Question 8

What is an example of an anomaly that once reported in research studies has attenuated? Is this positive or negative from the standpoint of market efficiency?

Question 7

What does the early evidence on the ability of behavioral investing to enhance performance tell us?

Was the record rate of voter participation in the November 2008 US presidential election an anomaly or will voters participate at that level in the future? What factors encourage voters to participate and what factors discourage them from participating? NB: this is a 2-3 paragraph essay.

Discuss the 2-3 most striking characteristics in the Chinese culture that are involved in communicating with local people that would affect business interactions and negotiating within China. Discuss how you would deal with any of these unique characteristics as a businessperson from the US.

What role does culture play on managers in global situations. For example, a US firm in Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Singapore or Germany would all face different problems from a cultural perspective. What about a foreign venture into North America.

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A bottling company uses a filling machine to fill plastic bottles with a popular cola. The bottles are supposed to contain 300 milliliters (ml). In fact, the contents vary according to a normal distribution with mean µ=303 ml and standard deviation σ= 3 ml

What is the probability that an individual bottle contains less than 300 ml?

What is the probability that the sample mean of 80 bottles is less than 300 ml?

Discuss the recent trade war between the US and China. Describe what has happened in this trade war, both in terms of policy changes on both the US and Chinese sides. Then discuss what you would recommend the US do in order to get China to change its trade policies with the US, particularly in terms of the requirements it puts on US firms wanting to do business in China (give them their technology, etc) and in terms of creating a more balanced trade with China (no large surplus or shortages in imports versus exports).

Q1. What would happen to relative value of US dollar and Japanese yen if Japan raises its interest rate? Explain the process.

Q2. A Japan-made flash driver is sold at ¥ 10,000 in Japan and sold at $100 in the US market. A US-made flash driver is sold at $100 in the US and ¥ 10,000 in Japanese market now. What would happen to the price of imports and exports in Japan and the US if Japan declares 10% revaluation of Japanese yen? What would happen to the trade between two countries? Explain it.

In what ways do advertisers in magazines use sexual imagery to appeal to youth? One study classified each of 1509 full-page or larger ads as "not sexual" or "sexual," according to the amount and style of the dress of the male or female model in the ad. The ads were also classified according to the target readership of the magazine. Here is the two-way table of counts.

(A) Perform the significance test that compares the model dress for the three categories of magazine readership. Summarize the results of your test and give your conclusion. (Use α = 0.01. Round your value for χ² to two decimal places, and round your P-value to four decimal places.)

(B) Conclusion, choose the best answer from the options below

Reject the null hypothesis. There is not significant evidence of an association between target audience and model dress.

Fail to reject the null hypothesis. There is not significant evidence of an association between target audience and model dress.   

Fail to reject the null hypothesis. There is significant evidence of an association between target audience and model dress.

Reject the null hypothesis. There is significant evidence of an association between target audience and model dress.

(C) All of the ads were taken from the March, July, and November issues of six magazines in one year. Discuss this fact from the viewpoint of the validity of the significance test and the interpretation of the results. Choose the best answer from the options below;

This is an SRS. This gives us no reason to believe our conclusions are suspect.

This is not an SRS. This gives us reason to believe our conclusions might be suspect.    

This is not an SRS. This gives us no reason to believe our conclusions are suspect.

This is an SRS. This gives us reason to believe our conclusions might be suspect.

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Global Marine obtained a charter from the state in January that authorized 1,000,000 shares of common stock, $5 par value. During the first year, the company earned $310,000 of net income and the following selected transactions occurred in the order given:

a. Issued 110,000 shares of the common stock at $46 cash per share.

b. Reacquired 16,000 shares at $41 cash per share.

c. Reissued 5,500 shares from treasury for $42 per share.

d. Reissued 5,500 shares from treasury for $40 per share. 4.value: 2.00 pointsRequired information Required:

1. Indicate the account, amount, and direction of the effect on above transaction. (Enter any decreases to account balances with a minus sign.) eBook & Resources eBook: Explain and analyze common stock transactions. 5.value: 2.00 pointsRequired information

2. Prepare journal entries to record each transaction. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No Journal Entry Required" in the first account field.)