Explain how the law of diminishing returns and returns to scale affect a firm’s cost of production (20 Marks) The law of diminishing returns exist when increasing quantities of a variable input are combined with a fixed input‚ which eventually leads to the marginal product and the average product of that variable input will decline. Diminishing returns can affect a firms cost of production negatively in the short run. An example of this is that a business had 2 factors of production; Capital‚ which
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Nguyen Duc Thuan ID: 1349672 FIN 3331 – Risk & Return Assignment 1. Answers: The expected return of this stock is: E[RJ] = 0.2(12%) + 0.35(18%) + 0.3(-10%) + 0.15(10%) = 7.2% The standard deviation is: 2J = 0.2(0.12 – 0.072)2 + 0.35(0.18 – 0.072)2 + 0.3(-0.1 – 0.072)2 + 0.15(0.1 – 0.072)2 = 0.0135 J = = 11.63% 2. Answers: The average return and standard deviation of Large co. stock return is: Sum of Large co. stock = -14.69 – 26.47 + 37.23 + 23.93 – 7.16 + 6.57 = 19.41 Mean = Sum/N
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000 1.1047 155‚218.6 0.10 12 1 10.47% 3. Hughes Co. is growing quickly. Dividends are expected to grow at a 25 percent rate for the next three years‚ with the growth rate falling off to a constant 7 percent after that. If the required rate of return is 12%‚ and the company has just paid a $2.40 dividend‚ what is the current share price? 1 2 3 4 3 1.12 3.75 1.12 2.40 1.25 3 3 1.25 3.75 3.75 1.25 4.69 4.69 1.07 5.02 5.02 0.12 0.07 1 1.12 80.5 4.69 1.12 4. The Morgan Corporation has two different
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-$2‚000‚000 | 1 | 500‚000 | | 2 | 500‚000 | | 3 | 500‚000 | | 4 | 500‚000 | | 5 | 500‚000 | | 6 | 500‚000 | | 7 | 500‚000 | 5‚650‚000 | a. Compute the NPV and IRR for the above two projects‚ assuming a 13% required rate of return. b. Discuss the ranking conflict. c. What decision should be made regarding these two projects? Answer: a. NPV of A = $211‚305 NPV of B = $401‚592.64 IRR of A = 16.33% IRR of B = 15.99% b. The later cash flow of B causes
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Return on Investment In Information Technology: A Guide for Managers Anthony M. Cresswell Center for Technology in Government University at Albany‚ SUNY 187 Wolf Road‚ Suite 301 Albany‚ NY 12205 Phone: (518) 442-3892 Fax: (518) 442-3886 E-mail: info@ctg.albany.edu www.ctg.albany.edu August 2004 ©2004 Center for Technology in Government The Center grants permission to reprint this document provided this cover page is included. CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY IN GOVERNMENT—RETURN ON INVESTMENT
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[Abstract]: The Return of the Native is one of Thomas Hardy ’s "Novels of Character and Environment". This paper mainly deals with the conflict between the main characters in the novel and the "Environment"----Egdon Heath‚ especially the conflict between Eustacia and the Heath. The Heath as a physical object is described as "inviolate"‚ untouchable and unalterable by man‚ as a symbol it is highly flexible: it becomes what the various characters want to make of it. It is ugly for Eustacia‚ beautiful
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a . O ne‚ do you think thin - slab casting will be a profitable i nvestment? There is a spreadsheet available for download along w ith this project that will help you m ake a n a ss essm ent. This s preadsheet calculates the internal rate of return (IRR) of the new p roject using cash flow projections. The projections are based on a ssum ptions detailed in the notes below the m ain spr eadsheet. O nce you download t he spreadsheet‚ you can exp erim ent with d ifferent
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Return on Investment (ROI) and Total Cost of Ownership: A Comparison Introduction When a business decision is made to make an investment‚ the need for metrics arises to decide the profitability of the investment. These metrics can be measured before an investment is made to gain an insight into expected returns or they can be measured at regular intervals‚ (quarterly or yearly) to analyse the profitability of the investment. There are quite a few metrics that are used to calculate profitability
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Total Cost of Ownership: This is defined as the an approach for measuring financial returns which involves consideration of all the additional costs required to support and maintain the item purchased for its full useful life and adding such costs to the purchase price (Reh‚ n.d). Calculating TCO No general formula for calculating TCO exist the general principle is Purchase Costs + All other additional costs. In IT investments some additional costs might be cost of maintenance‚ support costs
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building from Frank Thomas to produce his required 15% after-tax return? In order for Frank Thomas to earn his 15% after tax return‚ Harmonic must buyback the building for just over $11M. The calculations can be seen in the chart below. 3) What proportion of the terminal value must be distributed to Comet Capital to produce its required 25% before-tax rate of return? In order for Comet Capital to produce its 25% before tax return‚ they must receive about $73.5M terminal value. This amount
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