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  • 14-06-2008 4:44pm
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    Registered Users Posts: 63 ✭✭


    So im just gonna steal this idea from another thread on physics cause well it's a good idea and what not

    Ill start off with an economics question whoever answers then asks a new question and so on and so forth.

    State 3 functions of the ECB (european central bank)?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 5,977 ✭✭✭Soby


    Implement monetary policy, manage external reserves + carry out foreign exchange ops...





    State 4 factors affecting a consumers behaviour


  • Registered Users Posts: 784 ✭✭✭Peleus


    oh god, ehhh.
    decide interest rates
    give money to banks when they have liquidity problems?

    ...no idea


    state the law of comparative advantage and state who put this law forward.


  • Registered Users Posts: 784 ✭✭✭Peleus


    Soby wrote: »

    State 4 factors affecting a consumers behaviour

    should that be assumptions of consumer behaviour or are you talking about reasons why consumers buy goods????


  • Registered Users Posts: 109 ✭✭armbruster


    comp adv

    states that a country should specialise in the production of those good which it is relatively efficient and obtain its other requirements/good through international trade.

    This way more wealth will be produced and the world is better off.

    David Ricardo.

    DEFINE THE PUBLIC SECTOR BORROWING REQUIREMENT

    hahahahahahahahah!


  • Registered Users Posts: 784 ✭✭✭Peleus


    armbruster wrote: »
    DEFINE THE PUBLIC SECTOR BORROWING REQUIREMENT

    hahahahahahahahah!

    I dont know what this means but i know it's the Exchequer Borrowing Requirement plus all borrowing by semi state bodies and local authorities.

    explain the relationship between average revenue and marginal revenue!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 50 ✭✭The LeavyC


    Q "DEFINE THE PUBLIC SECTOR BORROWING REQUIREMENT"


    Financing the exchequer borrowing requirement(current budget deficit + capital borrow) + semi state bodies + local authorities borrowings.


    Q: The purchasing power parity theory states:


  • Registered Users Posts: 784 ✭✭✭Peleus


    Q: The purchasing power parity theory

    something thats really hard to say over and over.

    emm, do you think it's possible to get like 60% in economics by Just learning Micro inside out and then doing a tiny bit of CPI, Comp advantage and a bit of National Income, and maybe a few short question definitons??? cos i only have like 1 and a half days to study for economics and thats all i really know. is it possible to get over 60% with just that?


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,011 ✭✭✭cHaTbOx


    Peleus wrote: »
    Q: The purchasing power parity theory

    something thats really hard to say over and over.

    emm, do you think it's possible to get like 60% in economics by Just learning Micro inside out and then doing a tiny bit of CPI, Comp advantage and a bit of National Income, and maybe a few short question definitons??? cos i only have like 1 and a half days to study for economics and thats all i really know. is it possible to get over 60% with just that?


    Yeah you get at around 3 questions a year with micro and by looking at the trend you can study what you need for macro.

    Do all the short questions(25%) again and you're set.


  • Registered Users Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    The LeavyC wrote: »
    Q: The purchasing power parity theory states:

    Purchasing power parity theory states that the exchange rate between one currency and another is in equilibrium when their domestic purchasing power is the same.

    Anyways, I just answered that question so i could say: Stealing my quoz idea eh? Ill let it slide this time. This time.

    Q: The Canons of taxation

    Edit: alright thats a statement, so EXPLAIN the canons of taxation


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,011 ✭✭✭cHaTbOx


    The canons of taxation are
    1.Economic (cost effective, meaning it should cost less to collect the taxes than the tax revenue)
    2.Equity (fair taxation in terms of horizontal and vertical equity)
    3.certainty (people should know how and when to pay) 4.Convenience ( simplicity or ease )


    The supply price of a factor of production?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 50 ✭✭The LeavyC


    not so sure about your answer for purchasing power parity theory...
    its " in the absence of non price barriers to international trade, the price of a good should be the same in all markets that have an exchange rate mechanism between them"

    the canons are something like(2e's to c's):
    it must be Economic, ie not cost more to collect than it brings in
    it must be Equitable, ie it is based on ability to pay
    must be Certain, people must know when and how much will be due
    must be Convenient, should be convenient for the taxpayer


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 50 ✭✭The LeavyC


    also on about what to learn, there is normally 3 micro, apparently maybe 4 this year? who knows though. So if i were you i'd learn the micro(maybe leave out perfect competition?) and do the short questions that have come up over the last 6 years or so. they repeat a little a bit and they're really the easiest place to get marks i think.


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,011 ✭✭✭cHaTbOx


    The LeavyC wrote: »
    also on about what to learn, there is normally 3 micro, apparently maybe 4 this year? who knows though. So if i were you i'd learn the micro(maybe leave out perfect competition?) and do the short questions that have come up over the last 6 years or so. they repeat a little a bit and they're really the easiest place to get marks i think.

