que 8 International data show a positive correlation between political stability and economic growth. a. Through what mechanism could political stability lead to strong economic growth? b. Through what mechanism could strong economic growth lead to political stability? Ans 8 a. Political stability could lead to strong economic growth by making the country attractive to investors. The increased investment would raise economic growth. b. Strong economic growth could lead to political stability because
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Mini Case Study-Bethesda Mining Mini-Case Study: Bethesda Mining Company Week 4 Application 2 Jo-Ann Savoie Walden University Finance: Fiscal Leadership in a Global Environment DDBA-8140-2 Dr. Guerman Kornilov March 24‚ 2011 The following Mini-Case on Bethesda Mining Company was taken from the text corporate finance (2010‚ P. 203-204). In order to determine if Bethesda Mine should open‚ a thorough analysis of the payback period‚ profitability
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20K in year one‚ increasing by 15% each year 3) Depreciation Expense = 5K each year 4) Tax Rate = 25% 5) Discount Rate = 10% b. Corporation B: 1) Revenues = 150K in year one‚ increasing by 8% each year 2) Expenses = 60K in year one‚ increasing by 10% each year 3) Depreciation Expense = 10K each year 4) Tax Rate = 25% 5) Discount Rate = 11% You must compute and analyze items (a)
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Chapter 8 SECTION 1 MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS: 1. Psychologists use the term _________ to refer to the ability to store and retrieve information over time. The process of acquiring and using knowledge is called ________. a. learning; perception b. memory; perception c. learning; cognition d. memory; cognition Answer: d; Moderate 2. Psychologists use the term _________ to refer to the ability to store and retrieve information over time. a. learning b. memory c. cognition d. perception Answer:
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regional economic integration can be seen as an attempt to achieve additional gains from the free flow of trade and investment between countries beyond those attainable under international agreements such as the World Trade Organization. The political case for integration is also compelling. Linking neighboring economies and making them increasingly dependent on each other creates incentives for political cooperation between neighboring states. The potential for violent conflict between the states
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Case Study #1 1) In order to calculate the expected return‚ risk premium‚ and standard deviation of the portfolio invested partly in the market and partly in Pioneer‚ we first needed to devise a table with all of the known variables: Table 1 Pioneer Gypsum (X) Market (Y) Expected Return 11.0% 12.5% Standard Dev. 32% 16% Beta 0.65 N/A The calculation of the expected return‚ risk premium and the standard deviation of the portfolio are dependent upon the amount that John wants to invest.
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Mercantilism – colony exists to benefit mother country; Brit gave naval protection Indirect tax – you don’t know you’re taxed Colonies haphazardly placed Prime Minister George Grenville enforced Nav Laws: 1. Imperial trade done on Brit ships w/ ¾ crew British; 2. Only certain goods exported to foreign countries unless they go through Britain; 3. Economic diversification; 4. Colonies a protected market for low price consumer goods Sugar Act- raise tax on molasses; Woolen Act- banned export of
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9/25/12 Chapter 5 Mini-case MIS-589-19217 Armando Gomez II. Central University Suppose you are the network manager for Central University‚ a medium-size university with 13‚000 students. The university has 10 separate colleges (e.g.‚ business‚ arts‚ journalism)‚ 3 of which are relatively large (300 faculty and staff members‚ 2‚000 students‚ and 3 buildings) and 7 of which are relatively small (200 faculty and staff‚ 1‚000 students‚ and 1 building). In addition‚ there are another 2‚000 staff members
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8.1 Skeletal problems of defining states- Antarctica is the only land mass that is not part of a state. Although‚ argentina‚ austrialia‚ chile‚ france‚ uk‚ new Zealand‚ and Norway have all claimed pieces of antartica. Korea: one state or two? – Once a colony of Japan and divided into two occupation zones by the united states and the former soviet union in WW II. Then in 1950‚ came about a south and north korea. Then in 2000 the two governments (north and south) decided to let the familes
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1. The hip joint allows a greater freedom of movement than the shoulder joint. [pic][pic]A) True [pic]B) False Feedback: Correct Feedback: correct Incorrect Feedback: incorrect |Points Earned: |1.0/1.0 | | |Correct Answer(s): |False | [pic] [pic][pic][pic][pic] 2. Which of the following best describes the causes of common forms of arthritis? [pic][pic]A) Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease and osteoarthritis is caused by effects of aging
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