Answer:
a) If bribes cost $1,000 each, how much will a housing inspector make each year in bribes?
So, if the corrupt inspector approves two newly built structures each week, ti means that he is bribed twice per week. There are 52 weeks in a year, so he gets a total of 104 bribes (52 x 2). If each bribe costs $1,000, then he makes a total of: $1,000 x 104 = $104,000 in bribes per year.
c) Corrupt officials may have an incentive to reduce the provision of government services to help line their own pockets.
This statement is true. Corrupt officials will want to have private companies they can obtain bribes from provide government services. It increases the probability of them making money from bribes.
d) What if reducing the number of inspectors from 20 to 10 only increased the equilibrium bribe from $1,000 to $1,500?
Reducing the number of inspectors in hafl means that each inspector now gets twice the bribes. Because the equilibrium price did not double as did the quantity of bribes, each inspector will make less money than expected, but they will still the incentive to collect all the four bribes per week.
Answer: ($13,000)
Explanation:
Closing balance of Equity = Opening Balance + Retained earnings
Retained earnings = Net Income - dividends
Formula above shows that equity changes as a result of Retained earnings which is the net of Net Income and Dividends.
Change in equity will be = Net Income - Dividends
= (100,000 - 89,500) - 24,000
= -$13,500
<em>Equity reduces by $13,500</em>
Answer:
ISO 9000
Explanation:
In this question, the quality of standard being mentioned is known as the ISO 9000. This is a set of standards that helps organizations make sure that they are meeting the customer and shareholder needs as well as complying to the statutory and regulatory requirements that exist regarding the product or service. This is the main quality of standards that are enforced and required by the European Union for every firm in its marketplace.
