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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
(ECON 1086‐ RMIT, Australia)
(ECON 1269‐ RMIT, Vietnam)
(ECON 1089‐ SIM, Singapore)
Information on ASSIGNMENT 2
PLEASE CHECK RMIT/SIM BLACBOARD FOR RELEVANT DUE DATE; IT IS
UP TO YOU TO FIND THESE OUT.
Instructions for submission:
1. Click on Assessment tasks on BlackBoard.
2. Click on Assignment 2. It is in red.
3. Scroll down to Assignment Submission.
4. Attach your file by clicking on “Browse My Computer”.
To answer the questions 1 and 3, first get the data and follow these steps.
1. Questions 1 and 3 require you to obtain data from Brazil and El Salvador.
2. In addition to the variables you obtained from the World Bank in doing
Assignment 1,1 also obtain GINI index (World Bank estimate) from the World
Bank’s World Development Indicators for the years 1995-2012.
(http://databank.worldbank.org/data/reports.aspx?source=world-developmentindicators). [Note that if your browser (such as Google) does not open the
webpage, try a different browser (such as Internet Explorer)]
3. Note that the GINI Coefficient is an index and not measured as a currency.
4. Note some observations may be missing for some years for GINI index. That is
still OK, continue to select all years (including the missing ones) to do your
calculations.
5. DO NOT attach Excel files to the assignment.
1 These were country-level data on imports of goods and services (in current US$), exports of goods and
services (in current US$), GDP at market prices (in current US$) and GDP per capita (in current US$).
International Trade Assignments Page 2
Assignment 2 (25% of your final grade)
Check BLACKBOARD for due dates.
*** Follow the instructions above on how to get the data.
*** Read Chapters 1, 2 and 6 of the textbook very carefully.
1. Using data from Brazil and El Salvador, calculate the correlation coefficient
(using CORREL command in excel) between Openness and the GINI Index for
each nation. Report and interpret this relationship in up to 100 words. [Hint: the
GINI is often used as a proxy for the ratio of skilled to unskilled wages in
empirical studies]. (5 marks)
2. Using a diagram for substitutable inputs case, explain in up to 100 words the
Stolper-Samuelson theorem. (5 marks)
3. Assume that both Brazil and El Salvador are unskilled-labour abundant countries.
Based on your findings in Question 1, explain in up to 100 words whether your
data agree or disagree with the Stolper-Samuelson theorem. (5 marks)
4. Consider the Ricardian model given in Question 3 of Assignment 1.
(a) Derive the relative demand curve relating the relative demand for Wallet to
the relative price of Wallet. Do this algebraically, and then show what the
curve looks like in a diagram (put the relative price of Wallet on the vertical
axis and the relative quantity of Wallet on the horizontal axis). (2 marks)
(b) Derive the world relative supply curve of Wallet. (2 marks)
(c) Put in the same figure the relative demand curve for Wallet that you found in
part (a) and the world relative supply curve of Wallet that you found in part
(b). Determine the equilibrium relative price of Wallet and the equilibrium
relative quantity of Wallet under free trade. (2 marks)
(d) Under free trade, which country produces which good(s)? How many units?
(2 marks)
(e) Who gains from trade? Who loses from trade? State labours’ stance towards
free trade in each country. (2 marks)

 

Read and answer questions:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/heat/

 

We tend to think of the issue of climactic change due to human activity in one of two ways:
1) Either climactic change is happening or it is not really happening.
2) If it is happening and we are the cause of the problem then if we stop acting as causes of global warming then the global climactic changes will return

to normal.
The first proposition is not accepted anywhere in the established scientific community. Even Exxon Mobile and Chevron representatives have come out in the

last few years affirming that global climactic change is happening and it is due to human activity. Fossil fuel consumption in the forms of oil, coal and

natural gas along with methane production from industrialized livestock production are causing climactic change. But if we accept proposition #2 then it

should follow that were we to change our behaviors and rearrange our industries then that will avert the dramatic changes scientists are now predicting.

