Econ 144B URBAN ECONOMICS MID-TERM WINTER 2022 STUDENT NAME: STUDENT ID: Quick Instructions/Reminders: O 0 Write your NAME and STUDENT ID on the front page of your Follow ALL mid-term instructions as listed in the class announcement. Show detailed work in order to be considered for full credit. QUESTION 1 (18 points) Consider two countries A and B. Suppose that, in country A, the excess depreciation e that landlords can deduct in computing their taxes is high, but that e is low in country B i.e. ?? > ?B. All other parameters of user-cost mortgage interest rate (i), property tax rate (h), rate of depreciation (d), rate of house-price appreciation (g), house value per unit (v) and landlord's income tax rate (2) _ - are the same across both countries. a) Clearly write down the formula for user-cost of homeowners in both countries. User-Cost for Homeowners in A = User-Cost for Homeowners in B = (2 points) b) Clearly write down the formula for user-cost for renters in each country. (3 points) User-Cost for Renters in A = PA= User-Cost for Renters in B = PB= Department of Economics Page 1 of 10 UC Irvine Econ 144B MID-TERM URBAN ECONOMICS WINTER 2022 c) Which country has a higher user-cost for renters? Circle the correct answer Country A Country B d) Explain your answer to part (c) in 1-2 sentences. (1 point) (2 points) e) Present a clearly labeled graph of the user-costs for homeowners and renters as a function of tax-rate (7). Use the same graph for both countries (it will help further analysis). For each country, clearly indicate the tax-rate that separates the incentive to home-own versus rent. Label them TA and TB, respectively. (4 points) Department of Economics Page 2 of 10 UC Irvine Econ 144B URBAN ECONOMICS MID-TERM WINTER 2022 f) Based on the graph, you can conclude the following (circle correct alternative): (1 point) i) Country A has more homeowners compared to Country B. ii) Country A has more renters compared to Country B. g) Explain your answer from part (f) in 1-2 sentences. (2 points) h) Now assume that e is the same in both countries but the rate of house-price appreciation g differs with gå > gB. This difference will result in relatively more homeowners in country A than in country B. (Circle the correct alternative.) True False (1 point) i) Explain your answer from part (g) in 1-2 sentences. (2 points) Department of Economics Page 3 of 10 UC Irvine Econ 144B URBAN ECONOMICS MID-TERM WINTER 2022 QUESTION 2 (15 points) The nation of Freelandia is a small country the size of a neighborhood with one factory. A new candidate is running for office and wants your advice on potential policies to improve Freelandia. You advise the candidate to focus on the pollution generated by this factory. Currently, there are no government regulations regarding pollution in Freelandia. As an economist you plan to use the following graph to explain your policy idea. $ 7 6 5 4 B 3 2 C 1 A H D E G F Pollution Level (P) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 (a) Label the two curves on the graph above. (1 point) Explain the current no regulation situation in Freelandia by answering the following questions: (Note: just list the letters corresponding to the area, no calculations are necessary) (b) How much pollution is currently being produced? (1 point) (c) What area corresponds to the total damages caused by pollution? (1 point) (d) What area corresponds to the total benefits caused by pollution? (1 point) (e) What is the current social surplus from this level of pollution? (1 point) Department of Economics Page 4 of 10 UC Irvine Econ 144B URBAN ECONOMICS MID-TERM WINTER 2022 (f) What level of pollution would lead to the highest social surplus? (2 point) (g) Propose and explain in detail any one policy that the politician could use that would increase the social surplus of Freelandia. (5 points) (h) Circle the group that would oppose your proposed policy. (1 point) Factory Residents (i) In order to gain their support, how much would this group need to be paid? Explain. (Again, just list letters corresponding to the area, do not calculate any value.) (2 points) Department of Economics Page 5 of 10 UC Irvine
Unit Aim: The aim of this online engineering course unit is to develop your skills and knowledge on how engineering companies operate, and the role of professional engineers within those companies.
