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economics 14th global
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Economics 14th Global
The least appropriate factor used to describe the type of models mentioned in Statement 3 is:A. inflation.B. price level changes.C. risk premium adjustments. Connor Wagener, a student at the
The best response to Question 1 is that the policies will:A. have no impact.B. lead to currency appreciation.C. lead to currency depreciation. Connor Wagener, a student at the University of
The most likely response to Question 2 is a(n):A. increase in the price level.B. decrease in risk premiums.C. increase in government debt. Connor Wagener, a student at the University of Canterbury in
The factor that McFadden is most likely referring to in Statement 4 is:A. FX reserve levels.B. domestic demand.C. the level of capital flows. Connor Wagener, a student at the University of Canterbury
Which of McFadden's predictions in Statement 5 is least correct?A. Prediction 1 B. Prediction 2 C. Prediction 3 Connor Wagener, a student at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, has been
Based on Exhibit A, the factor that would most likely have the greatest positive impact on the per capita GDP growth of Country A is:A. free trade.B. technology.C. saving and investment. Hans
Based on Observation 1, in the long run the ratio of profits to GDP in Country A is most likely to:A. remain near its current level.B. increase from its current level.C. decrease from its current
Based on Observation 2, Country C is most likely to have:A. relatively low real asset returns.B. a relatively low real interest rate.C. a relatively high real interest rate. Hans Schmidt, CFA, is a
Based on Exhibit B, the least likely reason for the current pace of GDP growth in Country D is:A. a persistently strong currency.B. strong manufacturing exports.C. strong natural resource exports.
The type of convergence described by O’Leary in Statement 1 is best described as:A. club convergence.B. absolute convergence.C. conditional convergence. Hans Schmidt, CFA, is a portfolio manager
Which of the following growth models is most consistent with O’Leary’s Statement 2?A. Classical B. Endogenous C. Neoclassical Hans Schmidt, CFA, is a portfolio manager with a boutique investment
Based on the country factors provided in Exhibit C, the country most likely to be considered a developing country is:A. Country A.B. Country B.C. Country C. Victor Klymchuk, the chief economist at
Based on Exhibit C, capital deepening as a source of growth was most important for:A. Country A.B. Country B.C. Country C. Victor Klymchuk, the chief economist at ECONO Consulting (EC), is reviewing
Based on Klymchuk’s Statement 1, over the requested forecast horizon, the factor that will most likely drive stock market performance is the percentage change in:A. GDP.B. the earnings-to-GDP
Based solely on the predictions in Statement 2, over the next decade Country B’s sovereign credit risk will most likely:A. increase.B. decrease.C. not change. Victor Klymchuk, the chief economist
Based on Statement 2, the difference in per capita output between Country A and Country B is most likely due to differences in:A. capital deepening.B. capital per worker.C. total factor productivity.
Based on Statement 3, after the next 10 years the growth rate of potential GDP for Country A will most likely be:A. lower.B. higher.C. unchanged. Victor Klymchuk, the chief economist at ECONO
Based on Statement 4 and Exhibit C, the sluggish economic growth in Country C is least likely to be explained by:A. limited labor force growth.B. export-driven currency appreciation.C. poorly
Based on Statement 4, the higher rate of per capita income growth in Country A is least likely explained by:A. the rate of investment.B. the growth of its population.C. the application of information
The type of convergence described by Klymchuk in Statement 5 is best described as:A. club convergence.B. absolute convergence.C. conditional convergence. Victor Klymchuk, the chief economist at ECONO
Which of Amaral’s initiatives is least likely to achieve his stated growth objective?A. Dividend tax B. Rural literacy C. Property rights At a recent international finance and economics conference
Which proposal for India is Amaral most likely referring to in his response to Mantri?A. Patent initiative B. Highway network C. Auto and textile factories At a recent international finance and
The channel that is least likely to help India overcome its challenge of lacking significant natural resources is:A. Channel 1.B. Channel 2.C. Channel 3. At a recent international finance and
Based on Exhibit D, which Indian economic statistic is least likely to support Kanté’s international equity allocation preference?A. GDP per capita B. Growth due to labor productivity C. Growth
The strategy that is least likely to improve per capita GDP in Mali is:A. Strategy 1.B. Strategy 2.C. Strategy 3. At a recent international finance and economics conference in Bamako, Mali, Jose
Which of the following strategies being considered by Kanté is most likely to undermine or delay convergence with developed economies?A. Strategy 2 B. Strategy 4 C. Strategy 5 At a recent
