Identify a company or organization you regularly interact with (this can be your workplace, a retail store you frequently visit, the college you attend, the religious establishment you go to, etc.). Then respond to the following questions:

• Describe the current culture within this organization.
• What types of behaviors do you see? What norms and values are exhibited?
• What cultural changes would you like to see in this organization and why?

For Each of the following situations,

i) Write the Indirect Utility Function

ii) Write the Expenditure Function

iii) Calculate the Compensating Variation

iv) Calculate the Equivalent Variation

U(X,Y) = MIN (X, 3Y). M = $40. Initially, PX = 1 and PY = 1. Then the Price of X changes to PX = 3.

i) Indirect Utility Function: __________________________

ii) Expenditure Function: ____________________________

iii) CV = ________________

iv) EV = ________________

At the beginning of the year, Sigma Company's balance sheet reported Total Assets of $294,000 and Total Liabilities of $113,500. During the year, the company reported total revenues of $347,000 and expenses of $268,500. Also, owner withdrawals during the year totaled $70,000. Assuming no other changes to owner's capital, the balance in the owner's capital account at the end of the year would be: Multiple Choice $189,000. $256,000. $186,000. $296,500. $183,000.

Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

Select one or more:

a. A balance sheet reports on a company’s assets and liabilities over a period of time.

b. The statement of equity reports on changes in the accounts that make up equity

c. The statement of cash flows reports on cash flows from operating, investing, and financing activities over a period of time.

d. A balance sheet reports on resources and the claim of resources at a point of time

1. Describe no graphs necessary how the income tax & social insurance taxes affect the labor market. Be sure to address what happens to wages, shifts in the labor supply/demand curves, changes in quantity of labor and deadweight losses, if any.
2. Define an externality. Give one example of a positive and negative externality. What do markets “look like” if externalities are not accounted for? (Address issues of market efficiency and deadweight losses.)

How does a firm “leverage” its capital structure? When is leverage advantageous? When is it disadvantageous? Who receives the advantage or bears the disadvantage of leverage? Describe how recent rule changes will require leases to be accounted for beginning in 2019. How do the old lease accounting rules differ from the new lease accounting rules? How do the new lease accounting rules impact leverage?

International Equity markets

6.What is stimulus as used here?

7.What is sentiment and how is it related to economics? Perception?

8.Risks: What are trade concerns? How are investment flows affected by ths? How is fx affected by investment flow changes here?

9.What is meant by risk premia?

10.Yield curve flattening: How are investment flows affected? What is the fx effect?