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3 years ago

Which of the following is LEAST likely to be a reason for firms to form a cartel?

Business

1 answer:

GalinKa [24]3 years ago

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Answer:

The correct answer is letter "C": to raise competition among firms in the cartel.

Explanation:

A cartel is a group of companies or countries working together to regulate the price of a single product they produce in common. The cartel makes it impossible for a foreign business to enter the market and demand lower prices. Cartels are, in most cases, not helpful to customers. They generate high prices that remain unchanged until consumers find alternative ways to purchase the same items.

Under such a scenario,<em> cartels are unlikely to be formed to generate more competition among the companies that compose them.</em>

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Answer:

The correct answer is $30,290.

Explanation:

According to the scenario, the computation can be done as follows:

This applies regular MACRs

So, As furniture is the Seven year property,

So, the cost recovery deduction for the furniture = $100,000 × .1429

= $14,290

And The computer is a five year asset

So, the cost recovery deduction for the Computer = $80,000 × .20

= $16,000

So, Total Cost recovery deduction = Cost of recovery deduction for furniture + cost of recovery deduction for computer

= $14,290 + $16,000

= $30,290

Hence, the cost recovery deduction for the business assets for 2019 is $30,290.

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3 years ago

You are planning your retirement in 15 years. You plan to retire with $3,000,000 and your retirement account earns 4.8% compound

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Answer:

The retirement fund will last for 33 years and 7 months

Explanation:

We need to solve for time in an ordinary annuity

$C \times \frac{1-(1+r)^{-time} }{rate} = PV\\$

C $15,000.00

rate 0.004 (4.8% divide by 12 month)

PV $3,000,000

time n

$15,000 \times \frac{1-(1+0.004)^{-n} }{0.004} = 3,000,000\\$

we clear for n as much as we can and solve

$(1+0.004)^{-n}= 1-\frac{3,000,000\times0.004}{15,000}$

$(1+0.004)^{-n}= 0.20$

now we use logarithmic properties to solve for n:

$-n= \frac{log0.2}{log(1+0.004)$

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this will be a value in months so we divide by 12 to get it annually

403/12 = 33,5833

we convert the residual to months:

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3 years ago

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2 years ago

A portfolio that combines the risk-free asset and the market portfolio has an expected return of 6.5 percent and a standard devi

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Answer: Step 1) Find share of market in the Portfolio

(11.5-3.5)x+3.5=6.5

8x=3

x=3/8

x=0.375

=37.5%

SD of market portfolio= 0.375x+0=9.5

x=9.5/0.375

=25.33%

correl = cov / (std 1 * std2)

0.4=COV/0.2533*0.545

COV= 0.2533*0.545*0.4=0.05

cov of 2 assets = b1 * b2 * variance of market

0.05=B1*1*0.2533^2

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Capm Model

3.5+0.0032(11.5-3.5)=3.5256% expected return

Explanation:

Step 1) Find the share of market in the portfolio in order to find market SD

Step 2) Find Covariance betweens security and market by using both SDS and correlation

Step 3) Find Beta of Security using Co variance

Step 4) Use the Beta in CAPM model in order to find expected return

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3 years ago

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Answer:

E) ceremonies

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