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Description Note: all source must have URL Competency Understand various market structures and impacts upon firms, consumers, and government policies. Course Scenario Oil Company X is a large oil refinery which has been expanding and taking on new investment projects. Recently, they have considered building a pipeline that stretches across the United States, from Canada to New Orleans. The Cost Department is looking to determine the impact of the pipeline on the current market structure, and they have asked you, a team member of the department, to submit a report on the expected changing market structure. Instructions As a cost analyst at your firm, you are asked to evaluate the type of market you are performing in. Assume the current number of oil companies exist in the market. After the pipeline is built, extensive trade restrictions will drastically increase Oil Company X's hold on the market. Submit a 2-page report detailing the current market structure, and the anticipated market structure after the pipeline is built. You will also include tables to show the characteristics of each of the above market structures and where our firm conforms or does not conform to the characteristics of the different market structures. Be sure to explain the impact on price and quantity, and any pertinent changes to the firm's pricing strategy after the change in market structure. The current market shares of each company are shown below, before the pipeline is completed and trade restrictions are implemented. Format your report to include a title page, introduction, conclusion, and references. Include all relevant graphs, equations, and calculations. Show your work on calculations to ensure you receive partial credit for incorrect answers. No credit will be given if your work is not shown. Remember to cite your sources using correct APA format, and also use correct grammar, spelling, and formatting.

Description An economy is assumed to be operating at full capacity when its real GDP (what the economy produces) equals its potential GDP (what the economy would produce if all factors of production are used). When the economy is producing at full potential, everyone who wants to work can find a job, because every worker who enters the workforce will produce what he or she will eventually consume with the income. In addition, and when the economy is producing at full capacity, unemployment rates in the economy represent the natural rate of unemployment (only frictional and structural unemployment exists), which is also referred to as full employment. When the economy produces what it needs and consumes what it produces, the price level of the final goods and services and the price level of inputs (material and labor) will be at the same. In other words, the rate of change in the price level of goods and services will be equal to the rate of change in income (wages and return to investment). To ensure the economy continues to operate at potential GDP (full capacity where all savings are invested in production functions and where all those who wish to work can find a job and all other factors of production are fully utilized in the production function), governments use fiscal and monetary policies to lower unemployment rates and to control prices (inflation). Please review the following videos to better understand both fiscal and monetary policies. Fiscal Policy and Stimulus Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve Discuss the primary goals of expansionary and contractionary fiscal policies and their effects on unemployment rates, inflation rates, interest rates, private investment, and GDP. Discuss the goals of expansionary and contractionary monetary policies used by the Federal Reserve Bank and the approaches (called monetary policy tools) used to achieve each policy. Also, discuss the effect of each policy on GDP, price level, private investment (investment in capital acquisition by firms and housing by households), and net trade. In your opinion, which policy is more effective, and why?

Description Directions: The problem set answers should only contain answers. Do not retype the questions. Answers for the problem set have to be typed using 12 point black font and double spaced. All answers are to be black font, typed, including any calculations. Answers should be given in a paragraph form that provides a thorough explanation. A one sentence answer is not adequate. Even in the case of calculations, they should be explained. Graphs are to be neatly hand drawn. Graphs are to be clearly labeled Graphs are to be inserted into the paragraph of the answer All answers are checked by Turnitin, which checks for plagiarism. . Be sure you submit your final problem set answers. The problem set answers should be considered a formal paper and should be treated as such. Questions: Draw a supply and demand graph for Orange juice . Show the market at an equilibrium price of $5 and equilibrium quantity of 200. If the number of buyers decrease and the number of sellers increase, what is the effect on the equilibrium price and equilibrium quantity. Explain and show the change on the graph. Using a supply and demand graph for gasoline starting at an equilibrium price of $4.00 per gallon and a quantity of 30 gallons, show the effect of a government price floor on gasoline of $5.00 a gallon. Is this a binding price floor? Why or why not? Please explain. Evaluate the following statement. The price of chocolate decreases which leads to a decrease in the supply of chocolate.

