200 Level: Assignment | Project | Test

(1) What are the attributes of the Mercantilists
(2) Compare and Contrast the features of the Mercantilists and the Cameralists

Discuss the concept of Acceleration Principles and relate this to Business Cycle.

• Articulate the relevance of the following in the applicability of series, sequence, limiting values, convergence, divergence: i. Investment theory

ii. Annuity

iii. Stock market

iv. Product substitutability

v. Commodity market

• Example 7.13 of Basic Mathematics for Economists, page 213 & '14

[01]

Elucidate on the dominance of substitution effect over income graphically and articulate the economic implications of such dominance in the Nigerian Labour Market.

Hand-written, not more than 4 pages, to be submitted in 2 weeks

[02]
Critically assess the distinguishing features between wages and employment under monopolistic competition and under oligopoly.

Hand-written, not more than 4 pages, to be submitted next week

With appropriate graphic illustrations, briefly, elucidate the Sticky wage theory, Efficiency wage theory and Minimum wage laws.

Relevant Materials

a.

For each Security, Calculate

i. the expected returns

ii. the variance

iii. the standard deviation

iv. the coefficient of variation

b. If Lanre is a risk averse investor, which security would you recommend?

c. If Lanre is a risk lover, would your answer in b above be different?

• Write a program in visual basics that can solve any quadratic equation following the steps of the software development lifecycle.

ASM [01]

Technological Unemployment
A school of thought propose that Technological Change will cause Unemployment and therefore advise reorganization of the factors of production instead. Another believe Technological Change is best in any economy for productivity growth.

In a page of a foolscap sheet, express your own thought and give reasons for your choice. 

To be submitted on Tuesday by 10am @ FSS

RELEVANT MATERIALS
Technological Unemployment (Wiki)

GW [01] [2016]

• Each member of the group should read Handout [01]
• The Group should form questions from the Handout based on each Topic
• The Group Leader should contact other Group Leaders to check against duplicated questions
• These Questions will be asked in the class and a member of the concerned group will be called upon to answer them as their representative

Summarize contingency approach of schools of thought of management in 2 foolscap sheets.

RELEVANT MATERIALS

Write on how Public Corporation is a form of business
(Note of a foolscap sheet)

RELEVANT MATERIALS

• Articulate the relevance of the following in the applicability of series, sequence, limiting values, convergence, divergence: i. Investment theory ii. Annuity iii. Stock market iv. Product substitutability v. Commodity market
• Example 7.13 of Basic Mathematics for Economists, page 213 & '14

Elucidate on the dominance of substitution effect over income graphically and articulate the economic implications of such dominance in the Nigerian Labour Market.
Hand-written, not more than 4 pages, to be submitted in 2 weeks

Critically assess the distinguishing features between wages and employment under monopolistic competition and under oligopoly.
Hand-written, not more than 4 pages, to be submitted next week
With appropriate graphic illustrations, briefly, elucidate the Sticky wage theory, Efficiency wage theory and Minimum wage laws.
Relevant Materials

[2016]
Lanre is considering investment in the following securities whose random returns over a 5-year period are given as follows: (see table in picture)

a.

For each Security, Calculate
i. the expected returns
ii. the variance
iii. the standard deviation
iv. the coefficient of variation

b. If Lanre is a risk averse investor, which security would you recommend?
c. If Lanre is a risk lover, would your answer in b above be different?