...Keller Gm545 Course Project - Part 2 Keller Graduate School of Management Business Economics GM545 Online Graduate Course Summer Session A, July 2010 Project Part 2 7 August 2010 Exercise 1: Chapter 15, Question 14 (textbook page 424) National income and output are used in economic studies to estimate the value of goods and services produced in an economy—a snapshot of a country’s economic activity. A system of national accounts is employed to account for and record economic changes. National income is calculated using a variety of different methods. Some of the more popular methods include GDP (Gross Domestic Product), GNP (Gross National Product), NNP (Net National Product), NNI (Net National Income) PI (Personal Income) and PDI (Personal Disposable Income), among many others. [ (Investopedia ULC 2010) ] National income statistics provide us with a numerical comparison of one country’s economic situation with another country’s economic situation. Easily economic growth of countries can be compared over time or at a particular snapshot in time. National income accounts also provide government agencies and private businesses with a tool for economic planning and budgeting. What’s more is this information provides a comparison with the standard of living from one country to another. Many issues arise with accounting for the true national income of any country. Certainly there is a concern for double-counting, for example the outputs of...
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...In order to know the limitations of Americas National income accounts and how they represent our standard of living, it is necessary to kn0ow our GNP or Gross National Product. According to Chron.com, a business expert web site, it is the total output of and economy, our economy in this case. It is said that the production output of America is directly related to how well we are living, our economy is doing, and also how well we are prepared for any sudden disruptions in the course our economy would take. With the GNP defined, one of the limitations that represents Americas standard of living would be services that are not considered in the GNP. These can still have an effect though but are not considered for various reasons including the government not gaining taxes from it or illegal activity. Any of these are understandable to not consider due to the fact that they are not something America can rely on as solid figures compared to an employer’s payout wages. This however is not something to totally ignore. These services are called Ommition or Underestimation (Chris Chan). The drug trade is a large black market, although there are no solid figures that economists have been able to gain due to the nature of product, it is widely known that much activity is involved in the trade which means large figures in the millions per year for how much dealers can make and buyers will spend. As a side note I have personally witnessed citizens ...
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...KELLER GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT MBA - PROJECT PAPER 1 NAME: - BOCKARIE LANSANA COURSE NAME: - BUSINESS ECONOMICS COURSE NUMBER: - GM545 FALL SESSION B-JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2011 Email address:-lans58@yahoo.co.uk 2. EHTICAL ISSUES IN BUSINESS One of these issues is the over reporting and under reporting of net income. The company management seeks to show that every quarter the net income of the business has grown. In order to show this they adopt unethical means and or illegal means in the operation and financial reporting system. One such method is the indiscriminate use of stock options for employees that enable companies to take employment costs off balance sheet and inflate earnings. This method will reduce the equilibrium price and increase equilibrium quantity for this company's products and services. The reason for this is that the wage is bill shown lower than what it actually is. This causes the supply curve to shift to the right. With an increase in supply, if the firm is a monopoly or an oligopoly or a monopolistic competition, there will be a decline in the price of the product of the firm. In case the firm is operating in perfect competition, there will only be an increase in the quantity the company sells in the market. The scenario described above indicates that there is a shift in the supply curve, in other words the costs are shown to be lower than what they actually are. The supply curve shifts to its right but...
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...Keller Graduate School of Management Business Economics GM545 Online Graduate Course Summer Session A, July 2010 Project Part 2 7 August 2010 Exercise 1: Chapter 15, Question 14 (textbook page 424) National income and output are used in economic studies to estimate the value of goods and services produced in an economy—a snapshot of a country’s economic activity. A system of national accounts is employed to account for and record economic changes. National income is calculated using a variety of different methods. Some of the more popular methods include GDP (Gross Domestic Product), GNP (Gross National Product), NNP (Net National Product), NNI (Net National Income) PI (Personal Income) and PDI (Personal Disposable Income), among many others. [ (Investopedia ULC 2010) ] National income statistics provide us with a numerical comparison of one country’s economic situation with another country’s economic situation. Easily economic growth of countries can be compared over time or at a particular snapshot in time. National income accounts also provide government agencies and private businesses with a tool for economic planning and budgeting. What’s more is this information provides a comparison with the standard of living from one country to another. Many issues arise with accounting for the true national income of any country. Certainly there is a concern for double-counting, for example the outputs of one business are the inputs of another business. If both are accounted...
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