ECON 545 Business Economics

ECON 545 Business Economics

WEEK 1

Discussion Question 1 - Supply and Demand

Discussion Question 2 - Elasticity and the Minimum Wage

WEEK 2

Discussion Question 1- Marginal Analysis

Discussion Question 2 - Controlling Costs

Project Part 1 (Everyone’s Gasoline Problem, Ch 3 - Q14, Ch 8 - Q 14)

Project Part 1 (Everyone’s Gasoline Problem, Ch 3 - Q14, Ch 8 - Q 14)

Project Part 1 (Everyone’s Gasoline Problem, Ch 5 - Q17, Ch 8 - Q 18)

Project Part 1 (Everyone’s Gasoline Problem, Ch 8 - Q 11, Ch 3 - Q15)

WEEK 3

Discussion Question 1 - Mergers Acquisitions

Discussion Question 2 - Anti-Trust Policy and Microsoft

Imperfect Competition, Quiz 1

Imperfect Competition, Quiz 2

Imperfect Competition, Quiz 3

WEEK 4

Discussion Question 1 - Macroeconomic News

Discussion Question 2 - Healthcare

Discussion Question 1 - Trade Deficits

WEEK 5

Discussion Question 2 - Exchange Rates

Project Part 2 (Ch 15 - Q 11, Ch 16 - Q 5, Ch 16 - Q11)

Project Part 2 (Ch 15 - Q 14, Ch 16 - Q 5, Ch 16 - Q 11)

Project Part 2 (Ch 16 - Q 5, Ch 25 - Q 7, Ch 26 - Q 8)

Project Part 2 (Ch 16 - Q 6, Ch 16 - Q 11, Ch 16 - Q 6)

WEEK 6

Discussion Question 1 - Fiscal Policy

Discussion Question 2 - Monetary Policy

Monetary and Fiscal Policy, You Decide 1 (Three Papers)

Quiz 1

Quiz 2

Quiz 3

WEEK 7

Discussion Question 1 - The Public Sector

Discussion Question 2 – Forecasting

WEEK 8

Final Exam 1

Final Exam 2