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Consider the 2 cash flow options below at an interest rate of 10% A B Initial...

Consider the 2 cash flow options below at an interest rate of 10%

A B
Initial Cost 100,000 120,000
Year Cost 1 1000 1500
Year Cost 2 1400 1800
Year Cost 3 1800 2100
Year Cost 4 2200 2400
Year Cost 5 2600 2700
Year Cost 6 3000 3000
Year Cost 7 3400 3300
Year Cost 8 3800 3600
Year Cost 9 4200 3900
Year Cost 10 4600 4200
Year Cost 11 5000 4500
Year Cost 12 5400 4800
Year Cost 13 5800 5100
Year Cost 14 6200 5400
Year Cost 15 6600 5700

Option A stops at 15 years, while option B goes until year 30. The final year of option B is equal to 10200.

Yearly savings for option A is 10000 and for option B is 20000.

The salvage value for option A is 5000 and for option B is 12000.

Which option is better?

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For the question below, write an explanation of the short-run effect including the determinant of AD...

For the question below, write an explanation of the short-run effect including the determinant of AD or AS that is causing the shift, the line that shifts (AD or AS), the direction of the shift (left or right), and the impact on output and price level (increase or decrease) and submit a properly drawn and labeled aggregate demand and aggregate supply graph for the scenario. Make sure your name and assignment number are written on each page of graphs you submit. All text must be written in the text box provided. Tourists flock to visit the major theme park's in Orlando, Florida.

Please explain and draw graph

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Tortious Interference with a Contract A tortious interference with a contract happens when a person who...

Tortious Interference with a Contract

A tortious interference with a contract happens when a person who is not a party to a contract somehow influences one of the contract parties to breach the contract. This only applies where there is a written contract between two or more parties. Consider the following example of tortious interference with a contract:

Moonshine Coffeehouse Inc. and Aromatic Farms have a longstanding exclusive contract for the production and delivery of their “triple A” moonshine infused coffee beans.

Their contract calls for the delivery of all beans produced domestic and foreign on Aromatic Farm’s to Moonshines distribution warehouses for processing and redelivery to Moonshines Coffeehouses. The parties agree that the price per pallet will be $3000 with guarantee of 4000 pallet minimum.

MJGreen House, Inc. a competitor of Aromatic approaches Moonshine and informs them that Aromatic is undercutting Moonshine by withholding 10% of their worldwide farm production for sale to its competitor coffeehouse Star Tracks Inc. for $2000 per pallet.    

Moonshine Coffeehouse Inc. as a result of this information cancels the contract with Aromatic refusing to purchase any further pallets from Aromatic unless Aromatic provides the entire farm yield as agreed.

Would Aromatic have the standing to sue MJGreen House, Inc. for tortious interference with contract because MJGreen’s actions made Moonshine decide to breach the contract? YES, Because MJ Green knew about Aromatic Farms contract with moonshine coffee house and chose to expose aromatics dealings with Star Tracks.

What would Aromatic have to prove to be able to hold MJGreen liable for tortious interference with the contract?

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1. Brenda owns a construction company that employs bricklayers and other skilled tradesmen. Her firm’s MRP...

1. Brenda owns a construction company that employs bricklayers and other skilled tradesmen. Her firm’s MRP for bricklayers is $16.50 per hour for each of the first five bricklayers, $15.50 for an sixth brick layer, and $14.75 for a seventh bricklayer. Given that she is a price taker when hiring bricklayers, how many bricklayers will she hire if the market equilibrium wage for bricklayers is $15.00 per hour?

2. The market equilibrium wage is currently $15 per hour among pet groomers. At that wage, 148 pet groomers are currently employed in the Ft. Myers. The state legislature then sets a minimum wage of $13.50 per hour for pet groomers. If there are no changes to either the demand or supply for pet groomers when that minimum wage is imposed, the number of pet groomers employed in the state will be:

a. Fewer than 148

b. Still 148.

c. More than 148.

d. This is a bilateral monopsony so you can’t tell.

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Suppose Canada imposes high tariffs on Japanese automobiles. The intention is to make autos produced in...

Suppose Canada imposes high tariffs on Japanese automobiles. The intention is to make autos produced in Japan so expensive for Canadians to buy that they choose instead to purchase autos constructed in Canada. Advocates of the policy contend this will create new employment in Canada. Assuming the Bank of Canada maintains a flexible exchange rate, will this trade policy prove effective? Explain thoroughly. What if the Bank of Canada maintains a fixed exchange rate, how would be your answer? Explain thoroughly.