The most appropriate classification of the Dodd-Frank Act, referred to in Statement 1, is a(n):A. statute.B. judicial law.C. administrative law. Tiu Asset Management (TAM) recently hired Jonna Yun.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, referred to in Statement 2, is best classified as a:A. legislative body.B. government agency.C. self-regulatory organization. Tiu Asset Management (TAM)
What is the most likely basis for the concerns noted in Statement 3?A. Externalities B. Regulatory arbitrage C. Informational friction Tiu Asset Management (TAM) recently hired Jonna Yun. Yun is a
The tools least likely to be used by regulators to intervene in financial markets are:A. blackout periods.B. capital requirements.C. insider trading restrictions. Tiu Asset Management (TAM) recently
Which of the following is most likely an unanticipated effect of regulation?A. Hiring compliance lawyers B. Setting legal standards for contracts C. Establishing employers’ rights and
After Regulation Q was imposed, the demand for money market funds most likely:A. increased.B. decreased.C. remained unchanged. Tiu Asset Management (TAM) recently hired Jonna Yun. Yun is a member of
Compare and contrast normative social influences and informational social influences.
Explore some of ways in which economists and other social scientists empirically capture the different drivers of herding behaviour? What are some of the empirical problems with these approaches?
How do concepts of identity differ between economics and other social sciences, specifically social psychology? What are the implications in terms of conflicts between in-groups and out-groups?
How are discount functions in behavioural economics different from discount functions in standard economics? How are they similar and how can they be reconciled?
What is present bias? Illustrate with some everyday examples.
Discuss how individual differences have an impact on people’s rate of time preference in behavioural economic models.
What are näifs and sophisciates and how do the ways they deal with present bias differ? Illustrate with some examples.
How do rational choice theorists explain addictive behaviour as a rational choice, and are their hypotheses explained by the econometric evidence? What are some of the problems with this econometric
How do behavioural economists provide an alternative explanation for addictive behaviour? Illustrate with examples.
What sort of pre-commitment strategies can people use when they are facing some of the self-control problems associated with addictive behaviour?
What is the difference between an internality and an externality and what are the implications for controlling addictive bad habits?
How are insights from personality theory used by behavioural economists to explain how personality affects economic decision-making? Give some examples.
Define emotions and explain the difference between emotions versus moods.
How are personality and emotion connected? Give some examples in the context of economic decision-making.
Set out Loewenstein’s visceral factor model. What are the advantages of Loewensteins’s approach versus Damasio’s somatic marker hypothesis versus other analyses of emotion in economic
How can behavioural economists’ models of emotions be used to explain some of the apparent anomalies in social decision-making identified in behavioural experimental evidence, for example from
What is libertarian paternalism? How does it address some of the problems commonly associated with traditional policy debates?
What is a nudge? Illustrate with examples.
Explore some of the challenges, successes and pitfalls of behavioural public policy applied in an economic context.
Why have behavioural public policy-makers not progressed far in applying some of the microeconomic behavioural principles explored so far in this book to the design of behavioural macroeconomic and
What is neuroeconomics and how does it blend insights from economics and neuroscience?
What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of combining two such disparate disciplines?
Why has economics traditionally and historically been forced to analyse the brain as if it is a “black box”? Explain how neuroscientific tools can be used to resolve these limitations.
Many economists are critical of neuroeconomics specifically and behavioural experimental economics more widely. Do you agree? Explain your answer
Does the neuroeconomic evidence show that behavioural bias is irrational? Explain your answer.
Explain how different neuroeconomic studies can test the idea that time inconsistency is about impulsive and/or emotional decision-making, or not. Explain your answer.
How do neuroeconomists explore the ways in which different areas of the brain interact in social decision-making? Explain your answer.
Do you think the neuroeconomic studies explored add useful objective evidence to other behavioural experimental evidence or are these types of studies unnecessary and uninformative? Explain your
Define Thaler’s concept of a financial anomaly and illustrate with some examples.
What is mental accounting? Set out the model including the different types of mental accounts and how people use them differently in their everyday financial decision-making.
