To motivate Ryan in school this year, his mother promised to give him $20 for every passing grade he gets at the end of the school year. Although well intentioned, what principle of operant conditioning is Ryan's mother violating?

Identify whether each of the following statements best illustrates the concept of consumer surplus, producer surplus, or neither. 1. Even though I was willing to pay up to $191 for a used laptop, I bought a used laptop for only $185. 2.

a college in a metropolitan area wishes to increase its evening offerings of business-related courses such as marketing, accounting, finance, and management. who are the target market customers (students) for these courses?

The Clydesdale Company has sales of $4,500,000. It also has invested assets of $2,000,000 and operating expenses of $3,600,000. The company has established a minimum rate of return of 7%. What is Clydesdale Company's rate of return on investment?

On May 1, Shilling Company sold merchandise in the amount of $5,800 to Anders, with credit terms of 2/10, n/30. The cost of the items sold is $4,000. Shilling uses the perpetual inventory system.

Assume you purchased 200 shares of GE common stock on margin at $70 per share from your broker. If the initial margin is 55%, how much did you borrow from the broker?

Recommendations for a successful pitch include all of these except: a. stand behind a podium b. maintain eye contact c. use colorful visual aids d. do a live demonstration of the product or service e.

Suppose the U. S. Treasury issued $50 billion of short-term securities and sold them to the public. Other things held constant, what would be the most likely effect on short-term securities' prices and interest rates? A.

Meals n' More, Inc., a catering company, requires its customers to pay by check. Lyra, a Meals n' More driver, tells customers that they can pay her with cash. When Meals n' More learns of Lyra's collections, it takes no action to stop it.

According to the savings-investment spending identity: a) savings equals investment spending. b) savings equals investment spending plus consumption spending. c) government spending equals tax receipts.

Between 1860 and 1900, railroads in the United States were Group of answer choices subject to laissez-faire treatment by government. resistant to the consolidation of corporate power. nearly shut down by labor unrest and strikes.