Label each of the following statements true, false, or uncertain. Explain your choice carefully.

(a) A sudden fear that a country is going to devalue leads to an increase in the domestic interest rate.

(b) Because economies tend to return to their natural level of output in the medium run, it makes no difference whether a country chooses a fixed or flexible exchange rate.

(c) A change in the expected future exchange rate changes the current exchange rate.

(Use Excel or similar) Pick a coupon rate, yield-to-maturity, and maturity length, T (don’t pick something stupid like zero percent). Compute the price of the bond. Compute the duration of the bond. One at a time, vary each of the three chosen numbers while allowing the price to adjust. See how the duration changes. Create three graphs with duration on the y-axis and coupon rate, ytm, and T on the x-axis.

Is Positive Beta Better than Negative Beta?

A Beta factor represents risk in a financial instrument or commodity.

1. Explain the reasons for changes in beta and explain if one should be more concerned with a negative versus positive factor. Be sure to reference volatility.

2. Please provide an example of negative Beta.

3. PLEASE LIST REFERENCES

PLEASE HAVE IT TYPED NOT HANDWRITTEN, I CANNOT UNDERSTAND HAND WRITTEN. THANK YOU

For each of the following utility functions, (Total 12 Marks) • ?nd the marginal rate of substitution, • discuss how MRS XY changes as the consumer substitutes X for Y along an indi?erence curve, • derive the equation for the indi?erence curve where utility is equal to a value of 100, and • graph the indi?erence curve where utility is equal to a value of 100.

(c) U(X,Y ) = X^2 + Y^2

What kinds of devices do you predict people will use to access Websites five years from now? In ten years? In what areas of daily life do you feel the Web will continue to have greater impact? Are they new areas that you believe will come into play with advances in technology? How will these trends impact current Web design and how would you suggest a developer be prepared to adapt to the changes.

Write a short paper 250 words on the topic below:

1. The Supreme Court is the final arbiter of lawsuits in our country. These 9 Justices will interpret what the Constitution means. As times changes many argue that the Constitution should change with it. Others argue that the Justices should simply be the referees between the two litigants in the lawsuit.  
2. Discuss the concepts of judicial activism and judicial restraint
3. Lastly, argue which concept should be used by our Justices.  

Three moles of an ideal monatomic gas expand at a constant pressure of 2.40 atm ; the volume of the gas changes from 3.20×10^-2 m³ to 4.50×10⁻² m³ .

a. Calculate the initial temperature of the gas.

b. Calculate the final temperature of the gas.

c. Calculate the amount of work the gas does in expanding.

d. Calculate the amount of heat added to the gas.

e. Calculate the change in internal energy of the gas.

Consider the following redox reaction (under acidic conditions) when answering this question:

H5IO6 +NO = IO3^-1 + NO3^-1

A. Neatly write the balanced reaction for the first reactant.

B. Neatly write the balanced half reaction for the second reactant.

C. Neatly write the full balanced redox reaction. SHOW WORK.

D. Specifically, by nothing changes in the oxidation numbers, explian which atom in which species is being reduced

You have been hired as the HR Director for your organization. You realize your job descriptions are outdated. What approach would you take to update the organization’s descriptions?

Address in your response: methods used for your suggested job analysis, how you will ascertain the recommended components for the job description, innovative job design methods, strategy for communicating changes, and recommendations for maintaining and/or updating job descriptions.

Which of the following is true of an ethical organizational culture?

a. An ethical corporate culture can be compromised for short-term financial gains.

b. An ethical culture empowers employees to act in ethically responsible ways even when the law does not require it.

c. An ethical corporate culture evolves naturally and is self-sustaining.

d. An ethical corporate culture changes rapidly with whatever social trends that are prevalent at a given point in time.