The carrying capacity for a country is 800 million. The population grew from 282 million in the year 2000 to 309 million in the year 2010.

1) Make a logistical model for determining the country's population

2) Use this model to predict the country's population in 2100

3) Predict the year in which the population will exceed 500 million

Analyze and evaluate sensitivity analysis for different financial models, including the Yield Curve and its usefulness in predicting recessions. Did the Yield Curve from 2004 through 2007 predict the Great Recession of 2008 – 2010? Based on the current Yield Curve, detail your prediction for the U.S. economy for the next two years.

Question 2

On January 3, 2010, DL LLC purchased a truck for long-distance deliveries in Europe

The acquisition cost of the truck amounts to $ 100,000.

The truck is expected to have a salvage value of $20,000 at the end of 8-year useful life.

Task: Prepare a depreciation schedule for the truck using the diminishing balance method.

Please review the article about autism featured at NPR (National Public Radio) on 1/7/2010. Here is the link http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122256276 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. .

What did you learn from the article regarding application of regression models?

Financial reporting practices are unlikely to converge globally, despite efforts to harmonize financial reporting standards, '' (adapted from Leuz, 2010).

Explain and critically discuss this statement in light of obstacles to uniform IFRS adoption across different countries and regions. Support your discussion with examples and insights from different academic studies.

''Financial reporting practices are unlikely to converge globally, despite efforts to harmonize financial reporting standards, '' (adapted from Leuz, 2010).

Explain and critically discuss this statement in light of obstacles to uniform IFRS adoption across different countries and regions. Support your discussion with examples and insights from different academic studies.

According to the EPA’s prospective analysis of the 1990 to 2010 period, total social benefits (TSB) associated with the CAAA of 1990 are estimated at $690 billion ($1990) and the comparable total social cost (TSC) estimates are $180 billion ($1990). Explain why these data do not communicate whether the regulations outlined by the CAAA of 1990 are efficient.

Key information for the Plant City Division (PCD) of Barkley Industries for 2019 are as follows: Revenues $15,000,000 Operating Income 1,800,000 Total Assets 10,000,000 PCD managers are evaluated and rewarded on the basis of ROI defined as operating income divided by total assets. Barkley Industries expects its divisions to increase ROI each year. Next year, 2020, appears to be a difficult year for PCD. PCD had planned a new investment to improve quality but, in view of poor economic conditions, has postponed the investment. ROI for 2020 was certain to decrease if PCD had made the investment. Management is now considering ways to meet its target ROI of 20% for next year. It anticipates revenues to be steady at $15 million in 2020.

Required: (a) Calculate PCD’s return on sales and ROI for 2019.

(b) (1) By how much would PCD need to cut costs in 2020 to achieve its target ROI of 20%, assuming no change in total assets between 2019 and 2020?

(2) By how much would PCD need to decrease total assets in 2020 to achieve its target ROI of 20%, assuming no change in operating income between 2019 and 2020?

(c) Calculate PCD’s Residual Income (RI)* in 2019, assuming a required rate of return on investment of 15%.

(d) PCD wants to increase RI by 50% in 2020. Assuming it could cut costs by $45,000 in 2020, by how much would PCD need to decrease total assets in 2020?

(e) Barkley Industries is concerned that the focus on cost cutting, asset sales and no new investments will have an adverse long-run effect on PCD’s customers. Yet Barkley wants PCD to meet its financial goals. What other measurements, if any do you recommend that Barkley use? Explain briefly. * Residual Income = Operating Income – (Total Assets x Required Rate of Return) [Residual Income as a performance measure has the advantage of motivating managers to act in the best interest of the company as a whole.]

Presented below are two independent situations related to future taxable and deductible amounts resulting from temporary differences existing at December 31, 2020. 1. Larkspur Co. has developed the following schedule of future taxable and deductible amounts. 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Taxable amounts $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 Deductible amount — — — (2,200 ) 2. Cullumber Co. has the following schedule of future taxable and deductible amounts. 2021 2022 2023 2024 Taxable amounts $400 $400 $400 $400 Deductible amount — — (2,300 ) — Both Larkspur Co. and Cullumber Co. have taxable income of $3,900 in 2020 and expect to have taxable income in all future years. The tax rates enacted as of the beginning of 2020 are 30% for 2020–2023 and 35% for years thereafter. All of the underlying temporary differences relate to noncurrent assets and liabilities. 1. Compute the net amount of deferred income taxes to be reported at the end of 2020, and indicate how it should be classified on the balance sheet for situation one.

2. Compute the net amount of deferred income taxes to be reported at the end of 2020, and indicate how it should be classified on the balance sheet for situation two.