    Exactly what im doin but im also doin a bit on trade


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 50 ✭✭The LeavyC


    Define the tax wedge:


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,011 ✭✭✭cHaTbOx


    the tax wedge is defined the differance between what it costs to employ a person and that employ's net pay after deductions for income tax,Prsi and levies.

    the broad money supply (M3) means?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 50 ✭✭The LeavyC


    its all the money in circulation, ie notes and coins in the hands of the public, in current bank accounts in licensed banks and deposit accounts and in the interbank market

    What is the difference between economic growth and economic development?


  • Registered Users Posts: 133 ✭✭superLeetive


    Economic Growth is when the GNP level in the economy is increasing but there are no fundamental changes in the structure of society where as economic development is when the GNP of the economy is increasing while fundamental changes are taking place in the structure of society.

    Q) Define Consumer Surplus.


  • Registered Users Posts: 784 ✭✭✭Peleus


    The LeavyC wrote: »
    What is the difference between economic growth and economic development?

    economic growth is the increase in the production of goods and services without a fundamental change in the structure of the economy.

    economic development is the increase in the production of goods and services which involves a fundamental change in the structure of the economy.

    I think.... might be a bit off with the wording...



    state the relationship between AC and MC.

    what are the conditions necessary for profit maximisation?


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,011 ✭✭✭cHaTbOx


    Economic development is the increases in output per worker,accompanied by changes inthe structures of society.
    Economic growth is the increases in output per person ,not accompanied
    by changes inthe structures of society.


    what does the effective incidence of tax mean?


  • Registered Users Posts: 784 ✭✭✭Peleus


    Economic development is the increases in output per worker,accompanied by changes inthe structures of society.
    Economic growth is the increases in output per person ,not accompanied
    by changes inthe structures of society.


    what does the effective incidence of tax mean?

    the effective incidence of tax means who actually pays the tax. It is the people that are affected by the tax and who are obliged to pay it.


    Q) Define Consumer Surplus.



    can exist in the purchas of a good or service. It is the difference in what the consumer expected to pay and what (s)he actually paid. for example, a person expects to pay €50 for a bike but buys it for €35. he has a consumer surplus of €15!!!!


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  • Registered Users Posts: 133 ✭✭superLeetive


    Peleus wrote: »

    state the relationship between AC and MC.

    what are the conditions necessary for profit maximisation?

    When MC<AC then AC is falling

    When MC>AC then AC is rising

    When MC=AC then AC remains constant

    Conditions for profit maximisation is when MC=MR


  • Registered Users Posts: 133 ✭✭superLeetive


    Q) Explain Limit Pricing


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,370 ✭✭✭Timans


    Peleus wrote: »
    the effective incidence of tax means who actually pays the tax. It is the people that are affected by the tax and who are obliged to pay it.






    can exist in the purchas of a good or service. It is the difference in what the consumer expected to pay and what (s)he actually paid. for example, a person expects to pay €50 for a bike but buys it for €35. he has a consumer surplus of €15!!!!
    I don't think you'd get full marks for that def of Consumer Surplus.

    It's:

    The difference between the actual price of a good and the price a consumer is willing to pay rather than go without the good.

    I think you may lose marks if you don't include the bold part.


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,011 ✭✭✭cHaTbOx


    Timans wrote: »
    I don't think you'd get full marks for that def of Consumer Surplus.

    It's:

    The difference between the actual price of a good and the price a consumer is willing to pay rather than go without the good.

    I think you may lose marks if you don't include the bold part.

    Yeah you're right


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,011 ✭✭✭cHaTbOx


    Q) Explain Limit Pricing

    in an oligopolistic market ,suppliers may charge a lower price than they could charge in order to discoarage new firms from entering the market.



    The 'black economy ' is defined as:


  • Registered Users Posts: 133 ✭✭superLeetive




    The 'black economy ' is defined as:

    The buying and selling of goods or services without declaring them for tax purposes.

    eg: nixers

    Q) Define Economic Rent


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,011 ✭✭✭cHaTbOx


    Q) Define Economic Rent

    Economic rent a payment to a factor of production in excess of its supply price.


    Define the law of the equi marginal utility


  • Registered Users Posts: 133 ✭✭superLeetive


    Define the law of the equi marginal utility

    As a person consumes more and more units of a good, the marginal utility of each additional unit eventually begins to fall or diminish.

    Q) Define MPS


  • Registered Users Posts: 362 ✭✭postalservice


    The proportion of additional income that is saved.

    How can banks create credit?:p


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  • Registered Users Posts: 787 ✭✭✭bUILDERtHEbOB


    The proportion of additional income that is saved.

    How can banks create credit?:p

    I'm going to try and bull**** this...

    When they receive deposits they decide that at any time the customer will withdraw no more than 10% and therefore they use this as the basis to create their loans.

    If a customer deposits €1,000, they take €100 of that and keep it to cover that customers withdrawls and they use the other €900 to cover the loans that they will give out. With €900 they can cover 9 loans of €1,000 therefore enabling them to create €9,000 of credit.


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