Questions
Your discussion board this week is to find an article that focuses on neoliberal activities anywhere...

Your discussion board this week is to find an article that focuses on neoliberal activities anywhere in South Asia (it must be an article on a South Asian country or the realm itself). If at first try the term does not illicit articles, try using any part of the definition and search that way. Again, do not copy and pasts, but summarize the article and provide the URL for the class.

In: Economics

Question 5 [10]A large share of the growing expenditure in South Africa goes towards the remuneration...

Question 5 [10]A large share of the growing expenditure in South Africa goes towards the remuneration of employees (the so-called wage bill). Explain how unbalanced productivity growth (According to Baumol’s unbalanced productivity growth model) affects government expenditure, and briefly comment on its relevance to South Africa.

Subject: Government economics 20A

In: Economics

From an institutional viewpoint the Canadian state is a fusion of which of the following two...

From an institutional viewpoint the Canadian state is a fusion of which of the following two elements? · The American parliamentary system and the British House of Lords · The British parliamentary system and the American Senate · The British parliamentary system and American-styled federalism · The American parliamentary system and British federalism

In: Economics

one way to measure whether the trees in the Wade tract are uniformly distributed issue examine...

one way to measure whether the trees in the Wade tract are uniformly distributed issue examine the average location in the north south or the Southwest direction. the values range from 0 to 200 so if the trees are uniformly distributed the average location should be 100 and any differences in the actual sample would be due to random chance. the actual sample mean in the north-south direction for the 584 trees in the tract is 99.74. a theoretical calculation for uniform distributions gives a standard deviation of 58. carefully State the null and alternative hypothesis in terms of the true average north south location. test your hypothesis by reporting your results along with the short summary of your conclusions.

In: Statistics and Probability

A straight vertical wire carries a current of 1.45 A downward in a region between the...

A straight vertical wire carries a current of 1.45 A downward in a region between the poles of a large electromagnet where the field strength is 0.570 T and is horizontal.

1)What are the magnitude of the magnetic force on a 1.60 cm section of this wire if the magnetic-field direction is toward the east?

2)What are the magnitude of the magnetic force on a 1.60 cm section of this wire if the magnetic-field direction is toward the south?

3) What are the direction of the magnetic force on a 1.60 cm section of this wire if the magnetic-field direction is 30.0 o south of west ?

4) What are the magnitude of the magnetic force on a 1.60 cm section of this wire if the magnetic-field direction is 30.0 o south of west ?

In: Physics

Problem 18-5 Beta and Leverage North Pole Fishing Equipment Corporation and South Pole Fishing Equipment Corporation...

Problem 18-5 Beta and Leverage

North Pole Fishing Equipment Corporation and South Pole Fishing Equipment Corporation would have identical equity betas of 1.14 if both were all equity financed. The market value information for each company is shown here:

  

North Pole South Pole
  Debt $ 2,990,000 $ 3,900,000
  Equity $ 3,900,000 $ 2,990,000

  

The expected return on the market portfolio is 11.7 percent and the risk-free rate is 3.7 percent. Both companies are subject to a corporate tax rate of 24 percent. Assume the beta of debt is zero.

  

a.

What is the equity beta of each of each company? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answers to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

b. What is the required rate of return on equity for each company? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
a. North Pole
South Pole
b. North Pole %
South Pole %

In: Finance

1. A large share of the world supply of diamonds comes from Russia and South Africa....


1. A large share of the world supply of diamonds comes from Russia and South Africa. Suppose that the mar- ginal cost of mining diamonds is constant at $1,000 per diamond and the demand for diamonds is described by the following schedule:
Price Quantity
$8,000 5,000 diamonds 7,000 6,000
6,000 7,000
5,000 8,000
4,000 9,000 3,000 10,000 2,000 11,000 1,000 12,000
a. If there were many suppliers of diamonds, what would be the price and quantity?
b. If there were only one supplier of diamonds, what would be the price and quantity?
c. If Russia and South Africa formed a cartel, what would be the price and quantity? If the countries split the market evenly, what would be South Africa’s production and profit? What would hap- pen to South Africa’s profit if it increased its pro- duction by 1,000 while Russia stuck to the cartel agreement?
d. Use your answers to part (c) to explain why cartel agreements are often not successful.

