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• XECO 212 Entire Course

• XECO 212 Week 1 CheckPoint A New House Readiness

• XECO 212 Week 1 CheckPoint A New House Readiness
• XECO 212 Week 1 Discussion Question 1 2
• XECO 212 Week 2 Assignment Supply and Demand
  Paper
• XECO 212 Week 2 CheckPoint Price Elasticity and
  Supply and Demand Short Answer Quiz

• Deciding to buy a house is a lifelong goal for
  many people. Imagine that you are renting a
  studio apartment and have just discovered you are
  having a baby. Your present apartment is small
  and far from schools and local services. You have
  decided to move. There are many factors that come
  into play when making such a large and weighty
  purchase.

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• XECO 212 Week 1 Discussion Question 1 and 2

• XECO 212 Week 2 Assignment Supply and Demand Paper

• Select a good that you are familiar with. What
  are the factors that shift the demand curve for
  this good? What are the factors that shift the
  supply curve for this good? How do you expect the
  supply and demand of your selected good to change
  in the next year? Relate your expectation to
  price and quantity.

•  New home
• New car
• Vacation to a theme park
• Washing machine
• Computer
• College

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• XECO 212 Week 2 CheckPoint Price Elasticity and
  Supply and Demand Short Answer Quiz

• XECO 212 Week 3 CheckPoint Historical Example of
  Labor Supply and Demand

• Complete the Price Elasticity and Supply and
  Demand Short Answer Quiz in Appendix B.
• Post your completed chart as an attachment.

• What was the impact on the supply and demand of
  labor on one sector of the labor market?
• Explain the factors that affected labor demand
  and labor supply in the chosen historical
  example.

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• XECO 212 Week 3 Discussion Question 1 and 2

• XECO 212 Week 4 Assignment Maximizing Profits in
  Market Structures Paper

• Imagine that you are a business owner. Choose
  whether to hire a new person in the marketing
  department or upgrade your computer system. What
  factors do you use to determine whether to invest
  in the additional capital and labor?

• What are the characteristics of each market
  structure?
• How is price determined in each market structure
  in terms of maximizing profits?
• How is output determined in each market structure
  in terms of maximizing profits?
• What are the barriers to entry, if any?

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• XECO 212 Week 4 CheckPoint Market Structures
  Table and Questions

• XECO 212 Week 5 CheckPoint A New House Risks and
  Benefits

• Complete the Market Structures Table and
  Questions in Appendix C.
• Post your completed table and questions as an
  attachment.

• The government and the fiscal policy it
  implements play a large role in the housing
  market. In this CheckPoint, you examine how
  government policy has consequences for you and
  the decision to buy a house. This helps you
  consider situations and alternative decisions in
  your final project.

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• XECO 212 Week 5 Discussion Question 1 and 2

• XECO 212 Week 6 Assignment Money Train Multimedia
  Activity

• What is the relationship between GDP and the
  business cycle? How can you use information about
  the business cycle when making a decision about a
  large purchase

• Compete the Money Train Multimedia Activity.
• Post your three responses as an attachment.

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• XECO 212 Week 6 CheckPoint Money

• XECO 212 Week 7 CheckPoint A New House Economy

• Money acts as a unit of account, medium of
  exchange, or a store of value. Describe each of
  these different functions.
• Provide an example of your use of money in each
  of these different functions.

• The difficulties of the economy affect many of
  the decisions you make as a consumer. No more so
  than when you are buying a house. The health of
  the economy is a factor you must consider when
  buying a house. Sometimes the economy favors
  sellers and at other times it favors buyers.

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• XECO 212 Week 7 Discussion Question 1 and 2

• XECO 212 Week 8 Assignment International Trade
  Simulation

• How does the federal government implement its
  fiscal policies? Given economic conditions today,
  do you suggest expansionary fiscal policy or
  contractionary fiscal policy? How would your
  suggestions affect production and employment?
  Why?

• Define absolute and comparative advantage in your
  own words.
• Explain how absolute and comparative advantages
  were used in your simulation.
• Describe the influences affecting foreign
  exchange rates.

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• XECO 212 Week 8 CheckPoint International Trade
  Debate

• XECO 212 Week 9 Capstone DQ

• The strength of the dollar on domestic and global
  economies
• Benefits from tariffs or quotas
• Losses from tariffs or quotas

• In your own words, using the 10 Principles of
  Economics outlined in Ch. 1 of Mankiws
  Principles of Economics, prepare a 200- to
  300-word response to the following questions How
  can each of the 10 principles be applied in an
  example or experience with which you are
  familiar?

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• XECO 212 Week 9 Final Project A New House Decision

• Explain how the strength of the economy as a
  whole affected the marginal benefits and the
  marginal costs associated with that decision.
• Consider the roles of the domestic economy and
  international trade in your assessment of the
  strength of the economy.

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