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3 years ago

invisible hand in Adam Smith's theory turns self-directed gain into social and economic benefits for all. true false

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timofeeve [1]3 years ago

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Answer:

TRUE

Explanation:

Adam Smith 'Laissez Faire' Theory implies : Markets as free mechanisms are best, they are guided by self interest which tends to bring best socio economic welfare by increasing wealth. The market 'Invisible Hand' acts as an automatic stabiliser to any economic discrepancy & any government intervention is unnecessarily distortionary.

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Suppose Stark Ltd. just issued a dividend of $2.24 per share on its common stock. The company paid dividends of $1.80, $1.98, $2

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Answer:

Ans, The cost of the company’s cost of equity capital using the arithmetic average growth rate is 10.63% and using the geometric average of the growth rate is 10.60%

Explanation:

Hi, this is the equation we need to solve in order to find the company’s cost of equity capital.

$r=\frac{Dividend}{Price} +g$

As you can see, we almost have everything, the only problem here is "g", its growth rate, so let´s find "g" using the arithmetic average, but first, we need to find the growth rate for every period, the formula is

$g=\frac{(FinalDividend-PastDividend}{PastDividend}$

Therefore, we need to find 4 g´s, let´s call them g1, g2, g3 and g4:

$g1=\frac{(1.98-1.80)}{1.80} =0.10$

$g2=\frac{(2.05-1.98)}{1.98} =0.0354$

$g3=\frac{(2.16-2.05)}{2.05} =0.0537$

$g4=\frac{(2.24-2.16)}{2.16} =0.0370$

So the average is:

$Average(g)=\frac{0.10+0.0354+0.0537+0.0370}{4} =0.0565$

Therefore, the average growth rate is 5.65%

And the company’s cost of equity is:

$r=\frac{2.24}{45} +0.0565=0.1063$

so, if the average growth rate is found by using the arithmetic average is 10.63%.

Now, let´s find the geometric average

$g(average)=\sqrt[4]{(1+0.10)(1+0.0354)(1+0.0537)(1+0.0370)} -1=0.0562$

therefore, using the geometric average to find the growth rate, the company’s cost of equity is:

$r=\frac{2.24}{45} +0.0562=0.1060$

using the geometric average, the company’s cost of equity is 10.60%

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3 years ago

Grameen Bank extends credit to the very poor to give them the opportunity to build better lives. Other businesses target poor pe

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Explanation:

Grameen bank is one of the pioneers in the world of Micro Finance Institutes, which not only provides the poor with access to financial capital but also helps them build a better business which allows them to escape from the poverty cycle. This lead to an overall upward economic movement in the society, improving the economic condition of a country as a whole. Through these micro finance loans, a number of SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises) emerges which further provide employment opportunities to other people thus starting a virtuous cycle of economic growth.

As the economic condition of the poor becomes better, these poor people inturn becomes customer for these business for other products thus being a huge source of profit.

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Depletion Down Deep Mining Co. acquired mineral rights for $81,250,000. The mineral deposit is estimated at 65,000,000 tons. Dur

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Answer and Explanation:

The computation is shown below:

a. For depletion rate

= Acquired mineral rights ÷ estimated mineral deposits

= $81,250,000 ÷ 65,000,000 tons

= $1.25

b. For the amount of depletion expense for the current year is

= Depletion rate × current year mined

= $1.25 × 17,550,000 tons

= $21,937,500

c. The journal entry is shown below:

Depletion Expense $21,937,500

To Accumulated Depletion $21,937,500

(Being the depletion expense is recorded)

For recording this we debited the depletion expense as it increased the expense and credited the accumulated depletion as it reduced the assets

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one of the major criticisms of the G-20 is that they are completely ineffective in setting policies? true or false

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define free market system and identify and describe at least three of its major concepts or attributes

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Free market economies allocate resources through demand and supply with minimal government intervention.

private ownership- all factors of production within the economy are owned mainly by private individuals and organizations.

Free enterprise- owners of factors of production and producers of a goods and services a free to produce what they want through the market forces of demand and supply.

Competition- <span>Companies have a competitive drive, thus better quality goods and more variety of products which are at lower prices. (more productively efficient )</span>

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