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ECON 545 Entire Course Final Exam   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 ECON 545 Week 3 DQ 2 Antitrust
Policy ECON 545 Week 3 Course Project 1
Microeconomic Analysis (Situation C) ECON 545
Week 4 DQ 1 Current Topic in Macroeconomics
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ECON 545 All Weeks Discussion (DEVRY)   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 DEVRY ECON 545 Week 3 DQ 1 Mergers
Acquisitions DEVRY ECON 545 Week 3 DQ 2
Anti-Trust Policy and Microsoft DEVRY ECON 545
Week 4 DQ 1 Macroeconomic News DEVRY ECON 545
Week 4 DQ 2 Healthcare DEVRY ECON 545 Week 5 DQ
1 Trade Deficits
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ECON 545 Week 1 DQ 1 Supply and Demand   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   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   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 2 Controlling Costs   Name
some of the ways firms attempt to control their
costs. How does your firm control costs? The key
here in keeping this question interesting is that
reducing the workforce or having one person do
the work of three people are not the only ways to
control costs. I'm looking for more creative
ways. Maybe you can think of some that your firm
is not currently using. Be creative here.
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ECON 545 Week 3 Course Project 1 Microeconomic
Analysis (Situation C)   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 Mergers Acquisitions   Have
you ever been involved in a merger or
acquisition? If so, tell us about your
experiences. If not, comment on this week's
tutorial, "The Private Sector."
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ECON 545 Week 3 DQ 2 Antitrust Policy   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 Current Topic in
Macroeconomics   Scour the national media for a
credible macroeconomic current issue (many good
sources are available online) in which Chapters
19-21 is at the heart of the matter. Summarize
your article for your colleagues and attach a
link to your article. Make sure you appropriately
refer to the textbook sections that apply to your
chosen article.
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ECON 545 Week 4 DQ 2 Healthcare   The healthcare
sector is often cited as being fraught with just
about every economic imperfection that is known
to humankind. Can you identify and briefly
describe ONE of these imperfections? Do you know
of any examples?
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ECON 545 Week 5 DQ 1 Trade Deficits   What have
been some major causes of the large U.S. trade
deficits since 1992? What is a major benefit (you
could address that issue) or a major cost (or you
could address that issue) associated with trade
deficits?
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ECON 545 Week 5 DQ 2 Exchange Rates   Do a little
research about foreign exchange traders. It's a
big business how do they make money? What is the
relationship between FX rates and interest rates?
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ECON 545 Week 6 Course Project 2 Macroeconomic
Analysis (Situation C)   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 Fiscal Policy   What fiscal
policies are required to fight unemployment?
Which ones are required to fight inflation? What
are some of the downside risks and potential
problems involved when using fiscal policy?
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ECON 545 Week 6 DQ 2 Monetary Policy   What are
the monetary policies required to fight
unemployment? What about those required to fight
inflation? What are some of the downside risks
and potential problems involved when using
monetary policy?
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ECON 545 Week 7 DQ 1 The Public Sector   What is
the appropriate balance between private and
public (i.e., government) activity? Think of a
case where the government has intervened (or it
was suggested that government intervene) in a
previously private market (e.g. Chrysler, tariffs
on Japanese luxury cars, the airline industry,
etc). What other examples can you think of? Using
a marginal benefit/marginal cost analysis,
support or argue against the intervention.
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ECON 545 Week 7 DQ 2 Forecasting   Let's discuss
one of the most important areas of economics,
namely the use of leading economic indicators to
forecast the future direction of the
macroeconomy. What websites are helping you gain
a better understanding of where the economy is
heading in the next 12 months?
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ECON 545 Week 8 Final Exam   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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