If an important component of a firm's production is difficult to specify in a contract and even more difficult to enforce in its production standards, then it probable makes sense to:. a) buy the component in the open market
b) use a simple short term contract
c) take the risk necessary to buy the component
d) vertically integrate upstream to build the component

As the marginal propensity to consume (mpc) increases, the multiplier remains the same. increases. decreases. as the marginal propensity to save (mps) increases, the multiplier decreases. increases. remains the same. if the marginal propensity to consume is 0.30, what is the multiplier, assuming there are no taxes or imports? round to the tenths place. given the multiplier that you calculated, by how much will gross domestic product (gdp) increase when there is a $1,000 increase in government spending? $

Suppose that hubert, an economist from an am talk radio program, and kate, an economist from a nonprofit organization on the west coast, are arguing over government bailouts. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: kate: to recent financial crises, the concept of bailouts is a hot topic for debate among everyone these days. hubert: indeed, it’s gotten crazy! a government bailout of severely distressed financial firms is unnecessary because free markets will properly price assets. kate: i don’t know about that. without a bailout of severely distressed financial firms, the economy will experience a deep recession. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due todifferences in scientific judgments . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? business managers can raise profit more easily by reducing costs than by raising revenue. central banks should focus more on maintaining low unemployment than on maintaining low inflation. employers should not be restricted from outsourcing work to foreign nations

Brandt enterprises is considering a new project that has a cost of $1,000,000, and the cfo set up the following simple decision tree to show its three most likely scenarios. the firm could arrange with its work force and suppliers to cease operations at the end of year 1 should it choose to do so, but to obtain this abandonment option, it would have to make a payment to those parties. how much is the option to abandon worth to the firm?