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Stay on top of your academic responsibilities with our upcoming class schedule. Homework #9 is due Wednesday, accompanied by Quiz #4 on the same day. Don’t forget to submit the group outline today by 5 PM. Mark your calendars for Exam #4 on November 20th, and prepare for Homework #10 afterwards. Group presentations are scheduled for December 2nd and 4th, divided into two sessions for different groups. Make sure you’re ready to engage in discussions and submit all assignments on time!
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Upcoming in Class • Homework #9 Due Wednesday • Quiz #4 Wednesday • Group Outline Due today by 5pm • Exam #4 – Nov. 20th • Homework #10 • Group Presentations – Dec. 2 & 4 • Groups 1,2,3 – Dec. 2nd • Groups 4,5,6 – Dec. 4th
Homework 9 • Read “Bye, Bye Bison” by Daniel Benjamin. Explain the change in property rights that allowed the bison population to recover.
Homework 9 • Open-access regulations (permits, taxes, technology restrictions) and limited-entry regulations(ITQs, private ownership) are both intended to reduce the problems that result from unregulated open access to a fishery. However, economists argue that limited-access regulations are preferred to open-access regulations on efficiency grounds. Explain why.
Homework 9 • Explain why the characteristics of timber make it both an output and capital good.
Homework 9 • Graph the growth curve of timber. What the factors that affect this growth curve?
Homework 9 • Explain the criterion used to determine the optimal age to harvest a stand of trees.
How do the following affect the optimal harvest age? Increase in planting costs. Increase in harvesting costs A per-unit tax levied on each cubic foot of timber.
Harvesting costs’ affect on the Optimal Age of Harvest • Harvesting costs are discounted and are proportional to the amount of timber harvested. • The net benefit of a unit of wood harvested at any age is the price of the wood minus the marginal cost of that unit. • A tax levied on each cubic foot of wood harvested would simply raise the marginal cost of harvesting by the amount of the tax.
Upcoming in Class • Homework #9 Due Wednesday • Quiz #4 Wednesday • Group Outline Due today by 5pm • Exam #4 – Nov. 20th • Homework #10 • Group Presentations – Dec. 2 & 4 • Groups 1,2,3 – Dec. 2nd • Groups 4,5,6 – Dec. 4th