Test Version A SEMESTER I EXAMINATIONS Mid-Term Assessment ECON 30110 Microeconomics II Time Allowed: 50 minutes Instructions for Candidates This exam counts for 30% of the Module Grade. All questions carry equal marks. Note there is NO negative marking Correct answer is worth 1 mark. No answer or more than one answer‚ will both receive a 0 mark. Incorrect answer will receive a 0 mark. Attempt all 20 questions. Shade in the box in the appropriate space with
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Managerial Finance – Problem Review Set – Capital Structure and Leverage 1) If a firm utilizes debt financing‚ an X% decline in earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) will result in a decline in earnings per share that is larger than X. a. True b. False 2) Firm A has a higher degree of business risk than Firm B. Firm A can offset this by using less financial leverage. Therefore‚ the variability of both firms ’ expected EBITs could
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Sauder School of Business Finance Division COMM 371 Sep-Dec 2011 Gonzalo Morales Marked Problem Set 2 - Solution Notes 1. First‚ compute the correlation coefficient between assets A and B ρ(RA ‚ RB ) = Cov (RA ‚ RB ) −0.0322 = = −1. σ (RA )σ (RB ) 0.14 × 0.23 The assets are perfectly negatively correlated. Consider portfolio P formed from assets A and B such that you invest α fraction of your wealth into A and (1 − α) fraction into B. The variance of such portfolio is σ (RP
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Chapter 15: Review Questions and Problems 1 & 6 What are the alleged advantages of a fixed over a flexible exchange rate system? Fixed rates has a smaller degree of uncertainty than flexible rates. Fixed has more stability and less inflation that flexible exchange rates system. Fixed rates have less fluctuation that flexible exchange rates if we were to compare them both. Fixed rates have a greater degree of fixity which helps to fight against inflation. How do advocates of flexible exchange rates
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Problem Set 1 Name:______________________ Problem Set 1 is to be completed by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module/Week 2. 1. Based on the information provided for the market for video games‚ answer the following questions. PRICE Q DEMANDED Q SUPPLIED $50 5 9 $45 7 7 $40 9 5 $35 11 3 $30 13 1 a) Draw and properly label the demand and supply graphs (this means you must label the axes and any lines you include on the graph). b) What is the equilibrium price and quantity? b.) PRICE:
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1. Solution of ‘what to produce’: What to produce means what commodities and what quantity of each chosen commodities will be produced and in what quantity is decided by what buyers prefer to buy. The preference of the buyers affects equilibrium prices of goods. The equilibrium prices serve as guide to firms to decide which commodities and what quantity of different goods is produced. In a free market economy firms want to maximize profits. Those commodities will be produced more whose demand is
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Chap 17‚ Prob B1 A. Bixton’s objective is to achieve a credit standing that falls‚ in the words of the chief financial officer‚ “comfortably within the ‘A’ range.” What target range would you recommend for each of the three credit measures? To remain within the ’A’ range the following is recommended Fixed Charge Coverage 3.00–4.30 Funds From Operations/Total Debt 45%–65% Long-Term Debt/Capitalization 22%-32% So to be comfortably within the range A the company should try to maintain
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dissimilarity in performance or judgment by noting that the two parties regularly have different goals and‚ independent of their respective goals‚ may have unusual manner toward threat. In another words‚ it can be also say as branch of financial economics that looks at clash of interest between people with different interests in the same asset. Agency speculation is infrequently of direct significance to portfolio investment judgment. It is used to by financial economists to form very imperative
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MBA 504 MAC 502 Spreadsheet Modeling Assignment #8 Prof. Liz Durango-Cohen The data needed for this problem set is contained in worksheet “MBA_504_MAC_502_Problem_Set_#8_F14.xls” Problem 1: Writer’s Edge is a seller of fine fountain pens. The company has found that‚ in spite of the growth in online buying‚ its catalog business is still quite strong. With the holiday season coming Writer’s Edge is planning to run a new direct mail campaign. Relevant information includes: The cost
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time to send everyone a survey and then process the results. 2. Contacting whole population is costly. Same example of California residents‚ it will be very costly to send by mail a survey to all residents and then process millions of responses. 3. Checking all population is physically impossible. If the population is infinite like the water at California shores‚ its is impossible to check the bacteria levels for all the water on California shores. 4. Some tests are destructive to the population
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