University of Toronto ECO333–Urban Economics Problem Set 2 Due: 24 October 2014 1. Question 2.1 from Brueckner (p. 250) (book available at http://go.utlib.ca/cat/8842730). 2. (a) Suppose the city fathers in a small Midwestern town‚ which was started over 100 years ago as a county seat‚ originally zoned all residential lot sizes in the town to be the same size. All work takes place either at the county seat building on the square in the middle of town or at shops adjacent to the square. Everyone drives
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Problem Set 2 – Strategy I 1. Why do price misreads (or more generally the inability to observe prices with precision) encourage firms to lower prices? [Note: assume all prices are subject to misreads.] Misreads occur when a firm are competing with no information about competitors and assumes that competitors have taken an uncooperative pricing action when in fact they are cooperative. This assumption makes the firm react in an uncooperative manner‚ lowering the price. This asymmetric information
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Week 3 Problem Set Answer the following questions and solve the following problems in the space provided. When you are done‚ save the file in the format flastname_Week_3_Problem_Set.docx‚ where flastname is your first initial and you last name‚ and submit it to the appropriate dropbox. Chapter 7 (pages 225–228): 1. Your brother wants to borrow $10‚000 from you. He has offered to pay you back $12‚000 in a year. If the cost of capital of this investment opportunity is 10%‚ what is its NPV? Should you
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Problem Sets Chapter 5 A1. (Bond valuation) A $1‚000 face value bond has a remaining maturity of 10 years and a required return of 9%. The bond’s coupon rate is 7.4%. What is the fair value of this bond? Calculating PV factor: i= required return = 9% = 0.09 n= 10 years Using Cash Flow of $1000 to calculate present value‚ Cash flow= $1000 PV factor = 1/(1+i)^n = 0.42241 PV = $1000*0.42241= 422.41 Using Coupon Rate to calculate present value of Annuity Cash flow= $1000 * 7.4/100 =
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DeGraaf________________ 15 points Menu item |Number sold |Standard/budgeted portion cost | |A |580 |$4.45 | |B |285 |$6.20 | |C |600 |$4.15 | |D |200 |$6.00 | |E |475 |$5.95 | |F |320 |$7.05 | |G |545 |$6.10 | |H |200 |$6.95 | |Totals |3‚205 | | | | | | |Solve all problems for 2 decimal places (x.xx) | | | |Food sales |$57‚680.30 | | | | | | |1. Food cost $ based on standard cost figures |$17834.75 |(1 pt) | | | | | |2. Food cost % based on standard cost figures |30.92% |(1 pt) | | | | | |3. Contribution margin $ |$39845
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Week 4 Checkpoint March 17‚ 2013 XACC/290 Resource: Ch. 4 of Financial Accounting Complete Exercise BE4-1. Complete Problems 4-2A & 4-3A. BE4-1: |Cash |Net Income | |-$100 |$0 | |-$20 |$0 | |+$1‚300 |$1‚300 | |+$800 |$800 | |-$2‚500 |$0 | |-$600 |$0 | | |
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The assignment for the week is on page 371 number 98. We will be using Pythagorean Theorem‚ quadratic‚ zero factor‚ and compound equation‚ to solve this equation. We will explain step by step to solve how many paces to reach Castle Rock for Ahmed and Vanessa had to accomplish to meet there goal. Ahmed has half of a treasure map‚ which indicates that the treasure is buried in the desert 2x + 6 paces from Castle Rock. Vanessa has the other half of the map. Her half indicates that to find the treasure
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Problem Set Seven Solutions Chapter 9 1. Two car manufacturers‚ Saab and Volvo‚ have fixed costs of $1 billion and constant marginal costs of $10‚000 per car. If Saab produces 50‚000 cars per year and Volvo produces 200‚000‚ calculate the average fixed cost and average total cost for each company. On the basis of these costs‚ which company’s market share should grow in relative terms? Answer: Average total cost is average fixed cost plus marginal cost: ATC = FC/Q + MC. Volvo’s average fixed cost
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Module 3 – Chapter 12 Problem 12-1A Part 1 KAZAAM COMPANY Statement of Cash Flows For Year Ended December 31‚ 2011 Cash flows from operating activities Net income $73‚750 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities Increase in accounts receivable ($49‚625 - $65‚000) (15‚375) Increase in inventory ($252‚500 - $273‚750) (21‚250) Decrease in prepaid expenses ($6‚250 - $5‚375) 875 Decrease in
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or $24‚000 at the end of eight years. Assuming you could earn 11 percent annually‚ which alternative should you choose? If you could earn 12 percent annually‚ would you still choose the same alternative? Answer: I found two answers for the same problems. One is bringing the present value to the future and the other is bringing the future value to the present. In each one of them‚ different solutions were proposed. A. Present Value to the future Option 1: $10‚000 now with 11% interest. $10‚000
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