Answer:
Information signaling
Explanation:
Information signalling is defined as the various actions a firm takes that communicates it's financial outlook. For example if a firm releases a dividend policy it communicates the value of the firm's stock.
In this scenario the CEO announced increase in the firm's dividend. This will convey to investors that the company has a competitive advantage which will result in additional income, so dividends are being raised.
It is an indirect way of announcing good news about the prospect of a new technology being created.
Answer:
a) he equilibrum quantity is 95 million pounds of butter and the equilbrum price is $1.20 per pound. At this level, both demand and supply is 95 million.
b) 0 or no surplus.
Explanation:
The question is in three parts
a) a. In the butter market, the monthly equilibrium quantity is million pounds and the equilibrium price is $ per pound
The equilibrum price and quantity refers to that point in sales where the quantity demanded = the quantity supplied.
Looking at the schedule, the equilibrum quantity is 95 million pounds of butter and the equilbrum price is $1.20 per pound. At this level, both demand and supply is 95 million.
b) What is the monthly surplus created in the wholesale butter market due to the price support (price floor) program?
First, what is the price floor fixed by the government = $1.00 per pound and at this rate, the demanded quantity is 101 million and the quantity supplied is 79 million pounds.
Hence, the monthly surplus = 79 million pounds - 101 million pounds = -22 million pounds
At this price, there is no surplus
Answer:
D. $ 367.500
Explanation:
We have to first compute the total direct labor cost. This is done by multiplying the estimated direct labor hours with the hourly rate.
Total Direct Labour costs $ 17.50 per hour * 15,000 hours = $ 262,500
Estimated manufacturing overhead per the data in the question is 140 % of Direct labor cost,
Estimated manufacturing overhead is $ 262,500 * 140 % = $ 367,500
