Consider the information in the file named hw2 - production data for the economy. the file shows a part of the marginal-product function for a firm. the firm hires more that 90 workers. therefore, the file begins with the 91st worker to save space. the first 90 workers are already producing a total of 10,530 units of output. there are 100 such firms in the economy. all the firms are identical (to make our calculations less cumbersome). next, assume that the total number of people who are willing and able to work is 10,000. wages and prices are fully flexible downwards and upwards. no frictional or structural unemployment exist in the economy. in this economy, the equilibrium real wage equals 8.00 units and the equilibrium level of employment equals 100.00 persons. if it is not too much trouble, could you also verify that the potential gdp in this country is 10700.00 units?

Luis and rosa, citizens of costa rica, moved to the united states in year 1 where they both lived and worked. in year 3, they provided the total support for their four young children (all under the age of 10). two children lived with luis and rosa in the u.s., one child lived with his aunt in mexico, and one child lived with her grandmother in costa rica. none of the children earned any income. all of the children were citizens of costa rica. the child in mexico was a resident of mexico, and the child in costa rica was a resident of costa rica. how many total exemptions (personal exemptions plus exemptions for dependents) may luis and rosa claim on their year 3 joint income tax return? a. 6 b. 5 c. 4 d. 2

What is overdraft protection (odp)? a.) a cheap and easy way to always avoid overdrawing a bank account b.) a service to automatically transfer available funds from a linked account to cover purchases, prevent returned checks and declined items when you don’t have enough money in your checking account at the time of the transaction. c.) an insurance policy sold by banks to prevent others from withdrawing your money d.) a service provided by the government that insures individuals bank deposits up to $250,000

Zachary company produces commercial gardening equipment. since production is highly automated, the company allocates its overhead costs to product lines using activity-based costing. the costs and cost drivers associated with the four overhead activity cost pools follow: activities unit level batch level product level facility level cost $ 64,800 $ 27,730 $ 15,000 $ 154,000 cost driver 2,400 labor hrs. 47 setups percentage of use 11,000 units production of 780 sets of cutting shears, one of the company’s 20 products, took 240 labor hours and 7 setups and consumed 15 percent of the product-sustaining activities. required: (a) had the company used labor hours as a company wide allocation base, how much overhead would it have allocated to the cutting shears? (b) how much overhead is allocated to the cutting shears using activity-based costing? (c) compute the overhead cost per unit for cutting shears first using activity-based costing and then using direct labor hours for allocation if 780 units are produced. if direct product costs are $150 and the product is priced at 30 percent above cost for what price would the product sell under each allocation system? (d) assuming that activity-based costing provides a more accurate estimate of cost, indicate whether the cutting shears would be over- or underpriced if direct labor hours are used as an allocation base. explain how over-or undercosting can affect vaulker's profitability. (e) comment on the validity of using the allocated facility-level cost in the pricing decision. should other costs be considered in a cost- plus pricing decision? if so, which ones? what costs would you include if you were trying to decide whether to accept a special order?