Description Suppose the closed economy Catbuktu has the following production function:  Y = A×K?×L(1 - ? ) , where 1 > ? > 0. a) Derive the marginal product of capital, and country’s optimal capital demand curve as a function of (A, L, (R/P)). In your answer submitted show your objective function and some of the steps used to derive your answer. (6 points) b) Suppose in equilibrium that the real rental price of capital is equal to the real interest rate (r). Demonstrate that the capital demand function is a downward sloping function of the real interest rate. (4 points) c) Treat the demand for capital curve as the investment curve in the loanable funds market. Suppose the national saving curve is given by: SNAT = 2r Where r is written in percentage points, so that if r = 5.5 this would be interpreted as 5.5% If total factor productivity is equal to 2, capital’s income share is 50%, and there are 16 workers in the economy. Find the long-run equilibrium real interest rate and levels of national saving and investment. (6 points) d) Suppose the capital stock is currently equal to the long-run equilibrium level demanded as determined in part c above AND that the economy is presently in a steady state. We are also told that capital depreciates at a rate of 10% per year, the population and technology are both constant. Solve for the saving rate, the steady state level of income per worker and consumption per worker. Show some of the steps used to obtain/derive these figures. (6 points) e) Is the economy at its golden rule steady state? Explain why or why not. If not, explain what the agents within this economy would need to do with respect to its saving in order to move to the golden rule steady state

Description Explain factors that causes shifts in the  BP curve

Description Write two paragraphs on Research and Development in the Fast Food Industry in the U.S. Give some of your own opinions as well as some facts. 

Description Write a short written essay in the form of a speech (as if to the membership of an organization) or written testimony (as if to a legislative committee), the purpose of which is to secure support for a specific policy proposal. You should choose an issue that you feel strongly about but is relevant to our field and covered in the course material.   You need to go beyond your own experience to support your proposal with credible scientific research or similar authority. The essay, speech or testimony, needs to: (a) define the problem that the proposed policy or program is supposed to addresses; (b) describe the proposed solution, and (c) provide factual evidence to support the claims that your proposal warrants the group's attention and support. Think of this assignment as testimony to a legislative committee, a union, a corporate lobbying firm, or a public interest organization. Define your audience for this essay. This essay must include a bibliography and relevant citations using Chicago Style.

Description In this case study, you work as a communication specialist for a non-profit client and the director has asked for your assistance. The client may be able to receive an increase in state funding if the director can assemble a proposal about the need for their services. The director asks if you can create data displays for the proposal. Research non profits in your area to find a non profit that you can create data displays for. The example I used in the video is a food bank. I prefer if you find a different non-profit other than a foodbank for this assignment. Please use the free student version of Piktochart, Canva, or another graphic program (links are in our module) to create your graphics. THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET: YOUR 4 GRAPHICS MUST DISPLAY DATA AND ADD TO YOUR MESSAGE. For example: pictures do not count as graphics for this assignment... those are pictures. Pick a non-profit that has data available. All of your graphics must be original graphics that you create. Examples of graphics include: pie chart, table, line chart, column chart, infographic, and other examples as listed in the textbook chapter included in this module. YOU MUST CREATE AT LEAST 1 INFOGRAPHIC THAT WILL COUNT AS 1 OF YOUR 4 total graphics. Please see links in our module for more information on what an infographic is and how to create one. Attach the website url for the organization that you chose Please review the grading rubric below this assignment as you begin. You will receive a plagiarism report for this assignment so please check it and resubmit after you edit, if necessary. Deliverable: On the due date, you will upload the original graphics that you created in Word or PowerPoint. If you created them in Piktochart, a picture file is fine. You can also put a screenshot of your graphics into a Word document. i chose Partner in Health Org https://www.pih.org/ I'm open to any other Social Services Non-profit Org.

