BUS/475 BUS475 BUS 475 WEEK 5 Assignment 1

BUS 475 WEEK 5 Assignment 1

Assignment 1

Purpose of Assignment 

Week 5 exposes students to subjects that are intended to whet their appetites for further study in economics. Students will use the theory of consumer choice and the impact of the concepts of asymmetric information, political economy, and behavior economics, to describe how consumers make economic decisions. 

Assignment Steps 

Scenario: You have been asked to assist your organization's marketing department to better understand how consumers make economic decisions. 

Write a 1,050-word analysis including the following: 

  • The impact the theory of consumer choice has on:         
    • Demand curves
    • Higher wages
    • Higher interest rates
  • The role asymmetric information has in many economic transactions.
  • The Condorcet Paradox and Arrow's Impossibility Theorem in the political economy.
  • People are not rational in behavior economics. 

Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources not including your textbook. 

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Theory of Consumer Choice and Frontiers of Microeconomics Grading Guide

 

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Individual Assignment: Theory of Consumer Choice and Frontiers of Microeconomics

 

Purpose of Assignment

Week 5 exposes students to subjects that are intended to whet their appetites for further study in economics. Students will use the theory of consumer choice and the impact of the concepts of asymmetric information, political economy, and behavior economics, to describe how consumers make economic decisions.

Grading Guide

 

Content

Met

Partially Met

Not Met

Comments:

Student’s analysis includes the impact the theory of consumer choice has on:

a. Demand curves

b. Higher wages

c. Higher interest rates

 

 

 

 

Student’s analysis includes the role asymmetric information has in many economic transactions.

 

 

 

 

Student’s analysis includes the Condorcet Paradox and Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem in the political economy.

 

 

 

 

Student includes analysis about people not being rational in behavior economics.

 

 

 

 

The paper is 1,050 words in length.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Available

Total Earned

 

 

 

10

#/10

 

 

 

Writing Guidelines

Met

Partially Met

Not Met

Comments:

The paper—including tables and graphs, headings, title page, and reference page—is consistent with APA formatting guidelines and meets course-level requirements.

 

 

 

 

Intellectual property is recognized with in-text citations and a reference page.

 

 

 

 

Paragraph and sentence transitions are present, logical, and maintain the flow throughout the paper.

 

 

 

 

Sentences are complete, clear, and concise.

 

 

 

 

Rules of grammar and usage are followed including spelling and punctuation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Available

Total Earned

 

 

 

3

#/3

 

 

 

Assignment Total

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13

#/13

 

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