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Why do competing firms often locate their stores in close proximity to each other? For example,...

Why do competing firms often locate their stores in close proximity to each other? For example, gas stations always built right next to other gas stations. Fast food chains, grocery stores, coffee shops, and restaurants always seem to exist in groups instead of being spread evenly throughout a community.

CAN YOU PLEASE MAKE THE ANSWER AT LEAST 100 WORDS.

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5. (5 pts) Conduct a present worth analysis on a new piece of vision computer technology...

5. (5 pts) Conduct a present worth analysis on a new piece of vision computer technology is being proposed to increase the productivity of your physical therapy facility. Your investment cost is $35,000, and the technology will have a market value of $5,000 at the end of 5 years. Your benefits are $11,000 per year with the purchase of the new vision computer technology. There is an annual subscription fee of $1,000. If your MARR is 15% per year, is this proposal a sound one? (Show work to validate your decision)

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A monopolist has two segmented markets with demand curves given by P1 = 160- Q1 and...

  1. A monopolist has two segmented markets with demand curves given by

P1 = 160- Q1 and P2 = 130 - 0.5Q2

where p1 and p2 are the prices charged in each market segment, and Q1 and Q2 are the quantities sold. Its cost function is given by c(Q) = 2Q2, where Q = Q1 + Q2.

a. What type of price discrimination does this entail?

b. Find the monopolist's profit-maximizing price and quantity for each segment.

c. What is the relative price markup for each segment?

d. Find the profit for the monopoly.

e. Find the elasticity of demand for both demand functions.

f. From b, which segment should be charged a higher price?

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Explain the problems with exchange rate controls

Explain the problems with exchange rate controls

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Explain and evaluate the validity of the military self-sufficiency argument for trade protection.

Explain and evaluate the validity of the military self-sufficiency argument for trade protection.

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The Coronavirus outbreak in China has killed at least 360 people and infected more than 17,300...

The Coronavirus outbreak in China has killed at least 360 people and infected more than 17,300 globally. China authorities rapidly extend the quarantine effort to control the spread of the disease on 24 Jan 2020 to 13 cities with 41 million people. A range of Lunar New Year festivities have been cancelled, while temporary closures of Beijing's Forbidden City, Shanghai's Disneyland and others tourist spots.
Besides of the actions taken by China authorities, The U.S., and governments in Europe and Asia are enforcing new regulations to block visitors from China and screen returning U.S. citizens, while major airlines suspended flights to the country and companies pulled out expatriate executives.

You are required to do the following:
Use evidences to present the impacts of coronavirus on international trade and economic growth in Asia Region.

Propose any relevant public policies which could address this unexpected event.

word count 500

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Two people, Baker and Cutler, play a game in which they choose and divide a prize....

Two people, Baker and Cutler, play a game in which they choose and divide a prize. Baker decides how large the total prize should be; she can choose either $10 or $100. Cutler chooses how to divide the prize chosen by Baker; Cutler can choose either an equal division or a split where he gets 90% and Baker gets 10%. Write down a payoff table of the game and find equilibria for the following situations and answer the final question about whether this is a Prisoner's Dilemma.

(a) When the moves are simultaneous

(b) When Baker moves first

(c) When Cutler moves first

(d) Is this game a Prisoner's Dilemma? Why or Why not?

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Briefly explain what is meant by the term "externality" and how it occurs.

Briefly explain what is meant by the term "externality" and how it occurs.

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You are standing street comerA truck belonging to the safety First Trucking (SFTC) carrying radioactive nuclear...

You are standing street comerA truck belonging to the safety First Trucking (SFTC) carrying radioactive nuclear waste has a tire out, which causes the truck to overturn near you. Radioactive waste escapes from the truck and covers half your body. As a result ,you suffer serious medical harm. What legal theory of recovery that is available to you will not require you to prove that SFTC careless in its handling practices?

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I am having difficulties with figuring out the formulas for this this question. Is there a...

I am having difficulties with figuring out the formulas for this this question. Is there a walk-through for this?
You are the manager of a monopoly that sells a product to two groups of consumers in different parts of the country. Group 1’s elasticity of demand is -2, while group 2’s is -3. Your marginal cost of producing the product is $30.

a. You are a monopolist.
b. You compete against one other firm in a Cournot oligopoly.

c. You compete against 19 other firms in a Cournot oligopoly.

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