Read through the situation and objectives below and submit the required deliverables for the assignment. Background: AAA Northeast is one of the regional clubs comprising the American Automobile Association. AAA Northeast covers Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and portions of New York and New Jersey. The American Automobile Association has 58 million members in the US and Canada. They offer services such as roadside assistance, maps, and various discounts as part of their services. Roadside assistance is a costly benefit, particularly towing. Members who frequently use roadside assistance are less desirable. AAA also offers other paid services at highly competitive prices. They also offer insurance, travel, and banking/loan products. AAA would like to increase the penetration of these services. A member may have a standard membership or a premium membership covering themselves and optionally additional household members. Many of AAA members typically have a long tenure with the club. Project objectives: Provide a market segmentation of AAA members (or member households) that allows AAA Northeast to better serve its members. They would use this analysis to: Better anticipate the needs of members Customize communications and offerings to various segments Expend more effort driving the acquisition and renewal of desirable members We'll work with the members at the household level. Methodology: There are several dimensions of revenue as well as cost. Revenue: Products Purchased Tenure Number of members in the household Level of membership Cost: Use of roadside service Frequency of use Cost to service Summarize data to the household level. Divide your data into training and validation sets. Develop a series of “look-alike” models to determine the probability of purchasing each product. Validate your models. Develop models to predict the likelihood of using roadside service as well as the total cost of roadside usage. Join your training and validation sets. Score all the members that do not have the purchase of a product with the probability of purchase. If they have purchased the product, score them a 1. Score them on the likelihood of roadside usage and the expected cost (in the next 12 months). Use your model results to cluster/segment the members. Use a small number of clusters (4-6). You may include tenure (length of membership), number of members in the household, and the sum of your product probabilities in your clustering as well as each model score. Be creative. Any numeric variable can potentially be used. If you have performance issues you may subsample the data. Expected deliverables: A slide deck describing your findings and the methodology that you used. You should describe your segments (clusters) in non-technical terms. You should attempt to make recommendations as to how they might provide value to AAA Northeast. Data Sets & Sample Decks Here is the data needed for the project and a few sample decks on similar topics. These are provided only for your reference. (Feel free to structure your presentation based on your findings and analysis. You are discouraged to copy from the samples and use them as is). Final Project Training MaterialsLinks to an external site. Submission instructions: Upload your presentation to the platform here. Your presentations will be graded using a rubric. Refer to the rubric listed below and also on the platform. Reach out to your course leaders across the seven weeks anytime for any support in completing the deck. Rubric Criteria Ratings Ratings Background Don’t be too wordy. The company knows their situation. You just need to convince them that you understand their situation Exceeds Expectations Clear and concise presentation that shows an understanding of the situation, effectively uses bullet points Meets Expectations Too much information, not clear or direct enough Objectives Be specific with respect to the objectives of your analysis. What can the client expect? What are the benefits? Exceeds Expectations Clear and concise presentation that shows an understanding of the expectations, effectively uses bullet points, states the objectives in a way that appeals to a non-technical audience Meets Expectations Presented in a way that does not communicate or show the objectives as a business goal Approach Describe the process that you will go through: How you determined a solution, where you will get data, what the data includes, any processing/cleaning of the data, what the solution will include, how it will be implemented. Exceeds Expectations Clear and concise presentation that shows the appropriate detail Meets Expectations Presents too much or too little detail for the business audience Analysis Results Present the results of your analysis. Be clear and concise. (Remember that your audience consists of business managers and not data scientists.) Exceeds Expectations Clear and concise presentation that shows your results from a business perspective. Give then the information necessary to display and implement your results without too much technical detail. (Technical details can go into Appendix.) Meets Expectations Presented in a way that is too technical or not understandable by a business audience Analysis Results Present the results of your analysis. Be clear and concise. (Remember that your audience consists of business managers and not data scientists.) Exceeds Expectations Exceeds Expectations: Inclusion of clear graphics that show non-technical audience members the type of clients that would be targeted. Graphics should be clearly labeled and easily understood. Meets Expectations Graphics are not easily understood or not clearly labeled Analysis Results Select the correct analytical technique. Briefly describe why this is the correct technique Exceeds Expectations Selects the best technique and implements it with a rationale Meets Expectations Selects a technique, which may work but might not provide the best results Analysis Results Describe the variables used for your analysis and their importance. Show the results of your validation in a way that can be monetized or quantified by the client, include a Lift (or Gains) Chart. Exceeds Expectations Shows the results of the analysis/models in a way that the sponsor can easily see how the models can be monetized Meets Expectations Display lacks clarity or key pieces of information Analysis Results Use appropriate graphics. Clearly label all the axes. Be consistent with your use of color. Use bullet points to highlight the findings. Exceeds Expectations Inclusion of clear graphics that show non-technical audience members the results of your analysis. Graphics should be clearly labeled and easily understood Meets Expectations Graphics are not easily understood or not clearly labeled; Axes have not been labeled consistently Recommendations Provide clear recommendations as to how to utilize your analysis. Are there any concerns or anything that requires special attention? Exceeds Expectations Inclusion of clear and insightful recommendations that are easily understood by the sponsor Meets Expectations Recommendations are not clear or relevant PreviousNext
