Case 32.2 - United States v. O’Hagan" Please respond to the following:

Assess whether a securities firm will be more likely to modify its behavior in business based upon the holding of this case. If you were employed in the securities profession, state one particular way in which you modify your approach to be transparent to both your client and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

To what extent, and in what ways, do the functions of domestic middlemen differ from their foreign counterparts? What strategy might be employed to distribute goods effectively in the dichotomous small/large middlemen pattern which characterizes merchant middlemen in most countries? Discuss the economic implications of charging termination penalties or restricting the termination of middlemen. Do you foresee such restrictions in the United States?

Discuss the management objectives of a firm governed by the shareholder wealth maximization. For example, in the United States, the decision to shift production from a local factory to a foreign one may be based on the change of the NPV value as a result of such move. The owners may have only minor consideration concerning the impact that such change would have on the community and/or local employees. Explain your point of view carefully.

Even though most corporate bonds in the United States make coupon payments semiannually, bonds issued elsewhere often have annual coupon payments. Suppose a German company issues a bond with a par value of €1,000, 25 years to maturity, and a coupon rate of 7.1 percent paid annually. If the yield to maturity is 8.2 percent, what is the current price of the bond?

1. Name 3 new tax law changes as it relates to Individual Tax Payers?
2. Name 3 new tax law changes as it relates to Corporate Tax Payers?
3. What is the new “Pass thru” tax deduction? Which entities does it apply to?
4. Do you think that by reducing the corporate tax rate it will help or hurt the United States?

Use the following data to work Problems 1 to 4:

The following events have occurred in the history of the United States:

• A deep recession hits the world economy.
• The world oil price rises sharply.
• U.S. businesses expect future profits to fall

Explain the combined effects of these events on U.S. real GDP and the price level, starting from a position of long-run equilibrium

Governments are in the business of providing information to potential buyers. The first serious provision of information on the health consequences of tobacco use appeared in the United States Report of the Surgeon General in 1964. (a) How would you represent this intervention in a supply and demand for tobacco diagram? Draw a graph to compare the outcomes before and after the intervention. (b) Did this intervention correct a market failure? Briefly explain.