In capitalism what does competition do for consumers?

A. It limits the number of choices consumers have

B. It prevents consumers from being entrepreneurs

C. It lets consumers create monopolies

D. It keeps prices fair for consumers

Estimating the Implied End-of-Year Share Price Assume that a company's beginning-of-period price is $14 per common share, its dividends are $1 per share, and its expected cost of equity capital is 10%.

Of the people described below, who would be counted as unemployed? Choose one or more: A. a 55-year-old steel worker who was laid off 18 months ago and has given up trying to find a job B.

Matt recently deposited $31,250 in a savings account paying a guaranteed interest rate of 5.5 percent for the next 10 years. Required: If Matt expects his marginal tax rate to be 22.

Suppose the marginal product of labor is MPN = 200 - 0.5N where N is aggregate employment. The aggregate quantity of labor supplied is 300 + 8w, where w is the real wage. What is the equilibrium quantity of employment?

If Pop Company exercises significant influence over Son Company and owns 40% of its common stock, then Pop Company: a. Would record 40% of the net income of Son Company as investment income each year. b.

On January 1, 2019, Frederick Corporation had 200,000 shares of common stock outstanding with a par value of $5 per share. On March 31, Frederick Corporation authorized a 10% stock dividend when the market value was $18 per share. Required: 1.

the owner's initial investment consists of $37,480 cash and $45,910 in land in exchange for its common stock. The company's $17,350 equipment purchase is paid in cash.

The Blossom Company purchased $10030 worth of laundry supplies on June 2 and recorded the purchase as an asset. On June 30, an inventory of the laundry supplies indicated only $1770 on hand.

The efficiency-wage theory of worker health is a. more relevant for explaining unemployment in less developed countries than in rich countries. b. equally relevant for explaining unemployment in less developed countries and in rich countries. c.

Atold Corporation reports goodwill of $40 million on acquisition of Benholm Company. One month later, Atold learns that Benholm's portfolio of AFS debt investments is worth $3 million more than estimated at the date of acquisition.