Lab 4 Assignment Details: Drug dissolution from an immediate release vs modified release preparation There are four tasks that need to be completed as part of your assignment for this lab session. Plot the calibration graph and using linear regression analysis, determine the equation ofthe line and linear correlation coefficient (10 marks). 2. Calculate the % drug released at each time point on the basis of the theoretical dose of drug (200mg). Present your findings as arithmetic mean ± standard deviation for both the immediate release and the modified release preparation. (20 marks) 3. Determine a possible model to describe the drug release/drug dissolution from the two preparations studied by plotting the following relationships (use mean values for this): (a) mg drug released = f(time) (b) In (mg drug released) = f (time) (c) mg drug released = f (square root of time) (d) mg drug released = f (cube root of time) [zero order process] [first order process] [Higuchi square root law] [Hixon-Crowell cube root law] The most likely model to describe the drug release would result in a straight line in one of these four graphs. (Note, however, that due to the complexity of the dissolution process the models often only describe some part of it i.e. a straight line is obtained in between a certain time span only.) On the basis of the most suitable model, for the modified release formulation predict the times, where 50%, 75% and 95% drug would have been released, using the correct numerical expression/time law (30 marks) 4. Discuss briefly (max. 400 words) the effect of formulation design on the drug release pattern exhibited by the two dosage forms (40 marks 9
TECH 6239 Project Assignment - Spring 2024.pdf (145.253 KB) Develop a process flow chart for your hypothetical foundry and determine the manpower, machines, and material flow based on your anticipated daily production rate. Use a variety of presentation tools (i.e. flow charts, tables, etc.) to demonstrate initial estimates. I demonstrate initial estimates. I would strongly suggest reviewing the topic either through the library or Internet. Most operation management books have good, basic examples. ||| O <
Reading Log: (length- 1 complete double-spaced page minimum) • Define and discuss 3 key ideas or concepts or data trends you took away from this week's material (How Real is Race, Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together, Pew, Anti-Asian Violence poem, etc.) • Your take on the readings- Did you agree/disagree with the authors? How does they contribute to your larger understanding of social justice? Did you like their writing/delivery style? Why, why not? 2 questions you have after the reading/material/module, or questions you recommend for further research/study
Questions: Question 1: The Role and Impact of Media Gatekeepers (5 Marks) Analyze the role of media gatekeepers in shaping public discourse in the digital age. Discuss how the shift from traditional gatekeepers, like newspaper editors, to digital platforms and algorithms has changed how information is disseminated and consumed. Include examples to illustrate this shift's potential positive and negative impacts on societal perceptions. Question 2: The Evolution and Influence of Pop Art (5 Marks) Reflect on the impact of Pop Art on contemporary art forms and popular culture. Consider how the movement, initially seen as 'anti-art', has influenced modern advertising, design, and even digital media. Discuss whether Pop Art's characteristics, as outlined by Richard Hamilton, are still relevant in today's culture and provide examples to support your argument. Question 3: Stereotypes in Media and Their Societal Impact (5 Marks) Critically examine how stereotypes in media, especially in film and television, shape societal beliefs and individual behaviors. Focus on one specific stereotype (e.g., gender, racial, or occupational) and analyze its portrayal in a particular film or TV show. Discuss the potential long-term effects of such portrayals on audience perceptions and societal norms. Question 4: Characteristics and Significance of Folk Culture (5 Marks) Explore the significance of folk culture in preserving cultural heritage and identity, especially in the context of globalization. Discuss how folk culture, emphasizing tradition and local community, contrasts with the transient nature of popular culture. Provide examples of how folk culture has adapted or resisted changes in the face of modernization and global cultural influences. Submit your answers by uploading a Word document, where your answers follow the questions.
CONTEMPORARY JOURNALISM, FALL 2022 ASSIGNMENT 2, WRITING A STORY TASK: Pretend you are a journalist trying to write a story about a major international event. I will give you a list of facts and quotes. Your job is to pull out the important facts and quotes and make a story. Your story should be written in the style of a Western news article, not an academic paper. Here are some points to keep in mind: - Make the lead the most interesting or gripping part of the story - Keep your sentences short - Keep your paragraphs short - Don’t forget to use quotes - But some of the quotes or facts may conflict with each other. Be careful. - Include a “nut graf” that summarizes the main point of the story and explains why readers should care - Include “color” that helps paint a picture of the scene for readers - You shouldn’t use all the facts and quotes. Choose the best ones. - Don’t forget to include a “dateline” that tells where the story is happening. - Write a “headline,” or title, that explains your story. - When you use a fact or information from a quote, make sure to say who the source is. The list of background facts is all fictional. I made them up, loosely based on reality. But they are similar to the details of real-life stories that international correspondents often face.
1. Think of?Il pollo ruspante [Free Range Chicken]?in terms of the heavy socio-cultural impact the Economic Boom had on Italians in all walks of life.? What do you think Gregoretti's main critique is in his contribution to?RoGoPaG?