If, at this point, we can’t do anything about climate change EXCEPT experience its effects then does it make sense to make any changes in the ways we are

living our lives? If ethics is an area of philosophy concerned with things human beings can actually do something about then is global warming even an

ethical issue anymore?

From an educator’s perspective, provide an overview of the LGBTQ population. Write about how to support LGBTQ populations in the fields of health, education, and psychology. Give specific examples to illustrate your commitment/interest in research, practice, and competency issues surrounding the LGBTQ community.

It is important for HRM professionals to keep up on the HRM field. In this SLP assignment, you will be investigating an HRM practitioner

publication, TD (Talent Development) (. It is the main publication of the Association for Talent Development (ATD)—a well-known professional

association dedicated to professionals in employee training and development.
Select threearticles published in this magazine within the past three years—specifically addressing the following:
Article 1: What is Talent Development and how does it relate to employee job performance and the management of employee skills? What main

points does the author (or authors) make in Article 1? Do you agree? Why or why not?
Article 2: Select an article focusing on talent development and change management. What main points does the author (or authors) make in the

second article you selected? Do you agree? Why or why not?
Article 3: Select an article that discusses some aspect of organizational development. What main points does the author (or authors) make in

the third article you selected? Do you agree? Why or why not?
In your 3- to 4-page submission (not counting the cover page or the References page), be sure to provide the citation to each magazine article.

Also include the three sources in the References section.

Changing Needs of Consumers: Epidemiological Trends
Refer to “Terrorism Preparedness” in your assigned readings. According to the article, identify what local, county, and state assets you feel

need to be in place as an answer to counterterrorism preparedness and why.

Create a job advertisement (1 page for each job), for a job you wish to apply for in your field of study. Think of it as “dream job.” Based your ad on the information presented in the Week 5 brochure.
Create a job advertisement for your first job. Consider the company, what your function entailed, the pluses and minuses of the job. (SEE BELOW)

One-half page summary of the YouTube video: In format that Follows: (A) Title of the YouTube Video. (B) author and date of the YouTube video. (c) an

explanation of how the YouTube video relates to these Subjects: 1/ Strategic marketing: Planning. 2/ Thrive in the marketing: Environment. 3/

Marketing research: Gather, Analyze, and used information. 4/ Consumer behavior: How and why we buy. Pick any Marketing YouTube video that relates

to the 4 subjects above and write a Summary of One-half page.

Game theory is “the study of mathematical models of conflict and cooperation between intelligent rational decision-makers (Myerson, p. 1). ” Game theory applies to a wide range of behavioral relations and is used in the science of logical decision making. After reviewing the materials this week, do you think game theory can help you better understand a company’s competitive external environment? Why or why not?

Myerson, Roger B. (1991). Game Theory: Analysis of Conflict, Harvard University Press.

Subject: Business integration and strategic training

Write a 2 page analysis of: Harriet Jacobs Recounts Sexual Dangers for Enslaved Girls and Women

– the document can be found in your book Chapter 7, Document 3. Page 164

This assignment is not about re-telling me what we have covered in class nor is it to summarize what she states. I expect you to use your

critical thinking skills to develop a clear and focused analysis of the document and to contextualize it.

Some guidance:
Read the document carefully and write notes as you do so. Underline ideas, themes and subjects that look familiar to you. Refer to the

PowerPoints for help if you need.

Here are a few questions to consider as you read. These questions should help you pull some ideas out.
Who wrote the document?
What type of document is it?
Why was the document written and for what audience? Under what circumstances was it composed?
What material in the document is believable, and what is not?
What might historians learn from this document?
What can the document tell us about the individual who produced it and the society from which he or she came?

