Minimum Wage

Would a higher minimum wage help reduce poverty in the US? I think not.

Marginal Tax Rates

How do marginal tax rates of wages affect supply and demand in the labor markets and product markets?

Gantt Chart

Using the Gantt chart view in MS Project as a starting point, create a dataflow diagram for any sort of web business. Be sure to use the conventions of data flow diagrams.

Sports Stadiums

Do sports stadiums really create additional revenue or do they merely shift the available spending power among the competing sectors of the local economy? I think they merely shift available spending power among the competing sectors of the local economy. Any thoughts?

A new business that will create additional revenue in a community

I need to do an economic impact analysis for a new business that I would like to open in my community that will generate revenue. I have thought of several businesses, but I am not sure that they would actually create ADDITIONAL revenue in the community. The businesses I have considered may be situations of just shifting the sp ...continues

Economic Impact Analysis

My instructor has requested that we read some of the economic impacts analyses that are on the Internet in order to complete this week's project. I have searched for 8 hours or more and I have only found two and they do not resemble the assignment. Our project requires us to use the multiplier effect. Does anyone know of a good ...continues

Select country with economic concern.

As an employee of the World Bank you have been asked to research the needs of a country with a particular economic concern. Select a country and an economic concern, such as population, unemployment, etc. Search the Internet for data sets for the concern that you have chosen. Select a second country and find data sets for the ...continues

Multiplier Effect in a Local Economy

Suppose the construction of the $360M stadium is to be financed entirely with debt to be repaid over 20 years. The repayment burden is negilible in the short run. If the multiplier effect is Additional Local GDP = [1/(1-MPC)] x initial shift in autonomous expenditures, and Marginal Propensity to Consume is 80%, how much economic ...continues

Economic Growth vs. Environmental Protection

Is the depletion of natural resources really a concern for future generations? Doesn't economic growth, and the innovation that generates it, produce more and more substitutes or new discoveries of reserves for what is being depleted? How do oil reserves look, compared to what we thought they were 25 years ago?

Fed Funds rate, 10 Year T-bill, Mortgage Rate relationship

What is the relationship between the Fed funds rate, the 10 year (US) T-bill and the Mortgage rate? If the fed funds rate goes up, what exactly is affected? I know it's very short term investments, but what exactly? is it credit card rates? (examples please) Then, what is expected to happen to the 10 Year T-bill? Why? ...continues