Taylor, Economics, 4/e - Internet Exercises

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	Economics, Fourth Edition John B. Taylor, Stanford University



	Internet Exercises Table of Contents Chapter 1: The Central Idea Exercise 1: Newsgroup Markets Exercise 2: Specialization and the Division of Labor Chapter 2: Observing and Explaining the Economy Exercise 1: Mapping-Another Type of Abstraction Exercise 2: Teen Pregnancy and Welfare Reform Exercise 3: Education and Earnings Chapter 3: The Supply and Demand Model Exercise 1: Rent Control Exercise 2: U.S. Dry Edible Bean Briefing Room Chapter 4: Elasticity and Its Uses Exercise 1: Bill Gates' Speech at the Microsoft CEO Summit Exercise 2: Cigarette Taxes and Demand Elasticity Exercise 3: Darnell Group Chapter 5: The Demand Curve and the Behavior of Firms Exercise 1: All You Can Eat Buffets Exercise 2: Online Service Costs Chapter 6: The Supply Curve and the Behavior of Firms Exercise 1: Earth Day? Charting the Next 25 Years Exercise 2: Identifying Over-Priced Journals Exercise 3: The Case for Concentration Chapter 7: The Interaction of People in Markets Exercise 1: Iowa Electronic Markets Exercise 2: Classroom Experiments in Price Formation Exercise 3: Online Auction Chapter 8: Costs and the Changes at Firms Over Time Exercise 1: Economies of Scale on Dairy Farms Exercise 2: Economies of Scope Exercise 3: Legal Information and the WWW Chapter 9: The Rise and Fall of Industries Exercise 1: The New York Information Technology Center Chapter 10: Monopoly Exercise 1: The DeBeers Diamond Cartel Exercise 2: The Regulation of California's Electric Industry Exercise 3: Utilities Regulated by the New York State Public Services Commission Chapter 11: Product Differentiation, Monopolistic Competition, and Oligopoly Exercise 1: The Prisoners' Dilemma Exercise 2: Oil and the Gulf War Chapter 12: Antitrust Policy and Regulation Exercise 1: The Myth of Predatory Pricing Exercise 2: Gillette-Parker Merger Exercise 3: Toys "R" Us Exercise 4: Wal-mart v. American Drugs Chapter 13: Labor Markets Exercise 1: Earning Differences Between Men and Women Exercise 2: The Market Price of an Economist Exercise 3: Who Pays for Mandated Health Insurance? Exercise 4: Should all Baseball Teams be Competitive? Chapter 14: Taxes, Transfers, and Income Distribution Exercise 1: National Income Data Exercise 2: Trends in Poverty Rates Exercise 3: Work Incentives under TANF Exercise 4: The Lorenz Curve Chapter 15: Public Goods, Externalities, and Government Behavior Exercise 1: Should Public Broadcasting Be Subsidized? Exercise 2: U.S. Policy and Global Warming Exercise 3: Should Amtrak be Subsidized? Chapter 16: Physical Capital and Financial Markets Exercise 1: Bond Markets Exercise 2: Present Discounted Value Exercise 3: Bond Prices and Interest Rates Chapter 17: Macroeconomics: The Big Picture Exercise 1: Recent Macroeconomic Performance Exercise 2: U.S. Business Cycle Expansions and Contradictions Exercise 3: Expanding the Nation's Productive Capacity Chapter 18: Measuring the Production, Income, and Spending of Nations Exercise 1: GDP Exercise 2: The Savings Rate Exercise 3: Human Development Index Chapter 19: The Spending Allocation Model Exercise 1: The 1998 Federal Budget and Investment Exercise 2: Public Investment in the National Highway System Exercise 3: Tax Cuts and Investments Chapter 20: Unemployment and Employment Exercise 1: Problems in Measuring Unemployment Exercise 2: Controversy over Labour Statistics Exercise 3: How the Government Measures Unemployment Chapter 21: Productivity and Economics Growth Exercise 1: Breaking Down the Barriers to Technological Progress Exercise 2: Human Capital and Gender Equality Exercise 3: Factor Contributions to Economic Growth Chapter 22: Money and Inflation Exercise 1: Money in North American History Exercise 2: Continental Currency Chapter 23: The Nature and Causes of Economic Fluctuations Exercise 1: Alan Greenspan's 1997 Report Exercise 2: The Economic Report of the President Exercise 3: Consumption Function Exercise 4: The Evolution of Macroeconomics Chapter 24: The Economic Fluctuations Model Exercise 1: Canadian Monetary Policy Exercise 2: New Zealand Monetary Policy Rule Exercise 3: Inflation Adjustment in the U.S. Chapter 25: Using the Economic Fluctuations Model Exercise 1: Monetary Policy in Mexico 1999/2000 Exercise 2: British Monetary Policy and Demand/Supply Shocks Chapter 26: Fiscal Policy Exercise 1: A Balanced Budget Amendment? Exercise 2: Balanced Budget Amendment: Pros and Cons Exercise 3: Economic Consequences of Budget Deficits and National Debt Chapter 27: Monetary Policy Exercise 1: A Case for Independence: Stanley Fischer on the Asian Crisis Exercise 2: Establishing Federal Reserve Inflation Goals Exercise 3: A Common Monetary Policy for the EC Exercise 4: Paul Romer's Views on Macroeconomic Policy Exercise 5: Janet Yellen Chapter 28: Economic Growth Around the World Exercise 1: Paul Romer on Economic Growth Exercise 2: Economic and Social Indicators Exercise 3: Technical Assistance Chapter 29: The Gains from International Trade Exercise 1: Globalization Taxes Hold Exercise 2: The Case for Open Trade Chapter 30: International Trade Policy Exercise 1: WTO/GATT Exercise 2: Aftermarket Auto Parts Exercise 3: Free Trade Area of the Americas Exercise 4: Health and Sanitary Requirements Exercise 5: Mexico's Balance of Payments Chapter 31: Emerging Market Economies Exercise 1: Emerging Market Economies Exercise 2: Privatization of the Czech Republic





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