Answer:
a. Firm M probably has a higher dividend payout ratio than Firm N.
Explanation:
The dividend payout ratio is commonly referred to a portion of the net income of the company which is paid to the various shareholders in dividends. Therefore, if we consider the statements made in the question, Firm M has a higher annual net income while the annual net income of Firm N is fluctuating, we can conclude that the dividend payout ratio of Firm M is more than that of Firm N.
Answer:
1. When income transfers to the ablebodied poor increase, the recipients will have less incentive to work.
The incentive to work for most people is earning a wage to make a living.
For the poor, this incentive is even more so, because usually, the lack of work for them means severe lacking in their material needs: shelter, food, clothing, electricity, drinking water, and so on.
If the poor are given income transfers from the government, they will have less incentive to work simply because they now obtain some income without the need of doing so.
The incentive to work is reduced even more if the income transfers to the ablebodied poor increase so much that they become higher than the minimum wage. In a situation like this, many ablebodied poor will simply stop searching jobs because they can earn more money from the government by not working.
Answer:
The WACC of the firm is 11.91%
Explanation:
The WACC or weighted average cost of capital is the rate of return that a business is expected to pay to all of its security holders- bonds, common stock, preferred stock- or is the cost of capital for the business.
To calculate the WACC, we use the following formula,
WACC = D/A * (1-tax rate) * rD + E/A * rE
Where,
- D/A and E/A is the weightage of debt and assets as a proportion of total assets
- rD * (1-tax rate) is the after tax cost of debt
- rE is the cost of equity or required rate of return on equity
We first need to calculate the required rate of return on equity (r). We will use the CAPM formula for r.
r = 0.034 + 1.37 * 0.082
r = 0.14634 or 14.634%
The total assets are equal to,
Assets = Debt + Equity
If for every $1 of equity, there is $0.45 of debt as given by debt-equity ratio.
Then,
Assets = 0.45 + 1
Assets = $1.45
WACC = 0.45/1.45 * (1-0.23) * 0.076 + 1/1.45 * 0.14634
WACC = 0.11908 or 11.908% rounded off to 11.91%
Answer:
The correct answer would be, Essential Functions.
Explanation:
If a disability keeps a person from performing the essential functions of a job, the person does not have to be hired or retained.
Disability should not come between the performing of tasks or doing a job. For example if a person is disabled from legs and he cannot move around, and his job is also a desk job which does not require to move around frequently, then there shouldn't be anything which keeps him in doing his essential job duties or functions. One should not take his disability between his work. But if a disability keeps a person from performing the essential functions of a job, the person should not be hired or retained. For example, if there is a job which require frequent move around, then a physically disabled person is not fit for this job.
