Trade Deficits and J-Curve Adjustment Paths. Assume the United States has the following import/export volumes and prices. It undertakes a major "devaluation" of the dollar, say 16 % on average against all major trading partner currencies. What is the pre-devaluation and post-devaluation trade balance? Initial spot exchange rate, $/fc 2.06 Price of exports, dollars ($) 19.1800 Price of imports, foreign currency (fc) 10.5400 Quantity of exports, units 100 Quantity of imports, units 120 Percentage devaluation of the dollar 16.00

Evelyn would like to open a small business that is categorized as a being in the distribution industry. to do this she could open a establishment.

Jing-sheng facilitated a hiring committee for his advertising company. six employees (including two managers) met together to discuss applicants and select the finalists for a copywriter position in the public relations department. although the head of public relations would have the final nod on the candidate that would ultimately be hired, the evaluative work of the committee was very important because this group would send forward those persons they believed would be good work colleagues. in setting up this type of hiring process, the head of public relations was utilizing a(n) style of leadership.a. autocraticb. free-reinc. contingentd. participative

Burke enterprises is considering a machine costing $30 billion that will result in initial after-tax cash savings of $3.7 billion at the end of the first year, and these savings will grow at a rate of 2 percent per year for 11 years. after 11 years, the company can sell the parts for $5 billion. burke has a target debt/equity ratio of 1.2, a beta of 1.79. you estimate that the return on the market is 7.5% and t-bills are currently yielding 2.5%. burke has two issuances of bonds outstanding. the first has 200,000 bonds trading at 98% of par, with coupons of 5%, face of $1000, and maturity of 5 years. the second has 500,000 bonds trading at par, with coupons of 7.5%, face of $1000, and maturity of 12 years. kate, the ceo, usually applies an adjustment factor to the discount rate of +2 for such highly innovative projects. should the company take on the project?