How do behavioural economists explain the fact that people will simultaneously save money and incur debt, and not use their savings to pay off debt even though they would save money by doing so. Are
What is myopic loss aversion and how does it affect financial decision-making?
What are some of the limitations of standard (neoclassical) approaches to investment and finance?
How can behavioural insights be embedded within investment appraisal tools?
Do you think most real-world businesses are run on principles of substantive rationality or procedural rationality? Explain your answer.
For real-world businesses’ investment appraisal decisions, how do uncertainty and irreversibility constrain decision-making, and how can behavioural versions of real options theory improve
When a trader’s financial decisions are affected by their emotions, is this rational or irrational or neither? Explain your answer.
Describe some of the different channels via which emotions affect financial trading decisions, explaining whether or not each of these channels is about the positive versus negative impact of
How and why are financial traders driven by social influences and why might these social influences be more destabilizing when the information to which traders have access is poor and uncertainty is
Explore some of the different tools and techniques used in neurofinance to capture the impact of emotions on trading behaviour. How reliable do you think this evidence is and what are the pros and
What are some of the key constraints and methodological challenges for macroeconomists wanting to build good behavioural models of the macroeconomy? What do you think are some of the solutions to
How does Keynes’s concept of animal spirits differ from the concept outlined in Akerlof and Shiller’s writings? Are animal spirits a useful concept for designing good behavioural macroeconomic
Of the various behavioural insights explored which do you think have the most power to revolutionize our understanding of how macroeconomies work?
How are insights from behavioural macroeconomics useful to policy-makers, and are they more useful than insights from conventional macroeconomic theory? Are there other behavioural insights, not
Behavioural finance focuses on numbers of reasons why real-world financial markets do not fit with the assumptions about efficient financial markets. Explain what is meant by an efficient financial
What are Keynes’s social influences on financial herding? Which of these influences do you think has the most impact on modern financial markets and thus on the macroeconomy? Illustrate with
Explain how Minsky’s financial fragility hypothesis captures the interaction of emotional and psychological influences and their impacts on financial structure. What are the potential consequences
What policies could be implemented to control financial instability emerging from behavioural factors and socio-psychological influences? What are the pros and cons of these types of policies
What is the difference between well-being, life satisfaction and happiness? Illustrate with some examples.
Outline the key elements of Heckman’s human capital accumulation model. What are the pros and cons of this approach relative to standard, non-behavioural models of capital accumulation? Discuss the
What does the neuroeconomic evidence tell us about the nature of well-being and happiness?
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of measures of macroeconomic performance based around behavioural insights versus conventional measures of gross domestic product.
How does behavioural economics differ from other areas of economics? How is it similar?
How do behavioural economists’ descriptions of how people choose and decide differ from the descriptions of behaviour highlighted in mainstream economics?
From the different economists introduced, who do you think has had the most influence on modern behavioural economics and why?
Can insights from behavioural economics help ordinary people to decide and choose more effectively in their everyday decision-making? If so, how and why? Illustrate with examples.
Building on some of the examples introduced, explore some examples of intrinsic motivation that you think are important to people’s daily lives. Do these motivations improve behaviour, or not?
Relative to extrinsic motivations such as money, how important are intrinsic motivations to everyday decision-making? Illustrate with some examples.
In terms of motivation crowding theory, explore some other examples of how extrinsic motivations can crowd out intrinsic motivations.
Outline the essential elements of social motivation theory. What does the empirical evidence tell us about social motivations and can this evidence be explained using insights from conventional
Is money the only extrinsic incentive? Describe and explain some examples of other extrinsic motivations and incentives.
Compare and contrast the different approaches to rationality seen across the behavioural and experimental literatures. In comparison with standard economic assumptions about rational choice, what are
If using heuristics leads to behavioural bias, is this rational or not? Why? Why not?
Describe and explain some examples of heuristics and their consequences in terms of behavioural bias.
Which types of heuristics do you think are most important to everyday decision-making: availability, representativeness or anchoring/adjustment? Explain your answer and illustrate with examples.
Why have behavioural economists and economic psychologists thought it necessary to build new models of risk to replace expected utility theory? What are the problems with expected utility theory that
Of the different theories of risk outlined, which theory of risk do you think has the most power in explaining everyday decision-making: expected utility theory, prospect theory or regret theory?
What do expected utility theory, prospect theory and regret theory have in common?How do they differ?
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