Answer: D) Output decreases by more than 25 percent
Explanation:
When a firm is said to be experiencing Increasing Returns to Scale, it means that for every additional unit of a factor of production, the firm experiences a higher increase in production than the additional unit. For example, if a Firm's output increases by 1.5 every time they hire an extra worker, the firm is said to be going through Increasing Returns to Scale.
With that same logic, if factors of production were reduced, the company undergoes a reduction in output that is bigger than the reduction in the factor of production.
For this reason, option D is correct in saying that Output decreases by more than 25 percent.
Answer:
There is a need to increase the demand in market for both goods and services.
There is a need to attract foreign investors
As societies modernize, mortality rates fall while birth rates remain high leading to high population growth rates.
Higher population growth may be beneficial in high-income countries where there is currently a tendency for population growth rates to decline
Development in agriculture, better techniques to grow more and better quality food. Food available at all the times due to better storage conditions. So people do not die of starvation when food is not available.
Explanation:
Answer:
the portfolio's return will be Ep(r)= 9.2 %
Explanation:
if the stock lies on the security market line , then the expected return will be
Ep(r) = rf + β*( E(M)- rf)
where
Ep(r) = expected return of the portfolio
rf= risk free return
E(M) = expected return of the market
β = portfolio's beta
then
Ep(r) = rf + β*( E(M)- rf)
E(M) = (Ep(r) - rf ) / β + rf
replacing values
E(M) = (Ep(r) - rf ) / β + rf
E(M) = ( 17.2% - 3.2%) /1.4 + 3.2% = 13.2%
since the stock and the risk free asset belongs to the security market line , a combination of both will also lie in this line, then the previous equation of expected return also applies.
Thus for a portfolio of β=0.6
Ep(r) = rf + β*( E(M)- rf) = 3.2% + 0.6*(13.2%-3.2%) = 9.2 %
Ep(r)= 9.2 %
Answer:
At 1.783 or more, the conversion yield better gain than sales the corn
Explanation:
The ethanol conversion become attractive if the cost for doing the conversion are lower than the sale revenue for the product.
<u>total cost: raw materials + conversion cost</u>
corn price: $ 3.75
conversion cost: $ 1.60
Total cost: $ 5.35
<u>output: gallon of ethanol per bushel</u>
3 gallons of ethanol per bushel
total cost / output = 5.35/3 = 1.783 cost per gallon
