QUESTION 15 The United Kingdoms of Dempsania, produces two goods, Single (S) and Double (D) rainbows....
QUESTION 15 The United Kingdoms of Dempsania, produces two goods, Single (S) and Double (D) rainbows. The price and quantities for the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 ate as follow: Year PD QD PS QS 2015 6 200 4 400 2016 9 240 6 480 2017 12 264 8 528 Note: all answers should be rounded to the closest integer, i.e. 33.3 = 33 and 66.6 = 67 What is the growth rate in Nominal output for 2016., base year...
Macro events only are reflected in the performance of the market portfolio because: A) The market...
Macro events only are reflected in the performance of the market portfolio because: A) The market portfolio contains only risk-free securities B) Only macro events are tracked by economists C) The unique risks have been diversified away D) The firm-specific events would be too numerous to quantify
Welling Inc. has a target debt–equity ratio of 0.78. Its WACC is 9.7%, and the tax...
Welling Inc. has a target debt–equity ratio of 0.78. Its WACC is 9.7%, and the tax rate is 35%. a. If the company’s cost of equity is 14%, what is its pre-tax cost of debt? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round the final answer to 2 decimal places.) Cost of debt             % b. If instead you know that the after-tax cost of debt is 6.8%, what is the cost of equity? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round the final...
QUESTION 1 For a nation to have ________ in producing a good it must have a...
QUESTION 1 For a nation to have ________ in producing a good it must have a lower opportunity cost of producing that good than the other country. A. an absolute advantage B. an autarky advantage C. a comparative advantage D. both a comparative advantage and an absolute advantage 4 points    QUESTION 2 The relative amounts of the goods that will be exchanged for each other in trade refers to the nations' A. autarky status. B. terms of trade. C....
Before her death, Melanie McCarthy had written and sent or otherwise delivered nine $3,000 checks intended...
Before her death, Melanie McCarthy had written and sent or otherwise delivered nine $3,000 checks intended as gifts to various relatives. None of the checks had been cashed prior to Melanie's death. Melanie's son, Daniel, who was one of the administrators of her estate, claimed that the Internal Revenue Service should not levy taxes on the $27,000 still in Melanie's account to cover these checks, because the checks were completed gifts. Is he right? Why or why not?
CDRW is evaluating an inventory financing arrangement with DVD banks. CDRW estimates an average monthly inventory...
CDRW is evaluating an inventory financing arrangement with DVD banks. CDRW estimates an average monthly inventory balance of $800,000. DVD Bank is offering a 12 percent APR loan on 75% of the value of the inventory. DVD's inventory storage and evaluation fees will be 1 percent a month on the total value of the inventory. What is the annual effective rate of the inventory loan?
An engineer is comparing voltages for two types of batteries (K and Q) using a sample...
An engineer is comparing voltages for two types of batteries (K and Q) using a sample of 8484 type K batteries and a sample of 6666 type Q batteries. The type K batteries have a mean voltage of 8.698.69, and the population standard deviation is known to be 0.1240.124. The type Q batteries have a mean voltage of 8.808.80, and the population standard deviation is known to be 0.6200.620. Conduct a hypothesis test for the conjecture that the mean voltage...
A. What mass of carbon dioxide is present in 1.00 m3 of dry air at a...
A. What mass of carbon dioxide is present in 1.00 m3 of dry air at a temperature of 15 ∘C and a pressure of 703 torr ? Express your answer with the appropriate units. B. Calculate the mass percentage of oxygen in dry air. Express your answer with the appropriate units.
Retained earnings will change from time to time due to several factors. What factors will explain...
Retained earnings will change from time to time due to several factors. What factors will explain the increase in retained earnings?
Solve using both ICE table and approx method A2B ⇌ 2A +B Kc=.00145 assume all to...
Solve using both ICE table and approx method A2B ⇌ 2A +B Kc=.00145 assume all to be gas A2B to be .326 Moles
Two polluting firms emit 200 tons of SO2 each, with Marginal Abatement Costs given by MAC1=...
Two polluting firms emit 200 tons of SO2 each, with Marginal Abatement Costs given by MAC1= 2X1 and MAC2= 3X2, respectively. Xi represents the level of abatement for each firm i, in tons. The government wants to reduce total SO2 emissions by 30% and decides to impose a uniform cap on emissions, with each firm receiving 140 allowances for free (firms don’t pay for allowance). a) In a first moment assume polluters are not allowed to trade, so each firm...
