Category: Economics 2707

  • Tarot LTD: Work in a Competitive Market

    Tarroc LTD Points to note: Tarroc is making normal profits. The industry is at its long-run equilibrium. The scenario is given of the industry in which Tarrot LTD operates implies a purely competitive market. It is characterized by a large number of relatively small firms. These firms are considered price takers being that no single…

  • Why Invest in Africa TED Talk by Euvin Naidoo

    In his TED talk, Euvin Naidoo addresses the topic of Africa as a developing continent, its weaknesses, and its strengths. His goal is to discuss the reasons why investing in Africa is a great decision. The rate of inflation is decreasing significantly. In the past two decades, countries that include Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, Namibia,…

  • Consumer Trust and Behaviour: Contactless Payment

    Introduction Background Over the last three decades, banking and payment methods have experienced a dynamic shift to the digitalized systems, thanks to technological development. Over the last few years, radio-frequency identification (RFID) payment technology has widely been applied in credit and debits cards (Hossain & Prybutok 2008). The technology is applied as a direct interface…

  • The US Accounts Deficit in The Overstretch Myth

    Table of Contents Main points of the article Origin of U.S. Account Deficit Evaluation of Balance of Payments Equilibrium Raising Taxes Main points of the article In the article, Brown and Levey delve into the current furor surrounding the U.S. accounts deficit and the level of debt the U.S. finds itself in. Brown and Levey…

  • Effectiveness of Antitrust Sanctions on Cartels

    DeBeers and monopoly Why some firms are more competitive and successful than others has long been a matter of marketers concern. In any market, whether ice-cream or electric engineering, competitiveness of firms depends on a variety of factors, including their ability to manage resources effectively and external market conditions. Firms use numerous strategies to increase…

  • Capital Asset Pricing Model

    For each of the scenarios below, explain whether or not it represents a diversifiable or an undiversifiable risk. Please consider the issues from the viewpoint of investors. Explain your reasoning Theres a substantial unexpected increase in inflation. The substantial, unexpected increase in inflation is a non-verifiable risk that affects the overall price change in the…

  • Trust and Its Influence on Economic Development

    Table of Contents Population Ethical Analysis Operational Concepts Indicators Discussion of Findings Works Cited Population In order to explain the relationship between trust and economic equality, the understanding of four factors is unnecessary, which include the social ties or social systems, assumptions on social relations, disagreements over social resources, and the opportunity cost of time.…

  • How China Will Change Your Business?

    Principles Of Marketing As the Chinese save money in their bank deposits, the government of China siphons off the money to lend to the U.S., which then lowers the cost of money in the country. By doing this, the people of China are ultimately giving financial support to the voracious spending habits of the Americans.…

  • Neoliberalism and Government Control of Business

    Table of Contents Introduction Body of the paper Conclusion Bibliography Footnotes Introduction One of the main qualitative aspects of todays living in the West is that it is the advocates of the specifically libertarian (neo-liberal) economic theories, who now enjoy a largely undisputed dominance in the discursive domain of economics. Partially, this explains why it…

  • Increased Supply, Decreased Demand and Price Drop

    Table of Contents Abstract Analysis of the Recent Economic Event Connection with Macroeconomics Conclusion References Abstract The oil industry plays an extremely important role today because its development allows the population to maintain their lives in the way they used to. The price of oil alters rather often and in the majority of cases, it…