Uncertainty in Economics: Animal Spirits and Narrative Economics
Course material - 5 pages - Economy general
Explore how economic agents make decisions based on uncertain knowledge, influenced by 'animal spirits' and narrative economics, affecting financial markets and investment.
Uncertainty in Economics: Keynes and Narrative Economics
Course material - 5 pages - Economy general
Explore the concept of uncertainty in economics as discussed by Keynes and the creator of 'narrative economics', R. Shiller, and understand how it impacts financial markets and decision-making.
Microeconomic Analysis Principles
Course material - 5 pages - Economy general
This document summarizes key principles of microeconomic analysis, including marginal reasoning, consumer and producer behavior, and the concept of limited rationality.
Understanding Microeconomics: Principles, Applications, and Frameworks
Course material - 2 pages - Economy general
Discover the fundamentals of microeconomics and its applications in understanding economic behavior. This concise guide explores the microeconomic approach, its historical development from household management to political economy, and key concepts such as market structures, oligopoly, and...
Partial Market Equilibrium Analysis
Course material - 2 pages - Economy general
This document explains the concept of partial market equilibrium analysis, focusing on the principles of comparative statics and the effects of exogenous changes in demand and supply on market equilibrium.
Corporate Financing: Understanding Direct and Indirect Finance Mechanisms
Course material - 4 pages - Economy general
"Unlock the secrets to corporate financing with expert insights on direct and indirect finance. Discover how companies navigate financial markets, manage resources and expenses, and make informed decisions on loans, shares, and bonds. Learn about the advantages and disadvantages of stock market...
Household Savings Behavior and Determinants
Course material - 3 pages - Economy general
This document discusses the average propensity to consume and save, factors influencing savings rates, and the impact of the COVID crisis on household savings.
State Financing and Public Debt
Course material - 4 pages - Economy general
The state's financing needs and public debt management through bond issuance and treasury bills, impacted by crises like COVID-19 and the Ukraine war.
Economy of the Star System
Course material - 2 pages - Economy general
The emergence of the star system in the film and music industry, its characteristics, and its impact on other economic sectors and politics.
Interpreting macroeconomic signals
Course material - 46 pages - Economy general
As an economist, what you need to forecast is not so much the end value of the economic indicators. Indeed, markets already have some believes and price in those expectations. What is important to forecast is what the markets are going to change their expectations and when this will occur. To be...
Development GAP and its Multiple Dimensions
Course material - 9 pages - Economy general
Most of those people hate to leave their country, but they are moving because they realized that these dimensions are essentials for their lives. In a way they are searching for a better condition in different dimensions: education, health, security, economically, etc. These are different...
Measurement of Development
Course material - 11 pages - Economy general
There are at least four good reasons to measure development: - For policy making organizations (international organizations, governments, NGOs), we need to verify how the actions are making any progress. The point is to know is something if effective to change things. That requires tracking...
Development as Growth: Macro Theories of Economic Growth
Course material - 10 pages - Economy general
Why do some countries have much higher levels of income per capita than others? Why do some countries grow (in terms of their output or income per capita) faster than others? From a public policy perspective: what are optimal policies to promote growth? Growth depends on two processes: the...
The Spirit of Development: Dreams and Projects
Course material - 7 pages - Economy general
A framework frames the vision of an environment, and in the case of development, the framework also has implications on what to do about what we are seeing. The word development has multiple meanings and understandings and there are different theories about how we bring development about. We need...
Impact evaluation
Course material - 10 pages - Economy general
When you really do database business of development policy making, it makes it sound very idealistic to, for example, providing easy access to health, which means you intervening when someone is sick. In this case, you are intervening at the earliest stage (for example, providing clean water to...
Foundations of Economics and Sociology Foundations of Economics
Course material - 25 pages - Economy general
It is within the multiple and different enterprises, which together define to a large extent a national economy, that the observation of economic and social facts is the most extensive and undoubtedly the most visible. The company is a reality that weaves its way through our daily lives because...
The Equal Pay for Equal Work Act and its impact on the American economy
Course material - 3 pages - Economy general
The nineteen sixties were a time of change in the world and especially in America, where Vietnam protests and demands for civil rights had taken off. In this time of change the sixties saw women in greater numbers demanding the same rights as men and one of those rights was the ability to join...
Analyzing Financial Statements - publié le 30/08/2010
Course material - 8 pages - Economy general
The company's liquidity is not good at all. In fact the quick ratio should be at least 1 to be considered for investors as a company without risks. However with the help of the percentages calculated between years 2006 to 2007, and years 2007 to 2008 we have a better idea of the evolution from...
