To do well in the final, you should focus on your lecture and section notes, as well as the practice questions. Good luck in your study! MONOPOLY 1. Definition and fundamental sources of Monopoly. ---Barriers to entry (examples?): a. exclusive ownership of a key resource; b. exclusive...
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1Introduction Experimental economicsaddresses economic questions in settings where data are “deliberately created for scientific (or other) purposes under controlled conditions” (Friedman and Sunder, 1994). Experimental economics may use technology as simple as pen and paper or cards, e.g.,Chamberlin...
This raises two empirical questions that the literature has not directly addressed and which we tackle in this paper: Are early goals designed as self-regulation tools? And are early goals effective in regulating behavior despite goal revision? We run a real-effort experiment that mimics a ...
Students will use college-level economic theory and models to analyze the financial impact on the global economy. The economic tutor will provide students with the models and tools necessary to write an economic research paper. The economic research project encourages students to integrate their acquir...
This paper considers questions about the implications of rising inequality for the theory and practice of public finance. It begins by addressing fundamental reasons why the distribution of income or wealth on an annual basis before taxes and transfers offers insufficient information: (1) it does not...
In this paper, we review how a range of concepts and questions studied in behavioral and experimental economics can enhance our understanding of the complexity of educational investments and outcomes and thereby help explain the puzzling empirical evidence described above. Behavioral economics incorporates...
Questions 1. What are the main lines of feminist critique of mainstream economics? 2. What is homo economicus? 3. Describe the gendered division of labour in the market economy and how the market economy could be reconsidered from a gender perspective?
0 questions correct0 questions incorrect 1.Which of the following is true about copperheads and bushwhackers? Copperheads were Democrats, while Bushwhackers belonged to no side. They were people who opposed the use of paper currency. Copperheads were renegade fighters, while bushwhackers could not...
Today’s guest isNina Roussilleof UC Berkeley and we discuss her working paper,The central role of the ask gap in gender pay inequality. The gender ask gap measures the extent to which women ask for lower salaries than comparable men. This paper studies the role of the ask gap in generat...