

4.10-year Bond rate of UK government as proxy of risk-free rate.

Task 4: Risk and Return

Extract the weekly price of assigned company to you and FTSE250 for one year and show the results of the following items:

1.Show the weekly return of the company and FTSE 250 in the same graph. What is your interpretation of the change of return of the companycomparing with the market index? [15 marks]

2.Calculate the weekly standard deviation and return for both the company and FTSE 250. What is your interruption of the risk and return ofthe company comparing with the market index? [15 marks]

check the attached files for more information

Select a developed country that has implemented a tariff, and a developing country that manufactures products that are impacted by that same tariff. The current US and China tariff “war” cannot be used since these are the two largest economies in the world. Investigate the impact of the trade barrier on the developing country’s business sector and quantify the impact, if possible. Would you recommend that the developed country eliminate the tariff? Explain your reasoning.Refe

References :

Chapter 4 in International Economics

Hoekman, B., & Shepherd, B. (2021). Services trade policies and economic integration: new evidence for developing countries. World Trade Review, 20(1), 115-134. Retrieved from https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/world-trade-review/article/services-trade-policies-and-economic-integration-new-evidence-for-developing-countries/04BA024C0F1516A44099FC2856CE4602

International economics by Robert J. Carbaugh.17edetion

Sugiharti, L., Purwono, R., & Padilla, M. (2020). Analysis of determinants of Indonesian agricultural exports. Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, 7(4), 2676-2695. Retrieved from https://jssidoi.org/jesi/issue/28

Buchel, K., Legge, S., Pochon, V., & Wegmuller, P. (2020). Swiss trade during COVID-19 pandemic: an early appraisal. Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 156(1). Retrieved from https://sjes.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41937-020-00069-3

A research essay Answering the following prompt: What is your view of the government’s role in the economy? Do you think the government does more harm or more good in our society?

With one intro paragraph that includes background information on the role of government in the economy and then answering the prompt question.

Two body paragraphs, each has a sub-claim, and the second paragraph includes a counterargument and a rebuttal. Each body paragraphs has 3 sources.

One conclusion paragraph that restates the roles of the government in the economy and the restates the prompt answer.

Please follow the directions in the document provided, it has the rubric and the essay outline and specific directions and details.

I did phase 1a and I attached it. you have to do 1B the instructions will be attached too.

and these two links for the assighnment :

1- https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000155837021003706/kr-20210130x10k.htm#ITEM1ARISKFACTORS_427495

2- https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/56873/000155837021003706/0001558370-21-003706-index.htm

case name: (Kelly Services, Inc.)

Be creative and find many best solutions and all has to be unique of your own please we have a very picky professor I don’t want any plagiarisim.

Learning Goal: I’m working on a finance case study and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

Once you accept the assignment I’ll send pictures of the whole case and I need a short summary of the case background with solutions, recommendations, and the steps of how to deal with the problem of each case study.

Please follow the requirements below:

Strategy Papers:

Each student, not presenting/interrogating, will write a two-page paper that provides a methodology that could be followed to actually solve the case. The strategy paper need not be an actual solution to the case — it may simply explain how one would go about solving the case, step by step. The strategy paper is being prepared for the approval of a senior financial manager who is completely familiar with the background of the problem. Therefore the strategy paper should skip background details and deal only with recommended procedures. The paper is procedural rather than descriptive. The level of detail that is appropriate in describing the procedures depends upon the objective of the particular case. For example, If an important objective of the analysis is to determine the number of additional funds that will be required to support a new project then it is obviously not sufficient to make a statement such as: “Step 3, determine the additional fund’s requirements.” Instead, exact and detailed procedures should be outlined for determining the amount of external financing required, being careful to identify any peculiarities or complications that are unique to that particular case. Although I encourage you to discuss the cases with other students, strategy papers are to be individually written. I will scan, and record a check for each paper. In addition, I will carefully read a random selection of your papers. Strategy papers will be printed and double spaced.