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### Will the price of gasoline likely hit five dollars per gallon after the COVID-19 crisis is over?

I am wondering if it is likely that the price of gasoline will spike up to five dollars (or more) per gallon after the COVID-19 crisis is over because oil and gas companies will want to make up for ...
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### How to derive and draw phase diagrams: Ramsey-Cass Koopmans model

I am confused by how to construct phase diagrams. For instance, I have been given the following two equations from the Ramsey model: \begin{align*} \frac{\dot C}{C}=&\frac{1}{\gamma} (F_K(K) - \...
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### Does elasticity vary along the Demand/Supply curve or is it a summary statistic of a curve?

I know that the Demand curve has elastic and inelastic regions but when we say horizontal demand/supply curves are elastic or vertical curves are inelastic, in that case, does the elasticity still ...
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### What is the economic sense in multiplying standard deviation by the root of the sample size?

I found an example when a so-called volatility index is calculated by multiplication of a sample standard deviation by the ...
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### Are there any studies that examine the relationship between welfare spending and unemployment?

Basically I want to know if there are any studies that examine whether or not people on welfare are disincentivised to work, or if they are "trapped" by welfare.
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### Why the treasury is buying back its treasury securities during the coronavirus economic crisis?

I have read today that the treasury of my home country (not the US) started to buy back a significant amount of its Treasury securities (bonds, notes ...) from their owners. My question is what ...
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### what can shift the inelastic demand curve?

Will the inelastic demand curve shift to the right if income increase? What can cause a shift of the inelastic demand curve?