Discussion Section Principles of Microeconomics Suggested Answers for Problem Set #1 Professor Scholz 1) Portray the following hypothetical data on a two-variable diagram: Enrollment Data: Nowhere U Academic Year 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 Total Enrollment 3000 3100 3200 3300 3400 Enrollment in Economics Courses 300 325 350 375 400 Measure the slope of the resulting line‚ give an algebraic representation of the line‚ and explain what the slope means. Answer: Find the slope of
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Ameritrade: Cost of Capital What factors should Ameritrade Management consider when evaluating the proposed advertising program and technology upgrades? Why? When considering the proposed advertising program and technology upgrades‚ we have to ensure that the project will likely add value to the company‚ so we need to consider the return on investment versus the cost of capital. If the return on investment‚ measured by the net present value and internal rate of return‚ exceeds the cost of capital
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Spring 2010 Ameritrade - Harvard Case Study Background: Ameritrade Holding Corporation is securities brokerage services and technology-based financial services firm from the United States. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Omaha‚ Nebraska. “Ameritrade MERITRADE for self-directed retail investors; TD AMERITRADE Institutional that provides brokerage and custody services; trading platforms that enables research and analysis; a suite of education
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1997‚ Ameritrade has been growing rapidly in sales while maintaining higher than 40% ROE(on average) during 1975-1996. In March 1997‚ Ameritrade filed IPO on NASDAQ (AMTD) and raised $22.5 million. The main purpose of the IPO is to allow the company to continue its growth. Therefore‚ The CEO & chairman‚ Joe Ricketts‚ has approached our firm and eventually retaining our service to help him evaluate his substantial investments in technology and advertising. While the investment is being expected to
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TYPES OF COST AUDIT * Cost Audit to assist Management : The main object of this type of cost audit is to make available accurate‚ relevant and prompt information to management to assist it in taking important managerial decisions. * Cost Audit on behalf of the Government: The government may appoint a cost auditor to conduct cost audit where it is necessary(a) to do so in the opinion of the government under section 233-B of the companies Act‚ 1956; (b) to ascertain correct cost of certain
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Construction assembles residential houses. It uses a job-costing system with two direct-cost categories (direct materials and direct labor) and one indirect-cost pool (assembly support). Direct labor-hours is the allocation base for assembly support costs. In December 2010‚ Amesbury budgets 2011 assembly-support costs to be $8‚300‚000 and 2011 direct labor-hours to be 166‚000. At the end of 2011‚ Amesbury is comparing the costs of several jobs that were started and completed in 2011. Laguna Model
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3/30/13 Cost Es+ma+ng and Control Prof. Omar El-‐Anwar Lecture #7: Cost Control Announcement • If you did not pass in a prerequisite: – Fill a waiver form – We are s+ll discussing the outcome with Derasat 3olya! • HCSS – The password is working fine …! 25-‐Sep-‐12 2 1
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Cost of Raising a Child Have you ever sat down and thought about how much a child costs to raise? If not‚ just think about it for a minute‚ how much it would cost to raise a baby from birth to after high school. For you it’s probably incredibly hard to even try thinking about; not even knowing where to start. Well here it is‚ depending on your income‚ it is going to take an average of $325‚000 to raise a child. (Give or take around $100‚000). When taking in consideration how much it costs to
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business control systems are: Capital Cost this is physical items and property. It is includes anything with life of three years and over. For example this can be lands/buildings‚ Vehicles‚ computers and other equipments. Revenue Costs this covers the costs of day-to day running the business. For example‚ fuels and maintenance of vehicles and equipments. it could also include salaries‚ advertising and promotion materials‚ and insurance. Indirect Cost this is the cost that directly invested or attributed
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by: Q = 5000 - 200P Firm 1 has a unit cost of production c1 equal to 6 whereas firm 2 has a higher unit cost of production c2 equal to 10. a. What is the Bertrand-Nash equilibrium outcome? b. What are the profits for each firm? c. Is this outcome efficient? Answer: (a) At equilibrium‚ assuming that if both firms charge the same price‚ then the firms split the market evenly. (b) The higher cost firm makes zero profit‚ whereas the lower cost firm’s profit is (c) No‚ this
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