Guidelines
Minimum 2 pages typed. Max 5 pages
Times New Roman 12 point font
Double space and staple your paper

 

The APA Style mini research essays consist of (Basic Requirements):

a title page, with the student number (not the name of the student) where the student’s name was supposed to appear;
no abstract needed;
pages numbered;
the body (written part of your own work) is to be between 1000-3000 words
with the required APA format citations listed for at least each paragraph of your paper, but given for any change of idea that belongs to another person; and
finally, a separate reference page in EXACT APA Publication Manual, 6th format.
Five scholarly, peer-reviewed references that are cited in text and in the reference section.
This is required for all five of your exam questions (and rewrites). The answers should not deviate from the topic of the question, and they should be concise and organized. Because the graders are looking for certain concepts to be addressed, the student should write exclusively and exhaustively about only the topic. Each essay assignment may have more than one question. Each question should be answered in detail. Missing questions will result in missing points.

 

FORMAT OF A RESEARCH ESSAY

First, answers should be written with clarity and preciseness. Literary elegance is not required or recommended. The graders are looking for certain concepts key to their own disciplines. The student’s knowledge base is the main concept and the main idea questioned by the graders. They are also looking for coherent, grammatically correct, English language skills.
Writing and grammar skills should follow the APA Publication Manual, 6th Ed. Please Pay special attention to the following problems that prior students have shown issues with. The mastery of these writing skills should appear in the discussion board too. The discussion board is a segment of your research essay. Grammatical and punctuation issues include (in no particular order — these are just what I have found as common mistakes pertaining to grammar and punctuation in the student papers, which lost points from the graders):
No “you, me, I, we, us, etc.is allowed in an APA style research paper. These essays are APA research papers (When you use YOU, You are writing to your reader. Therefore, YOU are, in essence, blaming the reader to telling YOUR GRADERS why they should not beat their kids! Not the best way to win a battle!)
Subject/ pronoun agreement and subject /verb agreement. As in, a singular noun should have a singular verb and a singular pronoun. For example “The criminal was arrested and their fingerprints was taken”. Do you see the problems?
Correct capitalization (Amendments and Constitution are capitalized – APA titles in reference page are not.
No questions are allowed in APA. This mark, ?, should never be seen in APA.
Do not use any semicolons. APA only allows the use of semicolons in a few ways. Don’t risk points for the use of a semicolon!
All mention of people should only by the last name per APA rules. Never have a first name in the paper.
Never state anything in the first person. A student is sure to use an I or you if this is done!
The article or book titles are never in the body of the paper. If someone wants to know the title of the article, he will look it up in the references.
No conjunctions within a paper (can’t, won’t shouldn’t).
Watch for run-on sentences. Make sure that all compound sentences have commas before the conjoining word and there are a subject and a verb to each independent clause.
On that note, fragments abound when run-on sentences are found. Watch your subject and verb use. If you have one, you should have the other.
Times New Roman 12 font, Double Spaced, with one-inch margins is the only way to submit in APA as of the 6th Edition of the Publication Manual.
No bullets or numbering are allowed. Students must write out in paragraph form. This is not “illegal” in APA. However, the graders have shown that they do not like bullets. The students who used bullets failed the papers because they did not show the grader adequate knowledge base of the subject. Tables are fine if they are correctly cited and appropriate. However, the table does not add to the body of paper word count lower limit.
Prepositions are great. But, you need to make sure that all prepositional phrases at the beginning of the sentence are set apart from the rest of the sentence by a comma.
Oxford commas are required (i.e., a comma before conjoining word when conjoining three or more things).
Dangling modifiers can be murder! Don’t have a dangling modifier. If you do, the grader will not know what you are talking about.
No colloquialisms, slang, or jargon allowed in an APA paper. See page 68 of the APA Publication Manual for more information on this topic.
Anthropomorphism (giving human verbs to inanimate objects) is not allowed in APA. It is also confusing to the reader.
A poorly written paper will be downgraded substantially, regardless of its content. Do not lose points for basic issues.