In: Economics

This week you will be working on scenario #1 by coming up with your own scenario....

This week you will be working on scenario #1 by coming up with your own scenario. Read the scenario listed below make sure to address each statement below .

Determine which law is being violated and explain how it occurred.

Summarize the article or legal case that falls under this violation.

Create a solution that would prevent the ethical violation that you identified in the scenario.

Discuss:

Scenarios

1: You are working as a medical claims processor for a health insurance organization. As part of your job duties, you process health insurance claims submitted by patients for payment to doctor office visits. While processing claims, you notice one of claims is for your neighbor. You have access to the system to see your neighbor’s entire medical record and learn about their illnesses. You are troubled by this information and thinking about discussing your findings with neighbor and family members.

2: You work for a college as an admissions representative. Your co-worker has finally decided to apply for the college master’s degree program. He has taken the entrance tests and scored well. However, your co-worker has shared with you that he received a denial letter for admission in the mail stating that there is not enough space to allow him into the program. As part of your job as an admissions representative, you both have access to the selection process, and student demographic information (race, nationality, gender, etc.). Upon accessing this information, you learn that your co-worker has also accessed this information. Upon doing so, he learned most the students selected were African American and Latino students. Your co-worker shares with you that he believes he has been done a disservice by affirmative action laws as an Asian male. Your co-worker asks your advice on if he should reach out to your university’s affirmative action department to file a complaint.

3: You work in an all-male mechanic shop and enjoy your job as the first female mechanic there. However, every day you are subjected to sexual jokes about women, called different names by your co-workers, and even asked about your sexual preferences. One co-worker has gone as far as to constantly touch you in your lower back. Even after you have repeatedly asked him not to do so. You have expressed to your co-workers, manager, and the Human Resources Department’s manager on several occasions your concerns about the conversation and touching in the shop and how uncomfortable it is making you feel. You become very upset as nothing is being done to address your concerns.

In: Operations Management

Hemming Co. reported the following current-year purchases and sales for its only product.      Date Activities...


Hemming Co. reported the following current-year purchases and sales for its only product.
    

Date

Activities

Units Acquired at Cost

Units Sold at Retail

Jan.

1

Beginning inventory

200

units

@ $10

=

$

2,000

Jan.

10

Sales

150

units

@ $40

Mar.

14

Purchase

350

units

@ $15

=

5,250

Mar.

15

Sales

300

units

@ $40

July

30

Purchase

450

units

@ $20

=

9,000

Oct.

5

Sales

430

units

@ $40

Oct.

26

Purchase

100

units

@ $25

=

2,500

Totals

1,100

units

$

18,750

880

units

Required:
Hemming uses a perpetual inventory system.
  
1. Determine the costs assigned to ending inventory and to cost of goods sold using FIFO.
2. Determine the costs assigned to ending inventory and to cost of goods sold using LIFO.
3. Compute the gross margin for FIFO method and LIFO method.

In: Accounting

1. Hospitable Co. provides the following sales forecast for the next four months: Sales (units) ....

1. Hospitable Co. provides the following sales forecast for the next four months:

Sales (units) . . . . . . . . April: 500, May: 580, June: 540, July: 620

The company wants to end each month with ending finished goods inventory equal to 25% of next month’s sales. Finished goods inventory on April 1 is 190 units. Assume July’s budgeted production is 540 units. Prepare a production budget for the months of April, May, and June.

2. Refer to the information in question 1. In addition, each finished unit requires five pounds of raw materials and the company wants to end each month with raw materials inventory equal to 30% of next month’s production needs. Beginning raw materials inventory for April was 663 pounds. Assume direct materials cost $4 per pound. Prepare a direct materials budget for April, May, and June.

(Answer in 350-500 words)

In: Accounting