When someone perceives a dividend dollar differently than a capital gains dollar, which cognitive bias are...
When someone perceives a dividend dollar differently than a capital gains dollar, which cognitive bias are they experiencing?
suppose you obtain a 30-year annuity mortgage of $329000 that you pay for in monthly installments...
suppose you obtain a 30-year annuity mortgage of $329000 that you pay for in monthly installments at a quoted yearly rate of 7.5 per cent. what will your loan balance be at the end of the first 15 years of monthly payments? The answer must be $248,153.73. But how do you calculate this?
A paired difference experiment yielded ??nD pairs of observations. In each case described below, what is...
A paired difference experiment yielded ??nD pairs of observations. In each case described below, what is the rejection region for testing ?0: ?=2 against ??: ? > 2? Use ??=10. (a)    ??=49, ?=0.04 ?> (b)    ??=9, ?=0.06 ?> (c)    ??=13, ?=0.07 ?>
Problem 16-8 The information below pertains to Vaughn Company for 2018. Net income for the year...
Problem 16-8 The information below pertains to Vaughn Company for 2018. Net income for the year $1,230,000 8% convertible bonds issued at par ($1,000 per bond); each bond is convertible into     30 shares of common stock 2,090,000 6% convertible, cumulative preferred stock, $100 par value; each share is convertible      into 3 shares of common stock 3,830,000 Common stock, $10 par value 6,110,000 Tax rate for 2018 40% Average market price of common stock $25 per share There were no...
1. A firm currently has 1,000,000 in total capital with 20% debt and no preferred stock....
1. A firm currently has 1,000,000 in total capital with 20% debt and no preferred stock. They pay 8% interest on debt, have a 250,000 EBIT and have 34% corporate tax rate. From the company's perspective, what's the cash flow to shareholders? a. 146,520 b. 154,440 c. 170,440 d. 174,520 2. A firm currently has 1,000,000 in total capital with 20% debt and no preferred stock. They pay 8% interest on debt, have 250,000 EBIT and have 24% corporate tax...
Use the Normal model ​N(1174​,75​) for the weights of steers. ​a) What weight represents the 43rd...
Use the Normal model ​N(1174​,75​) for the weights of steers. ​a) What weight represents the 43rd ​percentile? ​b) What weight represents the 98th ​percentile? ​c) What's the IQR of the weights of these​ steers?
Let’s return to Fredonia Brewery, the monopoly beer producer in Nacogdoches. Suppose again that the pandemic,...
Let’s return to Fredonia Brewery, the monopoly beer producer in Nacogdoches. Suppose again that the pandemic, followed by a plague, followed by a zombie apocalypse has left Nacogdoches completely isolated from the rest of the world. Demand for beer faced by Fredonia is P = 15 − 0.33Q, and the marginal and average cost of brewing and bottling beer is $1 per bottle. (a) Find the profit maximizing price and quantity of beer; also find the consumer surplus and the...
Use the following information for the next four (4) questions. Bel Air Company provided the following...
Use the following information for the next four (4) questions. Bel Air Company provided the following data for the current year: Sales - 10,000,000 Cost of goods sold-5,300,000 Operating Expense- 3,800,000 December 31 January 1 Preparing operating expense 1,000,000 700,000 Accounts Payable 1,350,000 1,200,000 Inventory 2,500,000 2,100,000 Accounts receivable 1,400,000 1,375,000 1. How much was the collections from sales? 2. What amount was paid to suppliers? 3. How much was paid for operating expense? 4. How much is the cash...
A U.S. investor can borrow 1,000,000 or 500,000 GBP. The spot rate is $2.00/GBP, the one...
A U.S. investor can borrow 1,000,000 or 500,000 GBP. The spot rate is $2.00/GBP, the one year forward rate is $2.02/GBP. The U.S. one year interest rate is 14% and the one year British interest rate is 12%. Determine if there is a covered interest rate arbitrage opportunity, and if so, clearly show each step involved in the arbitrage opportunity. Show the total dollar profit. If you determined that there is no arbitrage opportunity, describe why you made that decision.