The text book: Robert H. Frank, Ben S. Bernanke, Kate Antonovics, Ori Heffetz - Principles Of Economics 7

Answer this question using the concepts discussed in Textbook Ch. 27 and assume that, initially, the economy is in its long run equilibrium.

“The global economy will contract by 3% this year as countries around the world shrink at the fastest pace in decades, the International Monetary Fund says. The IMF described the global decline as the worst since the Great Depression of the 1930s. It said the pandemic had plunged the world into a “crisis like no other” (BBC News 14 April 2020).”

(a) With reference to the news above and with the help of an aggregate demand-supply diagram, briefly explain how the Coronavirus pandemic may reduce equilibrium global output in the short run.

“The plunge (of crude oil price) started after Russia rejected a proposal by OPEC to cut its crude oil production by 1.5 million barrels a day. In apparent retaliation, Saudi Arabia cut prices for buyers over the weekend (nbcnews March 10, 2020)”

(b) With the help of an aggregate demand-supply diagram, briefly explain how a sudden crude oil price plunge may affect equilibrium global output in the short run.

(c) With references to the two pieces of news above and assuming that the prediction of IMF is correct, briefly explain how the Coronavirus pandemic and crude oil price plunge may affect equilibrium inflation rate and global output in the short run and the long run. Please illustrate your answer with aggregate demand-supply diagrams.

Assume that we are now at the beginning of year 2020 and are trying to evaluate Company A using different valuation models. Answer all of questions below.   
1) The current leveraged beta of Company A is estimated to be 2.0 and the marginal tax rate is 40%. The risk-free rate for all the maturity is 3% and the market risk premium is 6.62%. Its debt-to-equity ratio is 1.00 currently. Next year, Company A expects to increase its debt-to-equity ratio to 1.50. Please calculate Company A’s current cost of equity, and estimate its cost of equity after it increases its debt-to-equity ratio.
2) Company A is facing a very competitive market condition and the projected free cash flow to the firm for the next five years are 500 million, 550 million, 600 million, 620 million, 650 million. Then it is expected to grow at a 3% beyond the fifth year. The WACC of the firm is estimated to be 10% and will not change in the future. Please use the “Perpetuity Growth Method” and estimate the firm’s enterprise value at the beginning of the year 2020(now).
3) The following table presents the EV/EBITDA information about Company A’s comparable companies.
Comparable Firm Information
Company Name EV/EBITDA
Company B 8.5 Company C 8.0 Company D 7.8
Besides, we also know that the EBITDA of Company A is 1500 million and its net debt is 6500 million. Its number of fully diluted shares is 100 million. Please estimate the firm’s share price range (+/- 1*standard deviation).

This assignment uses data structures, selection, use, control structures, logic, computation, file I/O, etc. In C++

There should be 3 files for the project: theMain.cpp, dateClass.h, dateClass.cpp (or similar file names)

For input/output. Read at least 10 dates in a data file set up this way:

The first number is the number of data items in the file. Then after that, each row is one date in the format month day year.

here is a sample data file of 6 elements:

6

1 1 2016

12 31 2011

11 01 -5506

13 02 2002

2 31 2020

2 21 2015

the output would be:

1 1 2016 would be: 1/1/16, January 1, 2016 and 1 January 2016

12 31 2011 would be: 12/31/11, December 31, 2011 and 31 December 2011

11 01 -5506 is an unknown date

13 02 2002 is an unknown date

2 31 2020 is an unknown date

2 21 2015 would be: 2/13/15, February 21, 2015 and 13 February 2015

if you program the main program similar to the example below, the output will be close to the example in the textbook. (the example below does not use files or a loop to read data)

#include <iostream>

#include <string>

#include "dateClass.h"

using namespace std;

int main()

{

       Date aDate(3,15,2016);

       aDate.displayShort();

       aDate.displayLong();

       aDate.displayGlbl();

       cout << endl;

       system("pause");

       return 0;

} //end main

(A)

Supply Ltd entered into a non-cancellable five-year lease arrangement with Customer Ltd on 1 July 2019. The lease is for an item of machinery. There are to be five annual payments of $315 000, the first being made on 30 June 2020. The implicit interest rate is 12%. The Machinery is expected to have an economic life of six years, after which time it will have an expected residual value of $210 000. There is a bargain purchase option that Customer Ltd will be able to exercise at the end of the fifth year for $280 000. Customer Ltd determined that this contract contains a lease.

REQUIRED:

Prepare the journal entries in the books of the lessee (Customer Ltd) from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020 (the end of the reporting period). Show all working.

(B)

Customer Ltd enters into a 10-year contract with Supplier Ltd for the right to use two specified physically distinct dark fibres within a larger cable connecting Hong Kong to Tokyo. Customer Ltd makes the decisions about the use of the fibres by connecting each end of the fibres to its electronic equipment (i.e., Customer ‘light’ the fibres and decides what data and how much data to transfer). If the fibres are damaged, Supplier Ltd is responsible for the repairs and maintenance. Supplier Ltd owns extra fibres but can substitute those for Customer Ltd’s fibres only for reasons of repairs, maintenance or malfunction.

REQUIRED:

Determine whether the contract contains a lease. Please explain and justify your conclusion according to AASB 16.

The following table shows the balances from various accounts in the adjusted trial balance for UniLink Telecom Corp. as of December 31, 2020:

Required:
1. Assuming that the company’s income tax rate is 30%, what are the tax effects and after-tax measures of the items labelled as pre-tax? (Negative answers should be indicated by a minus sign.)

2. Prepare a multi-step income statement for the year ended December 31, 2020. (Amounts to be deducted should be indicated by a minus sign in the other revenues and expenses section and the discontinued operations section.)

