Boyes/Melvin, Economics, 6/e - Internet Exercises

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Economics , Sixth Edition
William Boyes, Arizona State University
Michael Melvin, Arizona State University


	Internet Exercises Chapter 1: Economics: The World Around You Mapping -- Another Type of Abstraction Teen Pregnancy and Welfare Reform Is Water a Free Good? College Attendance Chapter 2: Choice, Opportunity Costs, and Specialization Newsgroup Markets Specialization and the Division of Labor WTO/GATT International Trade in Goods Chapter 3: Markets, Demand and Supply, and the Price System Rent Control Energy Crisis in California Iowa Electronic Markets Buying the world a Coke? Chapter 4: The Market System and the Private Sector Consumer Sovereignty Imports and Exports U.S. Imports and Exports by Area Chapter 5: The Public Sector Cigarettes, Children, and the FDA Markets and Ocean Fisheries Federal, State, and Local Budgets Chapter 6: National Income Accounting GDP The CPI and an Individual's Cost of Living Human Development Index Price Indexes Chapter 7: An Introduction to the Foreign Exchange Market and the Balance of Payments Trends in World Trade CD prices in the United Kingdom Mexico's Balance of Payments Currency Appreciation and Depreciation Chapter 8: Unemployment and Inflation Recent Macroeconomic Performance U.S. Business Cycle Expansions and Contractions Nominal and Real Interest Rates Controversy over Labour Statistics How the Government Measures Unemployment Chapter 9: Macroeconomic Equilibrium: Aggregate Demand and Supply AD/AS Analysis and the U.S. Economy Mexico: Economic Policy Guidelines for 1998 Alan Greenspan's February 2005 Report Business Cycles and AD/AS Chapter 10: Aggregate Expenditures Capacity Utilization and Investment Consumption Function Data Net Exports and Unemployment Net Exports Deficit and Surplus Chapter 11: Income and Expenditures Equilibrium FDR and the Income and Expenditures Model U.S. Economic Performance in 1997 U.S. Economic Performance in 2002 U.S. Economic Performance in 2004 Macroeconomic Interdependence Chapter 12: Fiscal Policy Tax Cuts and Investment A Balanced-Budget Amendment? U.S. Government Revenue Balanced Budget Amendment: Pro and Con Chapter 13: Money and Banking Money in North American History The Bimetallic Standard and Gresham's Law The Euro Bank Failures Chapter 14: Monetary Policy Continental Currency Velocity and Monetary Policy Rules Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee Chapter 15: Macroeconomic Policy: Tradeoffs, Expectations, Credibility, and Sources of Business Cycles The Economic Report of the President Stanley Fischer on Central Banking Establishing Federal Reserve Inflation Goals The NAIRU Chapter 16: Macroeconomic Viewpoints: New Keynesian, Monetarist, and New Classical The Evolution of Macroeconomic Principles Paul Romer's Views on Macroeconomic Policy Janet Yellen Chapter 17: Economic Growth Purchasing Power Parity and the Big Mac A Common Monetary Policy for the EC The OECD Chapter 18: Development Economics Expanding the Nation's Productive Capacity Breaking Down the Barriers to Technological Progress Factor Contributions to Economic Growth Paul Romer on Economic Growth Corruption and Productivity Economic and Social Indicators Technical Assistance Human Capital and Gender Equality Chapter 19: Globalization Trade and the Environment Globalization and Sweatshop Labor WTO and National Sovereignty Chapter 20: Elasticity: Demand and Supply Bill Gates' Speech at the Microsoft CEO Summit Cigarette Taxes and Demand Elasticity Darnell Group Substitution Among Pharmaceuticals Chapter 21: Consumer Choice Disneyland and Consumer Surplus All You Can Eat Buffets Online Service Cost Chapter 22: Supply: The Costs of Doing Business Earth Day: Charting the Next 25 Years The Case for Concentration Economies of Scale on Dairy Farms Fixed and Variable Costs at IBM Chapter 23: Profit Maximization Economic costs and profits for apple orchards Economic profit in the banking industry Economic Value Added Chapter 24: Perfect Competition Identifying Over-Priced Journals Hog Market Cycles The FTC and Market Power Chapter 25: Monopoly The DeBeers Diamond Cartel The Regulation of California's Electric Industry Utilities Regulated by the New York State Public Services Commission Elasticity of Demand: "Hints on Obtaining Low Fares" Chapter 26: Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly The Prisoners' Dilemma "The Myth of Predatory Pricing" Oil and the Gulf War The FTC Chapter 27: Antitrust and Regulation Allen Greenspan on the "New Economy" Paul Krugman on the "New Economy" Deregulation and Stranded Costs Wal-Mart v. American Drugs Globalization and Antitrust The WTO and Global Regulation Chapter 28: Government and Market Failure Gillette-Parker Merger Toys "R" Us U.S. Policy and Global Warming Should Amtrak be subsidized? Chemical Scorecard Allowance trading Chapter 29: Resource Markets Farms, Fertilizer, and Economic Analysis Faculty, Physicians, and Economic Rent The Uranium Market Chapter 30: The Labor Market Earning Differences Between Men and Women Should all Baseball Teams be Competitive? U.S. Discrimination Law Current Labor Market Conditions The Market Price of an Economist Who Pays for Mandated Health Insurance? The Role of the EEOC Chapter 31: Financial Markets: Institutions and Recent Events Bond Markets The New York Stock Exchange The Greater Fool Theory Chapter 32: The Land Market and Natural Resources Finite Resources The Sierra Club International Trade in Endangered Species Chapter 33: Aging, Social Security, and Health Care Social Security Reform Medical Savings Accounts The Aging of the U.S. Population Work Incentives under TANF Chapter 34: Income Distribution, Poverty, and Government Policy Trends in Poverty rates The Lorenz Curve Chapter 35: World Trade Equilibrium Globalization Takes Hold The Role of the WTO Chapter 36: International Trade Restrictions U.S. Trade Representative Free Trade Area of the Americas Health and Sanitary Requirements The Role of the WTO Trade Disputes Chapter 37: Exchange Rates and Financial Links Between Countries Alternative Exchange Rate Systems Dollar Peggers





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