Benedicto, Kim Gabriel M. ECO 101 Bsmt32 - B1 Os Split Sir Delos Reyes Quiz #1 1. What Is Economics?
Benedicto, Kim Gabriel M. ECO 101 Bsmt32 - B1 Os Split Sir Delos Reyes Quiz #1 1. What Is Economics?
Benedicto, Kim Gabriel M. ECO 101 Bsmt32 - B1 Os Split Sir Delos Reyes Quiz #1 1. What Is Economics?
ECO 101
BSMT32 – B1 OS SPLIT Sir Delos reyes
Quiz #1
1. What is Economics?
the branch of knowledge concerned with the production, consumption, and transfer of wealth.
the condition of a region or group as regards material prosperity.
Economics is the important you get to know how societies, governments, businesses,
households, and individuals allocate their scarce resources. Theeconomics can also
provide valuable knowledge for making decisions in everyday life. Economics is
concerned with the optimal distribution of resources in society
Assignment #1
1. What is Market Equilibrium?
In economics, economic equilibrium is a state where economic forces such as supply and
demand are balanced and in the absence of external influences the values of economic
variables will not change.
Economics is the study of how societies, governments, businesses, households, and individuals
allocate their scarce resources. Our discipline has two importantfeatures. First, we develop
conceptual models of behavior to predict responses to changes in policy and market conditions.
Economists are well known for advising the president and congress on economic issues, formulating
policies at the Federal Reserve Bank, and analyzing economic conditions for investment banks,
brokerage houses, real estate companies, and other private sector businesses. They also contribute
to the development of many other public policies including health care, welfare, and school reform
and efforts to reduce inequality, pollution and crime.
The study of economics can also provide valuable knowledge for making decisions in everyday life. It
offers a tool with which to approach questions about the desirability of a particular financial
investment opportunity, whether or not to attend college or graduate school, the benefits and costs
of alternative careers, and the likely impacts of public policies including universal health care and a
higher minimum wage.
The complementary study of econometrics, the primary quantitative method used in the discipline,
enables students to become critical consumers of statistically based arguments about numerous
public and private issues rather than passive recipients unable to sift through the statistics. Such
knowledge enables us to ask whether the evidence on the desirability of a particular policy, medical
procedure, claims about the likely future path of the economy, or many other issues is really
compelling or whether it simply sounds good but falls apart upon closer inspection.
Economics is also important for an individual. For example, every decision we take involves an
opportunity cost - which is more valuable working overtime or having more leisure time?
In recent years, behevioral economics has looked at the diverse range of factors that influence
people's decisions. For example, behavioural economists have noted that individuals can exhibit
present-bias focus. This means placing excess importance on the current time period and making
decisions our future self may regret. This includes over-consumption of demerit goods like alcohol
and tobacco and failure to save for a pension.