Myopic behavior occurs when a manager takes actions that improve budgetary performance in the short run but bring long-run harm to the firm. Which of the following items is NOT a possible example of myopic behavior? Multiple Choice

Promotion of deserving employees
Reducing expenditures on preventive maintenance.
Cutting back on new product development
Buying cheaper lower quality materials so that the company does not exceed the materials purchases budget.

Explain whether each of the following events increases or decreases the money supply. a. the fed buys bonds in open-market operations. b. the fed reduces the reserve requirement. c. the fed increases the interest rate it pays on reserves. d. citibank repays a loan it had previously taken from the fed. e. after a rash of pickpocketing, people decide to hold less currency. f. fearful of bank runs, bankers decide to hold more excess reserves. g. the fomc increases its target for the federal funds rate.

Performance bicycle company makes steel and titanium handle bars for bicycles. it requires approximately 1 hour of labor to make one handle bar of either type. during the most recent accounting period, barr company made 7,700 steel bars and 2,300 titanium bars. setup costs amounted to $35,000. one batch of each type of bar was run each month. if a single company-wide overhead rate based on direct labor hours is used to allocate overhead costs to the two products, the amount of setup cost assigned to the steel bars will be:

What is marginal costs and benefits might a tour boat operator consider when deciding whether to purchase a new boat?