Benjamin is an employee at apex inc. recently, he was moved to a new work team to in the development of a new product. sam, his supervisor on the new team, describes the set of behaviors that other team members will expect of benjamin. benjamin, however, feels that these demands contradict the expectations set forth in his primary role at apex. which of the following situations is most likely to be the primary source of benjamin's dissatisfaction about his role? a. apex inc. has brought together employees from different functions to form a team, leading to conflicting expectations. b. benjamin is involved in apex inc.'s grapevine communications channel. c. benjamin is unclear about his work methods because others have different ideas about work processes. d. apex inc. has downsized recently, and employees' work is still going through quality checks. e. benjamin is unsure how apex inc. will evaluate his performance on this new work team.

Minneapolis federal reserve bank economist edward prescott estimates the elasticity of the u.s. labor supply to be 3. given this elasticity, what would be the impact of funding the social security program with tax increases on the number of hours worked and on the amount of taxes collected to fund social security?

In year 1, the bennetts' 25-year-old daughter, jane, is a full-time student at an out-of-state university but she plans to return home after the school year ends. in previous years, jane has never worked and her parents have always been able to claim her as a dependent. in year 1, a kind neighbor offers to pay for all of jane's educational and living expenses. which of the following statements is most accurate regarding whether jane's parents would be allowed to claim an exemption for jane in year 1 assuming the neighbor pays for all of jane's support? a.no, jane must include her neighbor's gift as income and thus fails the gross income test for a qualifying relative.b.yes, because she is a full-time student and does not provide more than half of her own support, jane is considered her parent's qualifying child.c.no, jane is too old to be considered a qualifying child and fails the support test of a qualifying relative.d.yes, because she is a student, her absence is considered as "temporary." consequently she meets the residence test and is a considered a qualifying child of the bennetts.

During which of the following phases of the business cycle does the real gdp fall? a. trough b. expansion c. contraction d. peak