Marketing Scenario

You are the director of marketing for a company based out of Chicago IL and your firm sells custom-built athletic braces for college and pro athletes. The company wants to expand your customer base into senior citizens and begins to design and sell a new knee brace that will help older folks.

1. The new brace goes on sale JULY 1st 2020. Your company advertises on social media, their website, and senior citizens can buy the brace at local retailers like Target or Wal-Mart. The prices range from $19.99 to $34.99

2. Your company's key marketing message during the product launch is this: "Golden Brace is made for seniors who need additional support to stay active! We care about you!"

3. On September 1st 2020, your social media platform is flooded with complaints that the brace is starting to shred or fall apart after repeated use. Thankfully no person has been injured but a few customers are upset and they are sounding off.

4. Your boss tells you that they were aware of a possible manufacturing defect but decided to let it go. In addition, you are told that the marketing for the brace never stated that it should be worn all the time...only when senior citizens were choosing to be active.

5. Your boss finally tells you that it is YOUR JOB to find a solution. If not, you may be replaced.

So....

1. What is your DETAILED solution to the problem?

2. What is ethically wrong in this scenario?

2. In February 2020, Dr. Sarah Smiley (a dentist) celebrated her 20th wedding anniversary by going on a romantic vacation in Italy. Dr. Smiley operates her practice through a professional corporation, Smiley Dental Professional Corporation. In February knowledge as to how Covid-19 virus transmitted was very limited and the government did not require travelers to self-isolate. On February 14, 2020, three members of the Zhao family had sequential appointments with Dr. Smiley. Two members of the family met with Dr. Smiley. The other family member met only with the dental hygienist. About ten days after the dental appointment all members of the Zhao family tested positive for Covid-19. Mr. Zhao, the eldest family member, died about ten days later. Mr. Zhao had for his entire life suffered from a bad case of asthma. Dr. Smiley tested positive for Covid-19 at around this time but never became ill. The Zhao family feel that their situation was directly caused by Dr. Smiley and would like to sue for what they feel is a form of wrongful death. They request you, Jamie, to explain what the nature of the claim against the dentist is and what they would have to prove. They ask what you anticipate would be the problem they may face as plaintiffs (e.g. legal elements that may be difficult to prove). They also ask if the fact that Dr. Smiley operates through a professional corporation means that she has no personal liability. Please explain.

Question 1 (25pts):

Consider the string “data and program analytics”. Write a program to perform the following actions

• Find the index of the character ‘p’ in the given string
• Print the character which is present at index number seven
• Find the length of the String
• Split the string at every occurrence of a whitespace
• Replace the word “data” in the original string with “information” using a standard string manipulation function. Your output after the manipulation should be “information and program analytics”

Question 2 (15 pts):

List1 = [3, 4, 5, 20, 5]

• Find the index of the second 5
• Find the last element of this list

Question 3 (15 pts):

Set1 = {1, 2, 3, 4}, Set2={4, 5, 6}

• Print all elements that appear in both sets
• Print those elements that appear in either set
• Print all elements that appear in Set1 but not Set2

Question 4 (15 pts):

L = [('',), (), ('apple', 1), (), ("Paul", "Merage', 2020, "MSBA212"), ("d")]

Write a Python program to remove an empty tuple(s) from a list of tuples.

Expected outcome is:

[('',), ('apple', 1), ('Paul', 'Merage', 2020, 'MSBA212'), 'd']

Question 5 (15 pts):

• Reverse words in the string "one apple a day keeps the doctors away" and print the new string
• Sort the words in the string "one apple a day keeps the doctors away" alphabetically and then print the new string.

Question 6 (15 pts):

Two given lists [1,2,4,8,5,10] and [2,4,5,8,12,15], write a program to make a list whose elements are intersection of the above given lists.

** Using Calculus**

We have a client asking for our recommendations on which storage containers are better for shipping and storing hazardous waste. Their requirements are as follows: The container should hold 50,000 cm3 (which is 50 liters); The sides of the container will be made from aluminum sheets with a thickness of 2 mm; The two bases of the container need to be thicker (for greater support) and will be made from aluminum sheets with a thickness of 6 mm; There are two options to consider for the shape of the containers: Option 1: closed cylinders; Option 2: closed boxes with a square base (note the top and bottom are squares, but the sides could be rectangles). Some considerations to take into account: The fixed cost of production of a cylinder container is $10 per cylinder; The fixed cost of production of a box container is $4 per box; The current price for 2mm aluminum sheets is $0.011 per square centimeter. The current price for 6mm aluminum sheets is $0.045 per square centimeter; You need to advise the client on the dimensions of the containers that will both meet the size requirement and minimize cost. Based on the cost, you should make a recommendation to the client on whether square or cylinder containers should be used.

CHAPTER 7 Problem 4  Programmable Logic Controllers

Study the ladder logic program in Figure 7-41 and answer the questions that follow:

a. What type of timer has been programmed?

b. What is the length of the time-delay period?

c. What is the value of the accumulated time when power is first applied?

d. When does the timer start timing?

e. When does the timer stop timing and reset itself?

f. When input LS1 is first closed, which rungs are true and which are false?

g. When input LS1 is first closed, state the status (on or off) of each output.

h. When the timer’s accumulated value equals the preset value, which rungs are true and which are false?

i. When the timer’s accumulated value equals the preset value, state the status (on or off) of each output.

j. Suppose that rung 1 is true for 5 s and then power is lost. What will the accumulated value of the counter be when power is restored?

Figure 7-41 Ladder logic program for Problem.

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