Description Please be sure to read and consider the following: Culture counts. And today more than ever, it counts for cities, the powerhouses of the contemporary society. Culture is a full-fledged economic sector that – as any other – generates impacts on the urban environment, ranging from direct and indirect expenditure to employment generation. Cultural industries are typically labor-intensive; their organization model is rather the network interaction of micro and small producers than the supply-chain hierarchy of Fordist industries. Moreover, cultural production is highly contextual and idiosyncratic. For these reasons, city centers are privileged spaces for cultural production and consumption (Scott 2001, Heilbrun 1992). Cities provide ideal workspace for artists and cultural managers; and the local economy comes to thrive off it, establishing a symbiotic relation with culture. Firstly, culture generates substantial “intangible” or non-pecuniary economic effects. It has a soft function of animation and enhancement of the quality of life, which is an increasingly important element of a city’s competitiveness. It stimulates human creativity, and the capacity to innovate. New symbolic meanings and values become inputs to innovative production concepts and processes. A city can market itself as an ideal location for people and firms, and a preferred cultural destination for tourists; its unique, original cultural mix can become a recognizable brand (New York’s loft living, Berlin’s underground art, the Bristol sound, etc.). Furthermore, culture may contribute to a more balanced and sustainable urban development. Culture is part and parcel of urban revitalization projects in degraded urban areas throughout the developed world. It provides a formidable opportunity for personal development and social interaction among weaker groups, and gives to “excluded” individuals a chance to their own start businesses or to catch up socially. The relation between a community and its culture extends to concerns of safety and social harmony. In an age in which societies tend to become multicultural, identities and ways of life confront one another. In the multi-cultural city, culture can be a lever that stimulates pride, personal development, and self-fulfillment for minorities, and at the same time it can be a common language, a bridge between different groups. For this reason cultural development and planning are regarded as valuable strategies to accelerate processes of urban growth or regeneration. Cities invest in cultural facilities and events, and in the preservation of their historical heritage, to make their transition to a post-industrial economy based on advanced services, sustainable functional mixes, and a high quality of the urban environment. This means that policymakers and elected politicians have to get the whole picture of the relevance of culture as an economic asset for the city, see where the problems are, and in which ways the synergies between cultural development and local economy can be activated and boosted.  So- here are the questions for your consideration:  Do you agree with the above-outlined premise? That is, do you consider culture as a primary factor and driver of economic development in urban and cultural centers- i.e., cities? Why or why not? You don't have to agree with this underlying premise. If you don't, please explain why. If you do, tell me why.  Support your position with a strong rationale and reference to appropriate research.   Imagine yourself as the leader of a city- the manager, mayor, an administrator, etc. To what extent, if any, would you rely on culture as an economic driver for your community and the communities? What would you do? What are your policies? How would this look? Explain. Paint us a picture. And again, please provide a rationale of why you would choose certain actions and/or policies. Be creative. But, ground your responses in the concepts of the course.  Here are a few things to keep in mind:   Fully address the questions / topic at hand.  Adhere to length limitations Be sure to support your position with a strong rationale. Reference the Towse book, or any other research, and be sure to provide a citation so readers can source that information. The book that we use for this course: Towse, R. (2014). Advanced Intro to Cultural Economics. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. ISBN: 978 1 78195 490 4

Description Introduction This discussion will assess your ability to apply what you have learned this week using the sales data of a real company. You will also test your opinions and ideas against the ideas and opinions of your classmates. Instructions Select a corporation you are interested in and find that corporation’s annual reports for five consecutive years. Study these five annual reports and find the corporation’s total revenue (sales in dollar units) for each of those five years. How to get sales data using Mergent onlineLinks to an external site. Perform the given tasks to prepare for the discussion: Prepare a time series plot of these data (years on the x axis, sales on the y axis). Use the first naive model you learned about in Week 1 to forecast data for year 6. Plot the actual data along with your forecast data. Post your graph with your answer to the given question: Based on your graph of the actual data, do you think there is a trend in the data? Is there any seasonal variation? Please explain your reasoning. Data sources and help with graphs You can access the Mergent Online database using your login information. Mergent Online contains annual reports of many public corporations. The Yahoo! Finance Company and Fund Index offers company profiles, financial information, and links to a range of resources. Write the company name in the search bar and select the financials tab on the screen. Watch the given video if you do not know how to plot data in Excel: Igines. (2012, December 9). How to make a line graph in excel (scientific data)Links to an external site. [Video file] [6 min 41 sec]. Retrieved from  Directions Make your initial post by Day 4 of this week and comment on at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7. Post your response to the discussion and then read your classmates’ posts. Post TWO responses to at least TWO of your classmates' posts. Initial post should be no less than 150 words and no more than 450 words. Discussions need to be professional. Please make proper use of capitalization and punctuation and make sure that there are no misspellings, incomplete sentences, or other grammatical errors. The basic criterion for a discussion post to be considered effective is that your message is original and intelligible. You must communicate concisely and clearly.