Purchasing-power parity holds between the nations of ectenia and wiknam, where the only commodity is spam. in 2015, a can of spam cost 3 dollars in ectenia and 27 pesos in wiknam the exchange rate between ectenian dollars and wiknamian pesos per dollar. over the next 14 years, inflation is expected to be 5 percent per year in ectenia and 10 percent per year in wiknam. if this inflation comes to pass, what will happen over this period to the price of spam and the exchange rate? over this period, the price of spam in ectenia will , and the price of spam in wiknam .the exchange rate between the two countries will recall the rule of true or false: wiknam will likely have a higher nominal interest rate. a. true b. false

Suppose your rich uncle gave you $50,000, which you plan to use for graduate school. you will make the investment now, you expect to earn an annual return of 6%, and you will make 4 equal annual withdrawals, beginning 1 year from today. under these conditions, how large would each withdrawal be so there would be no funds remaining in the account after the 4th?

Case in point 1.2 suppose you work in the it department of global hotels, a multinational hotel chain. global hotels runs several specialized business support systems, including a guest reservations system that was developed in-house to meet the requirements of a large company with worldwide operations. guests can make one-stop online reservations by visiting global's website, which has links to all major travel industry sites. global hotels just acquired momma's, a regional chain of 20 motels in western canada. momma's uses a vertical reservations package suitable for small- to medium-sized businesses and a generic accounting and finance package. should momma's use global hotels' information systems or continue with its own? in your answer, consider issues such as business profiles, business processes, system interactivity, edi, ecommerce, and the characteristics of both information systems. what additional information would be to you in making a recommendation?

Dr. dow jones wants to know whether a problem-based approach to teaching economics will result in higher academic performance than his traditional method. of the six sections of economics 101 at his university, dr. jones randomly assigns three sections to the traditional method and three sections to the problem-based method for unit 1 of the course. then all sections switch the instructional method for unit 2. he plans to compare the performance of the two groups of sections on their unit 1 and unit 2 exams. this study employs a design.