Problem Set 4 1. What determines whether a financial asset is included in the M1 money supply? Why are interest-earning checkable deposits included in M1‚ whereas interest-earning savings accounts and Treasury bills are not? a. Any financial asset that can be easily changed into physical money is included in the M1 money supply. b. Because checkable deposits are easily changed into physical money‚ they are included in M1; however‚ savings accounts and Treasury bills cannot be‚ due to the fact that
Free Monetary policy Federal Reserve System Central bank
Problem Set 4 Complete all questions listed below. Clearly label your answers. 1. What determines whether a financial asset is included in the M1 money supply? Why are interest-earning checkable deposits included in M1‚ whereas interest-earning savings accounts and Treasury bills are not? If the financial asset can be turned into real money fast. Intrest earning checkable deposits are included because they can be converted quickly into paper money. Intrest earning savings accounts and treasury
Free Federal Reserve System Monetary policy Banking
PROBLEM SET 4 Name: ______________________________________________ Problem Set 4 is to be completed by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday of Module/Week 8. 1. Movies are distributed in a variety of forms‚ not just first run theatrical presentations. What other ways are movies distributed? What are the different price points? Using this information‚ draw a fully labeled graph of the market for movies in which the distributor of the film price discriminates. (NOTE: This should not be perfect price
Premium Game theory Marketing
PROBLEM SET 4 1) Consider the following utility functions‚ where W is wealth: (a) U (W ) = W 2 1 (b) U (W ) = W (c) U (W ) = −W (d) U (W ) = W (e) U (W ) = ln(W ) (f) U (W ) = W 1−γ ‚ with γ = 2 1−γ How likely are each of these functions to represent actual investor preferences? Why? 2) Suppose investors have preference described by the following utility function with A > 0: U = E(r) − 1 Aσ 2 2 Each investor has to choose between three portfolios with the following characteristics:
Premium Risk aversion Utility Investment
OPIM Assignment 4 1. Cu = 24-11 = $13 Co = 11-7 = $4 Critical ratio = 13/(13+4) = 0.7647 μ = 30‚000 σ = 10‚000 Using normal distribution function (=norminv(0.7647‚30000‚10000))‚ the optimum order quantity is 37‚216 jerseys to maximize profit. 2. Quantity = 32‚000 First‚ we normalize the order quantity to find the z-statistic z=Q-μσ=32‚000-25‚00010‚000=0.7 We then look up the standard normal loss function. The expected lost sale is given by. Lz=0.1429 Therefore‚ the expected lost
Premium Normal distribution
Week 4 Homework Solutions: Problem Set 4 1. Determining Profit or Loss from an Investment. Three years ago‚ you purchased 150 shares of IBM stock for $88 a share. Today‚ you sold your IBM stock for $103 a share. For this problem‚ ignore commissions that would be charged to buy and sell your IBM shares. a. What is the amount of profit you earned on each share of IBM stock? The profit on each share of IBM stock was $15. $103 priced when each share was sold‚ $88 priced when each
Premium Stock Bond Investment
FIN 350 Prof. Porter Problem Set 4 1. Describe what happens to the total risk of a portfolio as the number of securities is increased. Differentiate between systematic risk and unsystematic risk and explain how total risk and systematic risk are measured. As the number of securities increases‚ the total risk of the portfolio decreases. This decrease occurs due to the benefits of diversification which is the process of acquiring a portfolio of securities that have dissimilar risk-return characteristics
Premium Futures contract Foreign exchange market Forward contract
Homework Problem Set 4 1. Because Q=12-2P inverse demand P = -0.5 Q+6 For “half price” case‚ P = 2.5‚ Q=7 consumer surplus = 7*(6-2.5)/2 = 12.25 For “buy one‚ get one free” case‚ when original P = 5‚ Q = 4 instead of 2‚ total benefit TB = (4+6)*4/2 = 20 On the other hand‚ payment is 2*5=10 dollars‚ so consumer surplus will be = 10 Thus “half price” gives more surplus. 2. cost minimizing manner‚ marginal product of typewriter/marginal product of word processor=rent of typewriter/rent
Premium Costs Marginal cost Economics
Math – 213 Problem Set Solve each of the following problems. 1. A coin is tossed four times. What is the probability that at least 2 heads will occur? 2. A pair of dice is rolled. What is the probability that the sum is equal to the following? a. 5 b. 10 c. at most 9 d. at least 8 3. A chip is drawn at random from a jar containing 8 red‚ 2 blue‚ 3 green‚ 4 yellow‚ and 3 white chips. Determine the probability that it is: a. Red b. Yellow or red c. Not orange 4. In a graduating class of 300 students
Premium Random variable Probability theory Voter turnout
Me1 Problem Set #2 The US College Enrollment and the “Third Law of Demand” A theorem proposed by Professors Alchian and Allen in their text‚ University Economics (1964) has had several rebirths of interest in the literature. The so-called “third law of demand‚” or “relative price theorem‚” holds that a fixed cost added to a good of varying quality causes the consumer to prefer the category considered of higher quality to the lower. Recently a number of studies‚ keeping this theorem in mind have
Premium Economics Regression analysis Ratio