"the two best times to keep your mouth shut are when you're swimming and when you're angry."

You are a risk-averse investor who is considering investing in one of two economies. The expected return and volatility of all

Aleks [24]

Answer:

C. A risk averse investor would choose the economy in which stock returns are independent because risk can be diversified away in a large portfolio.

Explanation:

if stock prices move together, (positive correlation), the volatility of the portfolio will be higher. Higher volatility means higher risk. This is the case with the first economy.

In the second economy however, the stocks are independent of each other meaning there is zero correlation between stocks and hence the portfolio volatility will be much lesser.

As a risk-averse investor you will prefer the portfolio with lower volatility for the same expected return.

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3 years ago

Frictional unemployment is the result of Group of answer choices

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Answer:

4. the normal process of jobs being created and destroyed.

Explanation:

Frictional unemployment is unemployment that is related to switching of jobs also called transitional unemployment. It occurs when workers leave jobs and get jobs as a result of normal labor tunover in a healthy economy.

In a growing economy frictional unemployment is the lowest type of employment bad there are abundant opportunities for workers.

Quitting a job is a voluntary type of frictional unemployment, while when an employee bis fired it is involuntary type of frictional unemployment.

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3 years ago

Assume that locating a cement factory in the middle of Boston would save the producer $5 million at a public expense, in polluti

never [62]

Answer:

$5 million

Explanation:

If we follow the Coase Theorem, the appropriate solution to this case should be obtained regardless of initial rights. In this case, the factory saves $5 million to the producer, but it costs $10 million to Boston residents. if Boston residents pay $5 million or more to the factory owner, then both would benefit. Boston residents will gain $10 - $5 = $5 million, as well as the factory owner.

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3 years ago

Randolph is a 30 percent partner in the RD Partnership. On January 1, RD distributes $15,000 cash, an investment with a fair val

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Answer:

Randolph's basis in the distributed investment and land are as follows:

Investment = $10,000

Land = $23,000

Explanation:

The first step is that Randolph's basis in his RD Partnership interest of $48,000 is allocated to the distributed assets in an amount equal to the basis RD Partnership.

After this, Randolph will allocate remaining basis to assets which are not cash, hot assets and investment with unrealized appreciation.

Based on the above explanation, Randolph's basis in the distributed are as follows:

Cash = $15,000

Investment = Investment's Inside basis = $10,000

Land = Randolph's basis in his RD Partnership interest - Cash - Investment = $48,000 - $15,000 - $10,000 = $23,000

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3 years ago

Liberty Insurance Company processes applications forms. The average output in a week is 600 claims. Currently the staff includes

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Answer:

Output = 600 claims

Input = (18*6*40) + 1200 = $5520

Cost per application = $9.2 is the cost per claim

Productivity ratio = 600 / 5520 = 0.1086

Explanation:

The productivity of the application process = total weekly cost incurred / weekly application output

Here we have average output of 600 application per week

And cost we have,

Total cost = weekly staff cost + weekly cost on computer technology

Weekly staff cost = 40 hours * 6 staff * $18 per hour rate = $ 4,320

Weekly cost on computer technology = $ 1200

Total cost = $4320 + $ 1200 = $5,520

Now productivity = $ 5,520 / 600 application = $ 9.2

Or we can say that it takes $ 9.2 to process one application

(b) Here we have average output of 650 application per week

And cost we have,

Total cost = weekly staff cost + weekly cost on computer technology

Weekly staff cost = 40 hours * 5 staff * $18 per hour rate = $ 3,600 ( assumed that one staff is reduced as one application evaluator is retiring and not replaced)

weekly cost on computer technology = $ 1800

Total cost = $3,600 + $ 1800 = $5,400

Now productivity = $ 5,400 / 650 application = $ 8.31

Or we can say that it takes $ 8.31 to process one application

Percentage change in productivity ={ ($8.31 – $ 9.2 )/ $ 8.31 } * 100 = - 10.71%

Means that the cost has reduced by 10.71 % by the new process

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3 years ago