job in order to search for a better job would be classified as frictionally unemployed‚ but in certain situations depending on the status of the employer‚ this person could seem to have become cyclically unemployed. Unemployment is an economic problem because of the concept of opportunity cost. The GDP gap is the difference between what the economy could produce at its potential GDP and what it is producing. The consequence of a negative GDP gap is that what is not
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INTERCOASTAL ELECTRONICS BUDGETING PROCESS 1. Sales budget: 2011 December $400‚000 100‚000 300‚000 January $440‚000 110‚000 330‚000 February $484‚000 121‚000 363‚000 2012 March $532‚400 133‚100 399‚300 First Quarter $1‚456‚400 364‚100 1‚092‚300 Total sales........................ Cash sales* ...................... Sales on account† ........... *25% of total sales. †75% of total sales. 2. Cash receipts budget: 2012 January $110‚000 33‚000 270‚000 $413‚000 February $121‚000 36‚300 297‚000 $454
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Sure enough‚ we have all heard before how stress can actually drive people out of procrastination and inertia‚ and into achieving results. But‚ did you know that this claim only works if the pressure remains at a moderate amount? During the exams‚ it is easy for stress levels in children to escalate and spiral out of control as they might not know how to burn it off‚ except during play which they are going to get less of. Soon enough‚ you will find your kids suffering from weakened immune systems
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Lillian Flloyd Economics 214-D16 March 27‚ 2013 Liberty University Bulls‚ Bear‚ and Golden Calves Chapter Two: Me‚ Myself‚ and Why 1. What is the difference between self-interest and selfishness? Why is this distinction important when considering the competitive market economy as appropriate for society? Self-interest is looking out for your best interest and finding the best possible alternatives that will benefit yourself in the business world. Selfishness is putting
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Chapter 17‚ Problem B1 A. To remain comfortably within the ‘A’ range‚ the firm should avoid the lower of each scale. Fixed Charge Coverage = 3.40 – 4.30 (Scale 3.00 – 4.30) Total Debt = 55 – 65 (45 - 65) Long-Term Debt = 25 – 32 (22 – 32) B. Other factors to consider include net present value (NPV)‚ foreign tax credits‚ and the price of stock. C. Bixton must resolve the research and development‚ and foreign tax credits. The target ranges listed are suitable only for a debt shield. Lenders
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Prof. Gustavo Indart Department of Economics University of Toronto ECO 100Y INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS Problem Set 1 1. Labour is the only resource in an economy with the following maximum production possibilities. (The graph is drawn as a curve rather than points under the assumption that opportunity cost is constant between options.) Option 1 2 3 4 a) b) c) d) e) f) Clothes (Tons) 50 40 20 0 Food (Tons) 0 30 70 100 What is the opportunity cost of increasing Clothes production from 20 to 40
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Carleton University Department of Economics ECON 1000 A – Introduction to Economics 2012 Summer Session (May 7 to August 15) Instructor: Brian Glabb Office: A-808 Loeb Office Hours: By Appointment E-mail: bglabb@rogers.com Objectives: This course provides an introduction to the discipline of economics‚ covering microeconomics and macroeconomics. It focuses on economic principles and concepts as well as on applications. Economic analysis is applied to a variety of contemporary
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MIT Sloan Finance Problems and Solutions Collection Finance Theory I Part 1 Andrew W. Lo and Jiang Wang Fall 2008 (For Course Use Only. All Rights Reserved.) Acknowledgements The problems in this collection are drawn from problem sets and exams used in Finance Theory I at Sloan over the years. They are created by many instructors of the course‚ including (but not limited to) Utpal Bhattacharya‚ Leonid Kogan‚ Gustavo Manso‚ Stew Myers‚ Anna Pavlova‚ Dimitri Vayanos and Jiang Wang. Contents 1
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Chapter 9‚ Problem 17 Jack Hammer invests in a stock that will pay dividends of $2.00 at the end of the first year; $2.20 at the end of the second year; and $2.40 at the end of the third year. Also‚ he believes that at the end of the third year he will be able to sell the stock for $33. What is the present value of all future benefits if a discount rate of 11 percent is applied? (Round all values to two places to the right of the decimal point.) Present value of a single amount PV = FV x PVIF
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UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO Joseph L. Rotman School of Management RSM332 PROBLEM SET #2 SOLUTIONS 1. (a) Expected returns are: E[RA ] = 0.3 × 0.07 + 0.4 × 0.06 + 0.3 × (−0.08) = 0.021 = 2.1%‚ E[RB ] = 0.3 × 0.14 + 0.4 × (−0.04) + 0.3 × 0.08 = 0.05 = 5%. Variances are: 2 σA = 0.3 × (0.07)2 + 0.4 × (0.06)2 + 0.3 × (0.08)2 − (0.021)2 = 0.004389‚ 2 σB = 0.3 × (0.14)2 + 0.4 × (0.04)2 + 0.3 × (0.08)2 − (0.05)2 = 0.00594. Standard deviations are: √ 0.004389 = 6.625%‚ σA = √ 0.00594 =
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