Economics

(Ch. 2) Why are industries often clustered in space? Discuss

a) What are agglomeration economies?
b) Where they come from?
c) Why the advantages of clustering would outweigh higher factor prices?

(Ch. 6) What non wage-related approaches do we have for analyzing interregional migration patterns?

(Ch. 7) What role do institutions and social capital play in local growth and development?

economics

Define economics
Explain how scarce resources influence choices
Describe the influence of benefits and costs on deciding among alternatives
Identify the decision rules individuals and firms use to make choices

Explain why decisions are made “at the margin”
Assess the general conditions that generate maximum utility or profits

Economics is r – Opportunity cost

Macroeconomics – Ceteris paribus
Microeconomics V – Marginal cost
Basic economic resources – Marginal benefit
Scarcity – Law of diminishing marginal benefits
Cost is – Law of increasing marginal costs
Benefit – Net benefit
Utility – Marginal decision rule
Profit – Sunk cost
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have been low, and you are thinking of lowering the in exchange for it.”4 This is situation is known as the
price of your guide service. If you lower your price, you’d diamond-water paradox. How does thinking at the
expect more clients, ceteris paribus. But if other events margin help to explain the paradox?
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a. You lower your price, and at the same time, many gina1COStof explain Why this is the Case.
of the local rivers are closed to fishing due to a 7. Suppose that you have 6 hours per day to devote to
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